Framework
The Indispensability Threshold
The indispensability threshold is crossed when replacing or bypassing a system ceases to be a normal procurement choice and becomes a strategic disruption.
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Research
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One Technology, Four Governance Regimes
AI markets are fragmenting — not because models differ, but because governance does. A framework for understanding how export platforms, full-stack sovereignty, regulated dependence and market-conditioned access are reshaping AI procurement.
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Europe's Spectrum and Cloud Moves Are Indispensability Theory in Action
The EU's satellite-spectrum reservations and cloud procurement restrictions are not mere protectionism — they are the structural response our indispensable systems theory predicted.
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The Fable 5 Access Directive Is Not an AI Policy Flare-Up
The U.S. government's suspension of Fable 5 and Mythos 5 access for foreign nationals is an early signal that frontier AI models are crossing from platform product into indispensable infrastructure.