
Bill Drexel is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. His work focuses on United States–India relations, artificial intelligence competition with China, and technology in American grand strategy. Previously, Mr. Drexel worked on technology and national security at the Center for a New American Security, humanitarian innovation at the United Nations, and on Indo-Pacific affairs at the American Enterprise Institute. Drexel’s field experience includes serving as a rescue boat driver during Libya’s migration crisis, conducting investigative research in the surveillance state of Xinjiang, China, and supporting humanitarian data efforts across wartime Ukraine.
American leaders agree that the AI race will shape the balance of power with China. But they can’t agree on how to ensure the technology advances American values.