TCIP Center Publications
January 23, 2026 | Report
Recharging Our Future: Can the U.S. Manufacture Batteries?
Edlyn Levine, MIT Sloan School of Management
Yet-Ming Chiang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fiona E. Murray, MIT Sloan School of Management
This report is the output of an assessment commissioned by the Technology Competitiveness and Industrial Policy Center (TCIP Center) at the University of California, Berkeley to understand the state of lithium-ion battery manufacturing in the United States. It is based on data analysis, insights from expert interviews, and a review of industrial policy choices and their effects. The study addresses U.S. dependence on China for battery imports, an appropriate and competitive strategy to build up domestic battery production capacity, and structural failings that led to offshoring of the production of U.S. battery innovations.
May 6, 2025 | Opinion
America's Coming Brain Drain
Rafael Reif, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In this Foreign Affairs essay, MIT President Emeritus L. Rafael Reif warns that the United States is at risk of losing its longstanding global leadership in science and technology. This dominance was built over decades through sustained investment in research and development, academic freedom, and an openness to international talent. However, Reif argues that these pillars are being eroded by a mix of federal funding cuts, political interference in universities, and immigration policies that deter the very scientists who once fueled American innovation.
April 3, 2025 | Opinion
Putting the 'Tech' into Military Technology Policy
Victoria Coleman, University of California, Berkeley
H.-S. Philip Wong, Stanford University
In this opinion, UC Berkeley Professor Victoria Coleman and Stanford University Professor H.-S. Philip Wong stress the importance of technological development in the context of ensuring economic power. It is in the Nation's interest to ensure the promotion of technology development, including bridging the "lab-to-fab" gap. Technology policy must also be approached not as a one-time fix but as an ongoing commitment that include both nurturing inventions and actively encourage domestic scaling.