80 National AI Strategies / 2026 Update
QUICK TAKE · AI Summary * Bullet * Bullet * Bullet Since 2019, I've been tracking and reporting on National AI Strategies. This 2026 update now includes 80 National AI Strategies. In 2026 the first post-generative-AI wave of national strategies has landed. Of the 39 retained countries from the 2025
The Anatomy of a National AI Strategy
QUICK TAKE · AI Summary * Analysis of 80 National AI Strategies informed a single 20 part 'template' that all nations are scored against to reveal variations on where nations focus their attention * Seven of the 20 areas are near-universal. No strategy is silent on vision, governance, research or
🇨🇳 China’s National AI Strategy
China’s AI push has shifted from catching up at home to setting the rules abroad, melding chip self-reliance, state capital, and Digital-Silk-Road diplomacy into a single strategic engine.
🇷🇺 Russia's National AI Strategy
Russia is not racing to lead AI globally, it is engineering an AI system it can control, sustain, and deploy under pressure.
