🇨🇳 China’s National AI Strategy

China’s AI push has shifted from catching up at home to setting the rules abroad, melding chip self-reliance, state capital, and Digital-Silk-Road diplomacy into a single strategic engine.

🇮🇷 Iran: 2026 National Capability Ratings

Iran is notably a T4 Frontier, National Security nation with a clear strength in Hard Power and much weaker Soft and Economic Power profiles

🇦🇺 Australia: 2026 National Capability Ratings

Australia sits 19th on the Global Capability Frontier, with strong performance all around, but lacking a T1 role in any of the nine capability domains.

🇷🇺 Russia's National AI Strategy

Russia is not racing to lead AI globally, it is engineering an AI system it can control, sustain, and deploy under pressure.

🌍 Africa: 2025 National Capability Ratings

🇲🇦 Morocco leads Africa's Capability Frontier in T4 Information & Influence followed by T5 in National Security. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia sits on T4 for Productivity and Innovation and 🇪🇬 Egypt T5 for National Security

🇹🇼 Taiwan: 2025 National Capability Ratings

QUICK TAKE · AI Summary * 🇹🇼 Taiwan's strengths are in Production & Innovation and Investment & Trade where it holds a Tier 2 position in capability. * 🇹🇼 Taiwan ranks 18th globally across the nine capability domains, just behind the 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and just ahead of 🇦🇺 Australia. * GINC's National Capability

🇪🇪 Estonia: 2025 National Capability Ratings

Estonia sits on the global frontier (T1) for Human Capital, Governance & Integrity and Investment & Trade, positioning 🇪🇪 Estonia in 7th place globally.

🇨🇳 China: 2025 National Capability Ratings

China is ranked 2nd in the Hard Capability domain behind the US, however ranks 15th across all nine capability domains, reflecting still emerging Soft Capabilities and Economic Capabilities.

Information & Influence: 2026 National Capability Ratings

How nations project influence: GINC assesses social cohesion, diplomacy, diaspora networks, and cultural reach—revealing Nordic leaders and US dominance in different domains.

Financial Strength: 2026 National Capability Ratings

Nations on the Global Capability Frontier for Financial Strength

Understanding Capability Profiles: The Shape of Competitive Advantage

GINC analyzes national competitive position through three capability profiles, Balanced, Specialized or Asymmetric, using Pareto methodology to reveal how nations structure their strengths.

Defining Critical Technology: A Comparative Framework Analysis

Critical technology frameworks vary by nation. US tracks 18 areas, China 10 sectors, EU 10 domains, yet all recognize AI, quantum, semiconductors, and biotech as essential to national power and prosperity.