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Setting the Policy Agenda on Innovation Issues
- Alongside our in-depth policy reports, ITIF’s long-running Innovation Files blog serves as a forum where analysts provide quick takes, quips, and commentary on the latest in technology and innovation policy.
- Other blogs from ITIF include In the Arena, Rob Atkinson’s notes on the battle of ideas (also on Substack at policyarena.org), plus special series, such as The Brussels Effect, examining how the EU exports its regulatory agenda; Defending Digital, examining spurious critiques of the tech industry; and Innovate4Health, covering the intersection between intellectual property and life sciences innovation.
- ITIF analysts also frequently contribute op-eds and commentary pieces to leading publications around the world.
October 29, 2025|Blogs
Government Funding: The Unsung Hero of Innovation and Progress
The government-funded research initiatives that sustain our intellectual infrastructure—the body of scientific knowledge that underpins success in all other domains—must continue and receive more support than they have previously.
October 29, 2025|Op-Eds & Contributed Articles
The Right Way for Canada to Secure Cloud Sovereignty
Real sovereignty in digital systems isn’t about where servers sit. Canada should build sovereignty into contracts and cryptography, embedding control and security through procurement rules, Canadian-cleared personnel, and encryption safeguards.
October 27, 2025|Blogs
Fact of the Week: Data Center Capacity Will Need to Increase by 130 Percent by 2030 to Meet the Demand for AI
At the current pace of AI growth, compute demand is projected to increase by a factor of 125 by 2030, requiring more and larger data centers that consume large amounts of energy. In fact, data center capacity will need to grow by 130 percent by 2030 to meet this demand.
October 27, 2025|Blogs
No, Microsoft’s Recent Changes Do Not Prove the Activision Deal Was Anticompetitive
Post-deal layoffs and price increases do not prove that an acquisition harmed competition, contrary to the recent rhetoric around the Microsoft/Activision deal.
October 24, 2025|Blogs
Beyond Copycat Regulation: A Playbook for Korea’s Digital Partnerships
Democratic allies should co-invest, co-develop, and co-regulate emerging technologies instead of fragmenting digital markets. True leadership will come from joint strategies on export controls, standards, R&D, and talent—not sovereignty slogans.
October 24, 2025|Blogs
I Haven’t Worked in Industry, But I’m Right About America’s Robot Problem
With capital-lite corporate strategies shaped by Wall Street’s demand for high returns on assets and invested capital, U.S. firms invest relatively little in robotics. Meanwhile, China’s capital-heavy model fuels rapid productivity gains.
October 21, 2025|Blogs
Europe’s Cyber Blueprint is a Model for Regional Cybersecurity Cooperation
The EU’s Cyber Crisis Management Blueprint establishes a coordinated framework for member states to prevent, respond to, and recover from large-scale cyber incidents, strengthening resilience, interoperability, and operational readiness while providing a model for other regional institutions.
October 20, 2025|Blogs
Fact of the Week: Inflation Is Expected to Rise to 3 Percent in the United States in 2026
Though inflation has remained relatively stable thus far in 2025, projections estimate that inflation in the United States will increase in 2026 from 2.7 percent to 3 percent.
October 17, 2025|Blogs
The Brussels Effect Comes to Brasília: Why Its New Digital Markets Bill Misses the Mark
Brazil’s Digital Markets Bill promises to tame tech giants, but in reality, it threatens to import Europe’s flawed regulatory experiment—punishing innovation more than protecting consumers
October 17, 2025|Blogs
What Happened to the American Business Creed? Part II: Societal Attacks
Americans have forgotten that prosperity depends on valuing productivity, grounding ideals in realism, striving for progress, and maintaining the optimism and adventurous spirit to embrace change.
