Germany is already harnessing AI for smarter production — with virtual factories, robot fleets and its newly launched Industrial AI Cloud. Can this edge overcome stagnation and let the country truly ...

Tariffs unaffected by President Trump’s Supreme Court loss are adding costs for many U.S. manufacturers that use steel, ...

The Pentagon’s shift towards long-term procurement contracts, rather than temporary year-by-year funding, is a welcome step in improving America’s ailing defense industry.

Indonesia targets sugar self sufficiency for household consumption for 2028, followed by industrial refined sugar by 2030, while industrial salt sufficiency is set for 2027.

These gains are not limited to experimental systems. At Midea, one of the world’s largest home appliance manufacturers, an ...

For years, Suzanne Berger has been a leading advocate for US industry. Now she’s co-directing MIT’s Initiative for New Manufacturing, a platform to help the country make more goods.

The timing is not accidental, because airlines are under sharper pressure to cut emissions, but SAF is still limited in ...

How did the United States overtake Europe to become the world's technological leader within just a few decades? A new study by researcher Frank Neffke from the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) and ...

China’s humanoid robot makers are scaling fast in 2026, led by Unitree and AgiBot, as the market shifts from viral demos to ...

Venezuela's collapse was its fate as a petrostate, with overvalued currency stunting the private sector, and oil volatility undermining the public sector.

German Chancellor Friedriz Merz is traveling to China on February 25 and 26 amid significant economic tension. China, once the driving force behind German exports, has become a direct rival, forcing ...

As the war in Ukraine enters its fifth year since Russia’s large-scale invasion, six CFR experts offer concrete recommendations for securing Ukraine and Europe’s future.