America's Tech Ambitions Outrunning Industrial Realities

Authors

  • Macdonald Amoah Independent Researcher Author
  • Morgan Bazilian Colorado School of Mines image/svg+xml Author
  • Jahara Matisek US Naval War College / Northwestern University Author

Abstract

Despite substantial federal investments in advanced manufacturing, the United States faces three critical infrastructure constraints that undermine reindustrialization efforts: insufficient energy capacity, hollowed-out industrial supply chains, and a shrinking technical workforce.

Author Biographies

  • Macdonald Amoah, Independent Researcher
    Independent Researcher focusing on critical minerals supply chains, advanced manufacturing gaps, the industrial base, and geopolitical risks in the mining sector.
  • Morgan Bazilian, Colorado School of Mines
    Morgan D. Bazilian directs the Payne Institute for Public Policy and serves as professor at the Colorado School of Mines. He previously held the position of lead energy specialist at the World Bank.
  • Jahara Matisek, US Naval War College / Northwestern University
    Lt Col Jahara Matisek (PhD) is a US Air Force command pilot, nonresident research fellow at the US Naval War College, senior fellow at the Payne Institute for Public Policy, and visiting scholar at Northwestern University.

Published

2026-01-07

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2026): Issue 2

Section

Dispatch