To compete and thrive in the 21st century, democracies, and the United States in particular, must develop new national security and economic strategies that address the geopolitics of information. In the 20th century, market capitalist democracies geared infrastructure, energy, trade, and even social policy to protect and advance that era’s key source of power—manufacturing. In this century, democracies must better account for information geopolitics across all dimensions of domestic policy and national strategy.
Much of the effort and budget for energy technology innovation goes towards pushing new technology into the market, where it has to pass through private firms. The Department of Energy supports and enables private sector innovation in a number of ways. We look at these mechanisms, especially those that result in a partnership between public and private (and perhaps academic and non-profit) sectors, with the goal of improving the effectiveness of the government’s investment.
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