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Examining the most pressing issues facing the U.S. & its partners in sustaining econ & tech advantages essential to prosperity, security, and resilience.
Joined February 2025
🎙️Premiering Tomorrow! Tune into Betting on America this Wednesday, December 10, at 10:00 AM ET for a special episode featuring @MarkCalabria, Chief Statistician of the United States. @NGirishankar and leading experts from government, industry, and the research
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A special episode of Betting on America features a live CSIS event with Navin and Dr. Mark Calabria, discussing how the U.S. can build a modern, accurate, and credible statistical system to support...
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"If the digital yuan becomes the settlement standard for AI services, the United States loses hundreds of billions in sustained dollar demand," notes @NGirishankar. Read more from @CSISEST on the importance of building a compute-dollar system:
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Navin Girishankar argues that President Trump's Gulf chip deals enable billions in AI exports but miss what ensures dollar dominance. A compute-dollar successor to the petrodollar will keep China’s...
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In their latest commentary, @CSIS_Trade's @paluck and Michael Gary argue efficient public spending is the key to unlocking growth in challenging fiscal environments characterized by rising debt and slowing growth. Read more here:
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In this commentary, Philip Luck and Michael H. Gary argue efficient public spending is the key to unlocking growth in challenging fiscal environments characterized by rising debt and slowing growth.
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New Episode Coming Soon! Tune into Betting on America on Wednesday, December 17 at 10 AM ET as @dbeasley1, former South Carolina governor and former executive director of the World Food Programme, joins @NGirishankar on Betting on America to share lessons on U.S. global
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David Beasley joins Betting on America to discuss U.S. global leadership, drawing on his experience leading the World Food Programme, negotiating in conflict zones, and sharing insights on private-...
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On the most recent episode of the AI Policy Podcast, @Gregory_C_Allen and Matt Mande break down the White House’s decision to let Nvidia’s H200 chips be exported to China, analyze the Genesis Mission executive order, and more. Listen:
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We talk White House’s decision to export H200 chips to China, the One Rule and Genesis Mission executive orders, and major insurers relationship with AI.
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We're hiring a Senior Fellow! The Economic, Security and Technology departement is hiring a candidate who will serve as the senior analyst within the EST front office, working directly with the President of the Economic Security and Technology Department on high-priority
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CSIS is a bipartisan, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Center’s 220 full-time staff and large network of affiliated scholars conduct research and analysis and develop...
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In the latest from the @CSIS_Trade, William Reinsch describes how Trump's use of leverage in trade negotiations differs from previous administrations emphasizing that while both tactics work only the traditional persuasive approach will deliver the pudding afterward. Read more
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This week, Bill Reinsch describes how Trump's use of leverage in trade negotiations differs from previous administrations.
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With data center demand surging, FERC’s new large load proposal could redraw the line between federal and state power—and determine how quickly the U.S. grid can absorb AI-driven demand. The outcome may reshape how megawatt-scale loads connect to the grid nationwide. In their
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With data center demand surging, FERC’s new large load proposal could redraw the line between federal and state power—and determine how quickly the U.S. grid can absorb AI-driven demand. The outcome...
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🔴Live now: Federal Statistics & Economic Security @MarkCalabria, Chief Statistician of the United States, joins @NGirishankar on Betting on America to discuss what it will take to build a modern statistical system—accurate, credible, and capable of supporting America’s economic
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A special episode of Betting on America features a live CSIS event with Navin and Dr. Mark Calabria, discussing how the U.S. can build a modern, accurate, and credible statistical system to support...
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Premiering Today❗ Tune into Betting on America at 10:00 AM ET today for a special episode featuring @MarkCalabria, Chief Statistician of the United States. Join @NGirishankar and experts from government, industry, and the research community— @ojwise, Rachel Lyngaas, William
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A special episode of Betting on America features a live CSIS event with Navin and Dr. Mark Calabria, discussing how the U.S. can build a modern, accurate, and credible statistical system to support...
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Japan is redefining economic security—linking innovation, resilience, and global cooperation. In @Reuters new feature with @METI_JPN, @NGirishankar highlights why allied collaboration is essential to securing critical technologies, strengthening supply chains, and training the
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When a global shortage of semiconductors left car buyers waiting months for vehicles and retailers scrambling for appliances, a once abstract phrase—economic security—became suddenly tangible.
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Turning the AI Revolution into Dollar Dominance In his latest commentary, @NGirishankar argues that President Trump's Gulf chip deals enable billions in AI exports but miss what ensures dollar dominance. A compute-dollar successor to the petrodollar will keep China’s offer of AI
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Navin Girishankar argues that President Trump's Gulf chip deals enable billions in AI exports but miss what ensures dollar dominance. A compute-dollar successor to the petrodollar will keep China’s...
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New Episode Coming Soon! Tune into Betting on America this Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at 10:00 AM ET for a special episode from a recent live CSIS event. @MarkCalabria, Chief Statistician of the United States, joins @NGirishankar alongside: - @Ojwise, Executive
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A special episode of Betting on America features a live CSIS event with Navin and Dr. Mark Calabria, discussing how the U.S. can build a modern, accurate, and credible statistical system to support...
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Rebuilding America’s Industrial Base @davidu, General Partner at @a16z, explains why reshoring American manufacturing is vital to U.S. competitiveness and long-term economic security. Watch the full Betting on America Episode with @NGirishankar here: https://t.co/29pP4EV82N
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On Monday, December 8, the @CSISEnergy will host a presentation of the National Petroleum Council’s new report, “Bottleneck to Breakthrough: A Permitting Blueprint to Build.” The event will also feature a discussion on federal permitting reform with a diverse group of experts.
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Please join the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program for a conversation on federal permitting reform featuring a diverse set of experts
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Rising geopolitical competition, digital sovereignty, and the allure of AI are driving countries to adopt sovereign cloud and sovereign AI. Yet sovereign controls bring higher costs, slower growth, and less innovation, making the economies that use them less competitive. —a
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Rising geopolitical competition, digital sovereignty, and the allure of AI are driving countries to adopt sovereign cloud and sovereign AI. Yet sovereign controls bring higher costs, slower growth,...
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Thanks for listening, @pmarca! Happy to talk national interest investing with @a16z anytime. Â You can listen to my discussion with @davidu here:
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David Ulevitch, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, joins Navin Girishankar on Betting on America to discuss the American Dynamism Fund and the growing trend of national interest investing.
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David Ulevitch says that reversing America's reliance on Chinese supply chains is likely of “the utmost criticality to our national security.” “Our greatest adversary is our strongest economic partner at the same time, which is just an incredibly challenging situation to be in.”
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National Interest Investing = ESG 2.0? @davidu, General Partner at @a16z, discusses why advancing the national interest and achieving strong financial returns can go hand in hand. Watch the full Betting on America episode with @NGirishankar here: https://t.co/29pP4EUAdf
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