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James Andrew Lewis

Senior Vice President; Pritzker Chair; and Director, Strategic Technologies Program
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Sujai Shivakumar

Director and Senior Fellow, Renewing American Innovation Project
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Alexander Kersten

Deputy Director and Fellow, Renewing American Innovation Project

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CSIS Renewing American Innovation Celebrates World IP Day

What role does IP play in incentivizing innovation and technological leadership? This panel of experts explores this important topic on the heels of World IP Day.

Event by Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) , Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) , Andrei Iancu , John J. Hamre , Kirti Gupta , Kathleen O'Malley , and Judge Paul Michel (Ret.) — April 27, 2023

TRIPS Waivers and Pharmaceutical Innovation

TRIPS waivers undermine the U.S. pharmaceutical industry by degrading the IP protections which are essential to the pharmaceutical innovation ecosystem. Less innovation in the pharmaceutical industry means fewer vaccines and drugs in the future, leaving the United States and other nations less prepared for future pandemics and other health emergencies.

Blog Post by Christopher Borges — March 15, 2023

Inclusive Innovation: Challenges and Paths Forward

In an era of increased strategic technology-based competition, the United States needs to more fully engage the talent found across its population. Greater inclusion taps the talents of more Americans and gives them a stake in the innovation economy.

Event by Sujai Shivakumar , Tom Guevara , and Andrei Iancu — December 6, 2022

Protect the Value of American Invention

The United States is the world’s most innovative country, but China aims to out-innovate it in the most critical technologies of the future.

Commentary by Andrei Iancu and David J. Kappos — November 30, 2022

China's Ally in Stealing Western IP: The United States

The Chinese government's agenda to steal competitors’ intellectual property, poses a significant long-term threat to the economic and national security of the United States.

Commentary by Walter G. Copan — October 26, 2022

Manufacturing and Workforce

The Chinese government, and their agenda to steal competitors’ intellectual property, poses a significant long-term threat to the economic and national security of the United States

Commentary by Sujai Shivakumar — October 25, 2022

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Mental Health and National Security

We sat down with President of General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) Amy Gilliland for a conversation on the importance of prioritizing mental health in the workplace.

Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — October 19, 2022

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