Cyberattacks are rising across state and local governments, and the blog recommends that all states adopt coordinated strategies, clear standards, and stronger cyber capabilities to close security gaps and improve resilience.

In 2024, researchers and scientists in China were responsible for developing more than 1,250 new drugs, more than the EU and just slightly less than the United States, which developed 1,440. In total, China developed 30 percent of the world's new innovative drugs.

Organized retail crime is increasingly exploiting e-commerce platforms, and while companies like Amazon and eBay are investing in detection and transparency, governments must strengthen law enforcement and coordination to effectively combat these organized criminal networks.

Creative destruction drives growth but displaces workers. Governments shouldn’t stop it; they should support workers through the transition. The Nordic model shows it’s possible.

It is easy to be frustrated with the Chinese government and its use of merger and acquisition controls to limit the competitive advantage of American tech firms. But many policymakers in the West have enabled China’s success by weaponizing antitrust and competition laws to kill pro-competitive deals by Big Tech firms.

Lawmakers risk misregulating grocery prices by targeting dynamic and algorithmic pricing tools, and should instead focus on enforcing existing laws against clearly defined deceptive practices.

An increasing share of U.S. doctoral degrees are awarded in STEM fields, and many of these graduates pursue positions that depend heavily on federal research funding. Yet the Trump administration has proposed significant cuts to key science agencies in its FY 2027 budget request.

Ottawa is choosing its next Competition Commissioner, who will decide if firms are allowed to get big by competing or punished for trying. Canada needs competition policy that protects consumers without treating scale, investment, or ambition as suspect.

As Korea moves toward its goal of commercializing Level 4 autonomous driving by 2027, the central constraint may not be technological readiness but whether the government reforms the mobility market in advance. Without regulatory changes, Korea risks deploying advanced autonomous vehicles within a closed, taxi-centered system.

R&D intensity of the United States federal government, measured as R&D investment relative to GDP, experienced a marked decline, from 0.62 percent to 0.28 percent.