Economic Security and Technology

The Economic Security and Technology Department examines the most pressing issues facing the United States and its partners in sustaining economic and technological advantages essential to prosperity, security, and resilience.

With unique breadth and depth of expertise across economic policy, global markets, and advanced technologies, we provide strategic insights and practical solutions to drive competitiveness, technological leadership, and economic security amid global threats.

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Critical Questions

What the Trump-Xi Summit Revealed, and Left Unsaid, About U.S.-China Tech Competition

Critical Questions by Lauryn Williams and Kuhu Badgi — May 20, 2026

Commentary

Will the AI Economy Have a Middle Class? The Case for an AI Homestead Policy

Commentary by Navin Girishankar — May 22, 2026

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Report

Insights into the “Pay Now, Argue Later” Mechanism

Report by William Alan Reinsch and Thibault Denamiel — May 20, 2026

Commentary

How Trade Reduces the Risk of War

Commentary by Philip Luck and Christopher Meissner — May 19, 2026

Critical Questions

Foreign Investment Attraction and CFIUS: Can the “Known Investor Program” Make U.S. Investment Screening More Efficient?

Critical Questions by Andrea Leonard Palazzi — May 19, 2026

Navin Girishankar

President, Economic Security and Technology Department

Navin Girishankar is president of the Economic Security and Technology Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He leads a bipartisan team of over 40 resident staff and an extensive network of non-resident affiliates dedicated to providing independent research and strategic insights on economic and technology policies and their critical role in competitiveness as well as national security.

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