On Wednesday, October 28, SAFE’s Center for Critical Minerals Strategy hosted a webinar launching its issue brief, “Retain, Recycle, Secure: The Role and Limits of Export Restrictions.” The event was especially timely, coming just two months after the Commerce Department implemented the export bans on battery and tungsten scrap in August 2026. While these restrictions aim […]
WEBINAR | Clearing Constraints: Executive Order 14421 and the Component Chokepoints Slowing Grid Expansion
On Wednesday, September 16, SAFE’s Center for Grid Security hosted a webinar, “Clearing Constraints: Executive Order 14421 and the Component Chokepoints Slowing Grid Expansion.” Grid expansion is not slowed by a single component constraint. It is slowed by a handful of specific constraints sitting at the center of unacceptable supply chain risk, continuing adversarial […]
WEBINAR | Critical Moves: Crowding in Capital to Finance Minerals Supply Chains
On Tuesday, July 28, SAFE’s Center for Critical Minerals Strategy hosted a webinar on the release of its newest report, Critical Moves: Crowding in Capital to Finance Minerals Supply Chains. The United States and its partners have launched several overlapping international critical minerals initiatives aimed at diversifying and securing the supply chains of critical minerals that are […]
SAFE Summit 2026: The Pillars of Power
For over 20 years, SAFE has led the policy dialogue on energy and national security, working alongside a coalition of retired 4-star admirals and generals to ensure America never relies on adversaries for energy, critical materials, or advanced transportation technologies. Resolutely non-ideological and tangibly impactful, SAFE convenes policymakers, industry, and defense leaders at its annual SAFE […]
WEBINAR | From Waivers to Scale: How BVLOS Modernizes America’s Low-Altitude Infrastructure
SAFE’s Coalition for Reimagined Mobility’s policy brief From Waivers to Scale: How BVLOS Modernizes America’s Low-Altitude Infrastructure frames Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations as a national low-altitude infrastructure upgrade, replacing today’s waiver patchwork with a rules-based, interoperable pathway that can scale routine drone operations safely across critical infrastructure, public safety, and logistics. On […]
