Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

The GeoTech Center’s forward-looking insight on the secure and principled use of pioneering emerging technologies that can enhance global stability.

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Transformative technologies present both opportunities and challenges for economic strength, national security, and societal resilience. The GeoTech Center provides insight on how to deploy these technologies strategically and practically—advancing innovation that is secure, values-driven, and globally impactful.

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Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

Report Jul 10, 2025

Exploring the global digital ID landscape

By Coley Felt, Will LaRivee

The worldwide adoption of digital identity systems varies significantly across regions and implementation approaches.
Africa Digital Policy
Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

New Atlanticist May 30, 2025

NASA needs a twenty-first-century approach to space exploration

By Dan Hart, Emily Sespico

The US space program must forge a future in which intelligent machines and humans work together seamlessly and the strengths of each are maximized.
Space Technology & Innovation
Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

GeoTech Cues May 21, 2025

To build tomorrow’s power grid, the United States should look to geothermal energy

By Sudeep Kanungo, Will LaRivee

Geothermal energy offers a promising solution for stable, reliable baseload power. But to unlock its full potential, the US government must take action to reduce the barriers to entry for industry.
Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance
Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

Issue Brief Apr 3, 2025

Sovereign remedies: Between AI autonomy and control

By Trisha Ray

Sovereign AI has gained a foothold in several capitals around the world.
Artificial Intelligence International Norms
Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

Issue Brief Apr 2, 2025

Mapping public opinion to drive climate action in India

By Jennifer Marlon, Jagadish Thaker

India stands at a crossroads in its fight against climate change.
Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment
Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

New Atlanticist Mar 25, 2025

Starlink’s India launch is a crash course on New Delhi’s approach to tech sovereignty

By Trisha Ray

A recently announced partnership to deploy the Elon Musk-led company’s satellite internet in India offers a window into New Delhi’s “hybrid” approach.
Economy & Business India
Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

GeoTech Cues Feb 4, 2025

Did DeepSeek just trigger a paradigm shift?

By Ryan Arant, Newton Howard

The release of DeepSeek’s AI model may have far-reaching implications for global investment trends, regulatory strategies, and the broader AI industry.
Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy
Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

New Atlanticist Feb 4, 2025

Five AI management strategies—and how they could shape the future

By Kieron O’Hara and Wendy Hall

To ensure the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) are realized while minimizing the anticipated evils, it’s important to understand the different ways to approach AI governance.
Artificial Intelligence Technology & Innovation
Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

New Atlanticist Jan 23, 2025

Trump should keep, not cut, Biden’s last-minute offer of federal land for AI data centers

By Will LaRivee

In an executive order in the final days of his administration, US President Joe Biden put forward a promising idea to expand US data center capacity.
Artificial Intelligence Politics & Diplomacy
Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

GeoTech Cues Jul 26, 2024

The sovereignty trap

By Konstantinos Komaitis, Esteban Ponce de León, Kenton Thibaut, Trisha Ray, Kevin Klyman

When sovereignty is invoked in digital contexts without an understanding of the broader political environment, several traps can be triggered.
Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy
Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

Report May 29, 2024

Generational AI: Digital inclusion for aging populations

By Caroline Thompson

Recommendations on improved inclusion and empowerment of older adults in the age of artificial intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy
Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

New Atlanticist Dec 18, 2023

Can AI be creative? Global copyright laws need an answer.

By Trisha Ray

Advances in generative artificial intelligence have revealed serious shortcomings in global copyright laws.
Artificial Intelligence China
Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

Video Nov 2, 2023

Decoding artificial intelligence

Watch Philip L. Frana, professor in the Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies and Independent Scholars programs at James Madison University, decode artificial intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy
Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

GeoTech Cues Oct 11, 2023

Data strategies for an AI-powered government

By GeoTech Center

Recommendations for the federal enterprise from planning to piloting to procurement.
Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy
Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

GeoTech Cues Apr 27, 2023

Why US technology multinationals are looking to Africa for AI and other emerging technologies: Scaling tropical-tolerant R&D innovations

By Nii Simmonds

The African continent is emerging as a crucial player in the drive for innovation as technology continues to transform every industry. Due to its potential as a center for ground-breaking research and development (R&D) in artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies, US technology corporations are increasingly focusing on Africa.
Africa Technology & Innovation
Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

GeoTech Cues Jan 25, 2023

AI generates new policy risk

By Jonno Evans

New AI tools will have a huge impact on how people work and live and can support innovation and productivity across sectors. But it is also important to be mindful of its potential for misuse. Governments, policymakers, and other stakeholders must be proactive to ensure that these tools are not exploited to cause harm.
Technology & Innovation