The Tech Policy Toolkit | Data Tools for Economic Statecraft and National Security

Technology policy now sits at the center of economic and national security decision-making. Policymakers need tools that translate abstract strategy into concrete analysis and action. The sources below function as applied tools for technology policy and economic statecraft. Analysts use them to scope authorities, assess leverage, track outcomes, and inform real-world policy choices.

CSET Core Tool Stack. The Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University provides data-driven frameworks and analytic tools that policymakers use to assess strategic technologies, global competition, and policy tradeoffs across the full technology lifecycle.

CSET tools include:

– PATHWISE maps workforce and education metrics for emerging technology talent across U.S. regions.

– Scout is a discovery tool for Chinese-language writing on science and technology.

– Map of Science organizes global research literature into a powerful web-based explorer, revealing trends and hotspots in science and technology research.

– AGORA is a living collection of AI-relevant laws, regulations, standards, and other governance documents from the U.S. and around the world.

– Supply Chain Explorer is a guide to the vast, complex, and critical supply chain for advanced computer chips.

– Research Almanac provides high-level trends in global emerging technology research on topics in AI, biotechnology, chips, and cybersecurity.

– Country Activity Tracker provides data on global AI research, patenting, and investment in a user-friendly dashboard.

Bureau of Industry and Security – Interactive Commerce Control List. The Interactive Commerce Control List lets users explore how specific technologies map to export control categories in U.S. law for licensing and jurisdictional work.

Global Sanctions Database. The Global Sanctions Database allows users to filter and analyze sanctions by country, sector, instrument, and dates to inform sanctions design and policy evaluation.

PRISM – Investment Screening Mechanisms. Princeton University’s PRISM Project provides an interactive portal to compare global investment screening mechanisms, including design choices and authority structures.

Global Capital Allocation Project – Geoeconomic Monitor. The Geoeconomic Monitor offers visual dashboards tracking state interventions, capital restrictions, and strategic investment trends across global markets.

Convergent Research – Fundamental Development Gap Map. The Fundamental Development Gap Map identifies unmet scientific and technological needs to guide federal R&D prioritization.

Atlantic Council – Russia Sanctions Database. The Russia Sanctions Database from the Atlantic Council provides a searchable and interactive tracker of sanctioned entities and enforcement developments.

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