SCSP / Our work

Ideas into
American
advantage.

The technologies are moving fast.
Our work helps America move with purpose.

Research that sets the agenda. Commissions that build a path forward. Programs and tools that put ideas to work.

Our mission in motion

Understand the competition.
Shape what comes next.

The latest publication

October 15, 2026

Artificial intelligence / Global competition

The Open
Frontier.

How America wins the AI diffusion race.

Leading in AI means more than building the best models. It means ensuring that developers, businesses, and governments around the world choose to build on an American AI ecosystem.

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SCSP / Special Competitive Studies ProjectThe Open
FrontierHow America wins
the AI diffusion race

In focus

The questions
that matter now.

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Manufacturing / Robotics

Preliminary report · October 2026

Build the machines.
Build the advantage.

A practical blueprint for translating America’s robotics strengths into industrial capacity.

Robotics Commission Preliminary Report

Society & AI / September 2026

American AI Sentiment in 2026

Use is growing. Trust is not. A closer look at America’s relationship with AI.

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Intelligence / August 2026

Sensing the Threat

Turning advances in computer vision into an intelligence advantage.

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Commissions & task forces

Big challenges.
Focused missions.

Bringing leaders from government, industry, and research together around the technologies that will define American strength.

National Security Commission on Robotics for Advanced Manufacturing

National security commission

From invention
to industrial strength.

Building a practical blueprint for American leadership in robotics and advanced manufacturing.

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Commission on U.S. Quantum Primacy

Quantum Commission

Lead at the
quantum frontier.

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Commission on the Scaling of Fusion Energy

Fusion Commission

Scale the next
energy breakthrough.

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SCSPNVIDIA

Task Force on AI & the Future of Work

Prepare for the work ahead.

How AI is reshaping employment, skills, and opportunity—and what America needs to do next.

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Programs & education

Build the people
who build the future.

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International Strategy Forum

Brilliant technologists.
Global perspectives.
A shared future.

Fellowship / Global community

International Strategy Forum

A global, interdisciplinary fellowship connecting emerging leaders at the intersection of geopolitics, technology, and democracy.

Education / Open learning

Learn with SCSP

Explore courses on AI, emerging technologies, and national security. Bring the ideas shaping the future into your own work.

Tools & interactive research

See the landscape.
Make the next move.

Explore interactive research on technology competition, public opinion, and the choices shaping AI.
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Strategic assessment

Where does America stand?

Explore the U.S.–China competition across critical technologies through interactive assessments.

Open the Tech Scorecard

Interactive research / SCSP × Gallup

American AI Sentiment in 2026

Explore how Americans use, understand, and trust AI—and what has changed since 2025.

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Interactive decision tool

Developer’s Dilemma

Navigate the choices and tradeoffs in the China AI ecosystem.

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Interactive research

The Global AI Policy Landscape

Explore how countries are approaching AI policy and governance.

Explore the landscape

Help shape what comes next.

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