Innovation and National Security: Keeping Our Edge

by Adam Segal

Overview

For the past three-quarters of a century, the United States has led the world in technological innovation and development. The nation now risks falling behind its competitors, principally China. The United States needs to advance a national innovation strategy to ensure it remains the predominant power in a range of emerging technologies. Innovation and National Security: Keeping Our Edge outlines a strategy based on four pillars: restoring federal funding for research and development, attracting and educating a science and technology workforce, supporting technology adoption in the defense sector, and bolstering and scaling technology alliances and ecosystems. Failure could lead to a future in which rivals strengthen their militaries and threaten U.S. security interests, and new innovation centers replace the United States as the source of original ideas and inspiration for the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780876097700
Publisher:	Council on Foreign Relations
Publication date:	09/18/2019
Series:	Independent Task Force Report , #77
Pages:	124
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.26(d)

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

vi Foreword

ix Acknowledgments

2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

10 INTRODUCTION

13 FINDINGS

13 Speed, Disruption, and Scale

16 The U.S. Innovation System

27 The National Innovation Security Base

36 China and the Rise of the Rest

45 The Trump Administration’s Innovation Agenda

53 RECOMMENDATIONS

53 Restore Federal Funding for Research and Development

60 Attract and Educate a Science and Technology Workforce

64 Support Technology Adoption in the Defense Sector

69 Bolster and Scale Technology Alliances and Ecosystems

75 CONCLUSION

76 Additional and Dissenting Views

81 Endnotes

94 Acronyms

96 Glossary

101 Task Force Members

110 Task Force Observers

113 Contributing CFR Staff