Bangladesh, Aug. 30 -- The United States is no stranger to wielding its economic might to shape global affairs, but a new force has emerged as a central architect of its foreign policy: Big Tech. The Trump administrations AI Action Plan, coupled with aggressive tariff threats and strategic investments in companies like Intel, signals a seismic shift in how Washington navigates the global stage.

Big Tech is not merely influencing US policy — it is driving it, with ambitions that stretch from securing mineral supply chains to reshaping trade wars and geopolitical alignments. As a matter of fact, the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI), corporate lobbying, and state power is crafting a new world order, one where Silicon Valley...