We are THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. At this point, America retains enormous economic and military advantages. American companies dominate many of the world’s most consequential industries, including technology, aerospace and defense, banking and capital markets, biotech and pharmaceuticals, media and entertainment, and professional services, while American universities remain among the world’s leading centers of research and higher education.

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Our private economy remains unmatched in its depth and capacity to finance innovation. The United States attracted nearly two-thirds of global venture-capital investment in 2025, with some $320 billion invested in American companies, and U.S. firms captured roughly three-quarters of all global venture funding for artificial intelligence. More than half of the world’s 100 most valuable publicly traded corporations are American. And while the United States has only about 4 percent of the world’s population, its stock markets account for around 44 percent of global equity-market capitalization.

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​It’s time for America and Americans to up our game. Our leaders have had us playing small for decades and that’s just not going to cut it anymore. To begin, we need to develop a comprehensive long-term strategy to stop our slide and solidify our course.

 

There are two things we are certain of. The first is that the continued dominance and national security of the United States depend on four things. Not one of these, all four: the dollar, diplomacy, development, and defense. The second thing we are certain of is that, for the first time in decades, we face a rival that has reached dimensions of strength that we cannot entirely combat alone. Read more here.