From: allin
The United States faces a significant issue regarding its inability to independently manage its essential needs, leading to reliance on external entities whose perspectives on the U.S. could rapidly change [00:00:00]. To address this, there is a recognized need to measure and protect four critical areas to ensure national self-sufficiency [00:00:15].
Four Critical Areas for National Security
- Technology and Artificial Intelligence This area includes both the chips and the enabling technology essential for artificial intelligence [00:00:21]. It is crucial to establish a robust and predominantly American supply chain for these technologies [00:00:26].
- Energy The U.S. currently lacks the capacity to quickly produce the necessary energy it requires [00:00:31]. Furthermore, critical supply chains, such as those for photovoltaics, are vulnerable to disruption by countries like China [00:00:39].
- Critical Material Inputs There is a dependency on critical material inputs that are fundamental to the material science of the future [00:00:42]. This includes a problem with critical minerals, rare earths, and other material science inputs [00:00:49].
- Pharmaceutical Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) Ensuring that American citizens have access to essential medicines means having the capability not only to manufacture but also to design pharmaceutical APIs domestically [00:00:54].