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October 9, 2025|Blogs

China Will Exploit Britain’s Refusal to Name It an Enemy

The collapse of a UK espionage case against alleged Chinese spies highlights Britain’s refusal to call China a security threat, exposing a dangerous weakness driven by economic dependence.

October 9, 2025|Blogs

Bernie Sanders’ Worker Dystopia: Never Lose Your Job But Never Get a Raise

If Senator Sanders wants to raise wages, he should focus on the real cause of slow growth, lagging productivity from low capital investment, instead of stymieing AI.

October 7, 2025|Testimonies & Filings

Comments to the FCC Regarding Applications Filed for the Transfer of Cox Enterprises, Inc. to Charter Communications

This merger will be a win for consumers and regulators should not stand in the way.

October 7, 2025|Blogs

Asian Students Are America’s STEM Advantage: Why Merit Should Matter

Asians earn bachelor’s degrees in STEM fields at much higher rates than other racial and ethnic groups, strengthening the United States’ innovation capacity, industrial base, and global competitiveness. Their academic success is an asset that should be rewarded, not penalized.

October 7, 2025|Blogs

Taxing University Royalties Would Deliver Few Benefits, but Great Harms

A new proposal to tax university patent royalties would do little to benefit taxpayers while undermining the Bayh-Dole system that drives U.S. innovation, risking America’s global leadership in turning research into real-world breakthroughs.

October 7, 2025|Blogs

Korea Enters the Global Top Four in Innovation—Now It Must Turn Knowledge Into Scaled Firms

Korea has entered the global top four economies in innovation, powered by world-class research intensity and corporate R&D. Amid a persistent input–output gap and weak startup M&A activity, the challenge now is scale: converting knowledge into globally competitive firms.

October 6, 2025|Blogs

Fact of the Week: Over $1.4T More Venture Capital Funding Was Invested in U.S.-headquartered Firms than in European Firms

Compared to the United States, venture capital (VC) activity in the European Union (EU) is low, with EU-headquartered firms receiving $1.4 trillion less VC funding than their American counterparts from 2013 to 2022.

October 6, 2025|Blogs

Three Fixes to Improve the UK’s Online Safety Act

The UK Online Safety Act aims to protect children online but its vague rules and strict enforcement have led to over-censorship, threatening legitimate communities, and Parliament should clarify content definitions, allow remediation periods, and require judicial review to fix these issues.

October 6, 2025|Blogs

Banning Teens from Social Media Isn’t Protection, It’s Overreach

Rather than blanket social media bans, policymakers should adopt privacy-preserving tools that empower parents and teens to manage online safety directly.

October 6, 2025|Reports & Briefings

Tip of the Iceberg: Understanding the Full Depth of Big Tech’s Contribution to US Innovation and Competitiveness

While critics attack “big tech” from many angles, these five companies develop frontier technologies that require large-scale development, build infrastructure ranging from data centers to subsea cables, and create spillovers from health care to nuclear energy.

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