The Hoover Institution hosted Six Challenges the US Must Win on Tuesday, October 11th, 2022 from 12:00 – 1:00pm PT.
Watch the discussion with Ylli Bajraktari and the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) team. The SCSP is tasked with developing a plan to improve the United States’ techno-economic competitiveness by 2025 and identifying technology areas where we must act by 2030 to retain our advantage. TEG Working Group co-chair Dr. Amy Zegart spoke with Mr. Bajraktari and authors of the SCSP report, Mid-Decade Challenges to National Competitiveness, about what they’ve learned and their recommendations.
The discussion, followed by a Q&A, focused on how the US addresses six major challenges: Harnessing the New Geometry of Innovation; Restoring the Sources of Techno-Economic Advantage; Developing an American Approach to AI Governance; Remaking U.S. Global Leadership in the Age of Technology Competition; The Future of Conflict and the New Requirements of Defense; and Intelligence in an Age of Data-Driven Competition.
The SCSP is a bipartisan, non-profit initiative that grew out of the Congressionally-mandated National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mr. Ylli Bajraktari is the CEO of the Special Competitive Studies Project. Prior to launching SCSP, Ylli served as the Executive Director of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence. Prior to joining NSCAI, he served as Chief of Staff to the National Security Advisor LTG H.R. McMaster, held a variety of leadership roles for former Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work, and served as Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dempsey. Originally joining the Department of Defense in 2010, he served in the Office of the Undersecretary for Policy as a country director for Afghanistan, and later India. Mr. Bajraktari is the recipient of the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Medal – the highest award given to career DoD civilian employees.