US Innovation Supremacy: Assessing the Competitive Gap with China (npr.org)

• Erosion of US dominance in frontier science
• Structural challenges in scaling deep-tech research
• Critical dependence on international talent retention

"The former president of MIT warns that the United States is losing its dominant edge in the global innovation race to China. The critique highlights structural inefficiencies in US R&D funding, the difficulty of retaining global scientific talent, and the rapid scaling of Chinese industrial policy. To maintain technological leverage, she argues for a more aggressive, state-backed approach to frontier research and commercialization."