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American industry depends heavily on raw materials over which China has total or near-total control.
The approach allows for the adoption of new technologies faster, less dependence on a single vendor, and it keeps operations running as requirements evolve.
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.
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.
Revival will depend on adoption of tools such as small modular nuclear reactors, greater automation and new logistics systems that make maritime transport more efficient and commercially attractive.
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