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America Needs Economic Warriors

"Building an economic warrior class should be a national priority among government, business, universities, think tanks, and philanthropies," warns CSIS’s Navin Girishankar in Foreign Affairs.

Commentary by Navin Girishankar — December 30, 2025

Turning the AI Revolution into Dollar Dominance

Navin Girishankar argues that President Trump's Gulf chip deals enable billions in AI exports but miss what ensures dollar dominance. A compute-dollar successor to the petrodollar will keep China’s offer of AI plus digital yuan settlement in the rearview mirror. 

Commentary by Navin Girishankar — December 8, 2025

Is the Global South More Optimistic Than Prepared for AI?

Emerging and developing economies are more optimistic than advanced ones about artificial intelligence (AI), but less prepared to adopt it. This gap could offer a “golden opportunity” for partnerships with the United States around AI standards, skills, and exports.

Analysis by Navin Girishankar and Andrea Leonard Palazzi — October 23, 2025

Can the United States Meet Skilled Trade Labor Demand Through 2030?

The GenAI infrastructure build-out presents a unique opportunity to create new pathways to durable middle-class jobs, but AI data centers will not be wired, commissioned, or inspected without skilled trades workers.

Analysis by Navin Girishankar and Karl Smith — October 2, 2025

Experts React: Unpacking the Trump Administration’s Plan to Win the AI Race

The Trump administration's launch of its AI Action Plan and accompanying executive orders removes any doubt that global leadership in AI is at the heart of economic competitiveness and national security. Our experts unpack the administration's road map and its prospects for impact.

Commentary by Navin Girishankar, Kirti Gupta, Matt Pearl, Philip Luck, James Andrew Lewis, Leslie Abrahams, Sujai Shivakumar, Erin L. Murphy, Matthew S. Borman, Noam Unger, Madeleine McLean, and Carol Kuntz — July 25, 2025

How AI Cooperation Can Save the U.S.-ROK Trade Talks

As the August 1 deadline looms, the United States and South Korea must resist a narrow tariff fix and instead focus the negotiations on full-stack AI collaboration. An AI stack accord would meet the four key tests of a modern U.S.-ROK economic security partnership.  

Commentary by Navin Girishankar — July 15, 2025

From Tariffs to Tech Power: The Pivot the United States Needs Now

Navin Girishankar argues that the United States urgently needs a ‘total reset’ from tariff policy to a national program centered on full stack leadership in AI. The good news is that the administration’s agenda already includes the elements of such a program. They need to be elevated and made coherent.

Commentary by Navin Girishankar — May 15, 2025