Publications

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.

Fifty conflicting state AI laws create a fragmented, innovation-crushing patchwork, which federal preemption can solve by establishing a single, coherent national framework for AI regulation.

Electricity demand is growing rapidly and starting to strain the grid. Instead of slowing the growth of data centers, the United States should deploy new technologies and strategies to efficiently increase grid capacity while accelerating new generation and transmission.

In terms of purchasing power parity, U.S. per capita GDP has grown from 31 percent above the EU to 34 percent above it. About 72 percent of this gap can be attributed to differences in productivity, while just 28 percent is due to the difference in hours worked by Americans and Europeans.