Room to Maneuver
Why America needs more routes around maritime chokepoints, a larger merchant fleet, and expanded shipbuilding and repair capacity supported by allied expertise and sustained orders.
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Independent analysis of geopolitics, technology, security, and the policy decisions shaping business and public life. Read our Notes and longer Reports.
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Free, independent analysis of the political developments shaping business decisions.
Lines of Supply
From the wartime Big Inch pipelines to Western Gateway, America needs more east-west energy connections, expanded refining capacity and dependable permitting to keep industrial work and fuel supply at home.
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Anduril’s planned Arsenal-2 shipyard at Sparrows Point connects Maryland’s shipbuilding history to the need for more U.S. submarines, qualified manufacturers and skilled workers as China expands its naval power.
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The Vulnerability Window
April 2027 is being treated as a prophecy. It is a production calendar.
The Age of Therapeutic Abundance
Pharmaceutical science is advancing faster than the American healthcare system, shifting the binding constraints from discovery toward access and delivery.
The Spacefaring State
How manufacturing, spaceports, orbital logistics, and military institutions must scale together to build durable American power beyond Earth.
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