Australia
🇦🇺 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.
Global Institute for National Capability
National AI Strategies
🇷🇺 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
🌍 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
🇹🇼 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
🇪🇪 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
🇨🇳 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.
Defense
Defense and Military Tech ETFs
$50 billion-plus in around 15 Defence and Military Tech ETFs
Information & Influence
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.
Capability Ratings
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.
Critical Technology
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.
Economic Power
Future of Economic Power: 2026 National Capability Ratings
QUICK TAKE · AI Summary * 🇸🇬 Singapore, 🇨🇭 Switzerland and the 🇺🇸 United States each hold Tier 1 positions across all three Economic Capability domains, tying for first place. * 🇨🇳 China, 🇯🇵 Japan and 🇸🇪 Sweden tie for fourth, each combining a Frontier in Production & Innovation with Tier 2 ratings in Financial Strength and Investment &
Soft Power
Future of Soft Power: 2026 National Capability Ratings
QUICK TAKE · AI Summary * 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇸🇬 Singapore and 🇨🇭 Switzerland share first position, each reaching the Capability Frontier (Tier 1) across all three Soft Capability domains: Human Capital, Information & Influence and Governance & Integrity. * 🇳🇴 Norway and 🇸🇪 Sweden share fourth position, each holding Tier 1 in Information & Influence and Governance &