Every global order has been built around control of the resource that powers the economy of its time. Coal underwrote the 19th century, oil the 20th, and chips, compute, and quantum technologies are doing it now. The difference is these are not natural but engineered resources. Countries dominate them through investment in fabrication, design, talent, and supply chains rather than geology. No country produces every input it needs, so the next order will be set by countries that build real capability in these technologies, and by partnerships they form with others in the value chain.AI (Photo for representational purposes only)...