SAFE’s new report offers a strategy to shift from industrial decline to America’s next golden age.
Announcing the release of The Pillars of Power: A Strategy for Security and Industrial Resiliency, SAFE brought together an esteemed panel of experts to discuss the report’s content, recommendations, and key challenges facing the nation’s energy security today and over the next decade. The panelists called for urgent and coordinated action to restore America’s industrial base, secure critical supply chains, and strengthen national defense through energy and technological leadership.
Grounded in securing essential raw materials and resources while remaining optimistic on the power of innovative breakthroughs in an always-evolving energy system, the report provides actionable steps for reshoring key supply chains, restoring America’s industrial base, and strengthening national defense through energy and technological leadership.
Panelists Included:
- Admiral Dennis Blair (Ret.), former Director of National Intelligence
- Michael Dunne, Founder, Dunne Insights
- Jeff Gaulin, Vice President of Corporate Affairs & Communications for Vale Base Metals
- Adam M. Goldstein, Executive Chairman, KNNX Corp.
- Admiral Jonathan Greenert (Ret.), 30th Chief of Naval Operations
- Moderator: Ben Geman, Energy Policy Reporter, Axios
The Pillars of Power offers over 30 policy recommendations anchored in SAFE’s core principles:
- Expand and Secure Supply of Minerals and Materials through expanded domestic production as well as multilateral agreements and strategic, coordinated deployment of trade barriers.
- Satisfy Energy Security Needs by supporting all forms of American energy, accelerating permitting reform, and aggressive expansion and modernization of energy infrastructure.
- Promote New Technologies that Maximize Efficiency and Diversification by supporting domestic innovation and protecting key technologies from foreign interference.
- Increase Manufacturing Capacity through an emphasis on dual-use technologies, updated DOD procurement capabilities, stockpiling, supply chain mapping, and more.
