Research Topic
Supply chains, industrial base and trade.
9 publications
Economic Security · Global Competition, National Security & Defense
This book grew out of several years of work under the Institute's Global Competition Project. Its chapters expand on an 11-part article series with War on the Rocks, exploring how the United States might evolve contemporary economic statecraft into strategy and practice.
Tim Welter (ed.), Jennifer Buss (ed.), Kimberly Sloan (ed.)
Economic Security · National Security & Defense, Global Competition
The final article in an 11-part series with War on the Rocks examining how the United States should organize, lead, and integrate economic statecraft into strategy, defense practice, and the broader national security ecosystem.
Tim Welter
Economic Security
The tenth article in an 11-part series with War on the Rocks. The United States is fighting a new kind of global competition — over supply chains, chips, and sanctions — and the workforce pipeline to support it does not yet exist at the scale the moment requires.
Jennifer Buss
Cyber & Data · Economic Security
The seventh article in an 11-part series with War on the Rocks on economic statecraft. Americans lost nearly $21 billion to cybercrime in 2025, a new record for cyber-enabled economic losses.
Jason Blessing
Semiconductors & Microelectronics · Diplomacy & Alliances, Economic Security
The US semiconductor supply chain relies heavily on non-US markets and suppliers for a host of activities related to manufacturing. While Europe accounts for only 10 percent of the global semiconductor supply chain, the US and European semiconductor industries and supply chains are tightly intertwined.
Jason Blessing
Economic Security · Global Competition
On October 23-24, 2025, the Institute and Texas A&M University's Bush School of Government and Public Service hosted the Fifth Annual Summit on Economic Statecraft, “Navigating a Reset of the Global Economic Order.” Analysis of the discussions resulted in seven key themes with eleven recommendations.
Tim Welter, Jason Blessing, William Norris, Joshua Stinson
Economic Security · Global Competition, National Security & Defense
There was once a time when it was assumed that China would move toward liberal democratic institutions and, with that, pursue a more open capitalist economy. This assumption was based on the argument that as China grew richer through capital investment and market-driven economic expansion, its population’s values and outlook would become more Westernized.
Francis A. Finelli, Timothy Welter, PhD
Economic Security · Science & Technology Policy
Advances in science and technology present key moments for economic growth. Technological breakthroughs represent opportunities to make targeted public investments and introduce policies that accelerate time to market and incentivize market uptake, maximizing benefits for the domestic economy.
Rosalie Loewen, Robert Hummel, PhD
Science & Technology Policy · Economic Security
The US Tax Code allows businesses and taxpayers to deduct what are called “research and experimentation expenses” from their income before paying taxes, provided those expenses are “qualified,” according to Section 174 of the tax code. In addition, Section 41 permits a tax credit for increases in research and development (R&D) expenditures over a baseline amount, as long as those expenses qualify under Section 174 and satisfy certain other conditions.
Robert Hummel, PhD
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