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Reform is necessary. Repeal would be strategic malpractice.
American industry depends heavily on raw materials over which China has total or near-total control.
Justin Sanchez • July 5, 2026
Elevating AI and chips to national priorities is essential, but it’s also time to give biotechnology and biosecurity the same strategic focus. The U.S. should stop treating biosecurity as a low-visibility, high-impact endeavor and recommit to biotechnology as a launchpad for economic prosperity, with biosecurity as the guardrails that keep us accelerating in the right direction into the future.
The experience in Israel provides real-world examples for other nations of how to manage mass-casualty threats from the latest dangers.
Artificial intelligence systems improve the speed and consistency of outputs, which is valuable in the right context but dangerous in the wrong one.
What was once among the most trusted institutions in American public life has seen its standing erode in tandem with the broader collapse of institutional trust.
The nation needs more young people prepared for the quantitative demands of engineering, cyber, artificial intelligence, data science, logistics, advanced manufacturing and other fields that underpin U.S. military strength.
Had the system been in place for Epic Fury, Kuwaiti operators would have been working from the same fused air picture as every other coalition element.
The friendly fire incident underscored a structural failure and the predictable outcome of coalition forces fighting a single battle from multiple, unconnected air pictures.
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