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In a live session at the SCSP AI + Education Summit, U.S. Senator Mike Rounds and NVIDIA co‑founder Chris Malachowsky argued that America must seize the AI moment to stay globally competitive. They cited a potential $4.7 trillion boost to the U.S. economy if AI is treated as "amplified intelligence." The discussion highlighted university‑driven projects such as the University of Florida’s AI supercomputer and Dakota State’s cybersecurity pipeline as models for workforce development. It also warned that without addressing energy, immigration and infrastructure bottlenecks, the U.S. could fall behind China in AI‑enabled defense capabilities.
SCSP’s new report highlights China’s transformation from a missile‑focused program into a full‑scale civil, commercial, and military space enterprise. Beijing now runs the Tiangong space station, operates global navigation and Earth‑observation constellations, and has achieved historic lunar and Mars robotic...
SCSP released an interactive report estimating that artificial intelligence could influence 25 % to 64 % of tasks across all 131 Army officer MOS, with combat arms still seeing over a quarter of duties affected, especially during deployments. The study proposes four...
SCSP has unveiled the Tech Scorecard, a new framework that rates national competitiveness across five technology dimensions—innovation leadership, industrial capacity, market ecosystem, talent pipeline, and national leverage. The initiative arrives as China’s 2026 Five‑Year Plan signals a shift toward high‑quality,...
In the latest Strait Forward episode, host Channing Lee and award‑winning food journalist Clarissa Wei spotlight Taiwanese cuisine beyond the usual beef noodle soup and xiaolongbao, framing it as a pillar of Taiwan’s soft‑power strategy. Wei promotes her new cookbook,...
On a special edition of the President’s Tech Brief, hosts Ylli Bajraktari and Martijn Rasser, joined by SCSP experts Chip Usher, Ylber Bajraktari, and guest Joel Rayburn, dissected the recent joint U.S.-Israel strikes against Iran. They examined the immediate fallout...
