Publications

Lowering tariffs with India would reinforce one of America’s most important emerging technology partnerships. Completing negotiations and sustaining investment would strengthen supply chains and enhance U.S. economic and strategic competitiveness.

Rather than heed calls to erect more transaction costs in secondary spectrum markets, the Commission should continue down the path of enabling productivity-enhancing spectrum deals without cumbersome Commission processes or conditions.

The dominance of antitrust’s old order on the right is probably over, and the battle for the soul of a conservative or “America First” antitrust has begun.

Between 2015 and 2024, the cumulative VC investment gap came to $1.21 trillion.

“Non-tariff attacks” on U.S. tech companies are not just tax and regulatory hurdles—they are also eroding America’s strategic edge. Washington must identify, deter, and counter these measures in order to prevent ceding U.S. technology leadership to other nations.

China has failed to meet its commitments under the U.S.-China POA. It is not a reliable trade partner, as potential commitments to reverse its predatory practices are antithetical to its long-term techno-economic project.

South Korea has quietly entered a new phase of its space ambitions. But to compete in the space economy, Seoul must focus on industrial design—not just technology. The real contest lies not in launch, but in satellite manufacturing, network infrastructure, data processing, and the services built atop them.

Transnational scam networks, often based in Southeast Asia and exploiting weak governance, have stolen billions from U.S. consumers, and effectively combating them requires bipartisan legislation, stronger public-private coordination, and sustained international cooperation.

China has closely followed the proven economic model of the Asian Tigers, only this time with an order of magnitude increase in scale. Acknowledging and addressing this simple business model reality is the key to developing an effective American response.

In China Daily, Daniel Castro argues that the U.S. and China face AI risks—like models enabling biological threats or cyberattacks—that are too great for either to manage alone, and can be mitigated through coordinated safety measures such as joint research, incident reporting, and red-team testing.