Research & Analysis

Applied Research for Industrial Renewal

IAMT produces applied research, policy analysis, and strategic frameworks across three core domains: artificial intelligence, energy and power, and manufacturing.

Latest Publications Focus Areas

Focus Areas

Our research addresses the structural conditions that determine national capacity and competitiveness across technology, energy, and industry.

01

Industrial Competitiveness

Analyzing the structural and policy conditions that determine whether American firms can compete in advanced manufacturing at global scale.

02

Critical Supply Chain Analysis

Mapping vulnerabilities in semiconductor, energy, and manufacturing supply chains that create strategic risk for the United States.

03

Infrastructure & Permitting

Addressing regulatory, permitting, and capacity barriers that prevent the construction of energy, industrial, and digital infrastructure.

04

Technology Governance

Developing frameworks for governing AI, compute infrastructure, and advanced technologies in ways that preserve national capacity and security.

05

Defense Industrial Base

Assessing domestic capacity to produce military hardware, munitions, and strategic materials at the scale national security requires.

06

Nuclear & Advanced Energy

Evaluating next-generation nuclear, fusion, and advanced baseload generation technologies required to power industrial and compute growth.

07

Trade, Tariffs & Export Controls

Analyzing how trade policy, tariff structures, and technology export controls shape domestic manufacturing and strategic competitiveness.

08

Workforce & Skills Architecture

Building the human capital systems, training pipelines, and apprenticeship programs required to sustain advanced manufacturing and technology deployment.

Research Publications

Long-form research papers, data analysis, and in-depth studies from across all three IAMT institutes.

SIOP for Aerospace and Defense
FORGE · PUBLICATION · Feb 17, 2026

SIOP for Aerospace and Defense

SIOP for Aerospace and Defense Industrial Readiness in an Era of Strategic Competition INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGY (IAMT) Forge Policy Institute February 2026...

Policy Briefs & Issue Papers

Concise, actionable policy analysis designed for policymakers, industry leaders, and institutional decision-makers.

Oil: The Price of Disruption
ATLAS · POLICY BRIEF · Mar 10, 2026

Oil: The Price of Disruption

Oil: The Price of Disruption Oil Prices, Economic Cascades, and the Cost of Energy Vulnerability Written by: Patrick J. Wolf, PhDSenior Fellow, Institute for American...

A Federal Policy Framework for AI-Ready Interoperability
AEGIS · POLICY BRIEF · Mar 3, 2026

A Federal Policy Framework for AI-Ready Interoperability

By: Morgan Dixon The Dilemma of Data Fragmentation: Structural Impairments to Civic Intelligence In the contemporary technological landscape, the promise of Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI)...

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