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A China–Japan Geopolitical Collision, and Korea’s Strategic Choice

By Dr. Young D. Lee, author of ⟪INNOVATION HEGEMONY⟫ (forthcoming December) East Asia’s strategic balance is once again in motion. Japan has adopted its most unambiguous postwar position by declaring that “Taiwan’s security is Japan’s security,” a formulation crafted to leave Beijing little room for misinterpretation. China has replied with its familiar repertoire of pressure—economic […]

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The Law of the First

The Law of the First:Crossing the Dual-Hurdle of Ecosystemic Sovereigntyand Sustained Innovation Executional Substrate for Irreversible-Enduring Growth AuthorDr. Young D. LeePrincipal, NYET – New York Institute of Entrepreneurship and Technology®Contact: Dr.Lee@ket-nyet.org Abstract Why do some leaders endure while others, once celebrated, recede into historical footnotes? Conventional explanations—market share, brand equity, technological prowess—illuminate temporary prominence but […]

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Defense as a Standards Machine

Defense as a Standards Machine:How U.S.–Allied Standards Architect the Future—from AI and Semiconductors to Aerospace, Energy, Autonomy, Biomedicine, and Advanced Materials AuthorDr. Young D. LeePrincipal, NYET – New York Institute of Entrepreneurship and Technology®Contact: Dr.Lee@ket-nyet.org The Historical DNA of U.S. Industrial Power For more than a century, the United States has leveraged federal intervention not […]

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Build or Be Subordinated

Build or Be Subordinated:Understanding, Engaging, and Leveraging the U.S. Innovation Ecosystemand Executional Substrate for the Corporate Strategic Future AuthorDr. Young D. LeePrincipal, NYET – New York Institute of Entrepreneurship and Technology®Contact: Dr.Lee@ket-nyet.org Executive Summary — Build or Be Subordinated In today’s global markets, corporations do not compete on a neutral field; they operate on executional […]

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I-10 Global Industrial Powerhouse Index™ 2025

I-10 Global Industrial Powerhouse Index™ 2025 NYET’s Flagship Annual Intelligence Index— Quantifying the Executional Foundations of Global Industrial Power The I-10 Global Industrial Powerhouse Index™, published annually by the New York Institute of Entrepreneurship and Technology® (NYET), is the world’s only strategic-intelligence index measuring how nations design, operate, and renew the executional substrates that govern […]

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The Paradox of Strategic Tariff Relief: Financing Their Own Subordination

The Paradox of Strategic Tariff Relief: Financing Their Own Subordination How the U.S. Engineered a National Executional Substrate—and Why Japan, Korea, and Europe Must Now Design Their Own Innovation Ecosystems to Escape Ecosystemal Irreversibility AuthorDr. Young D. LeePrincipal, NYET – New York Institute of Entrepreneurship and Technology®Contact: Dr.Lee@ket-nyet.org Executive Summary In July 2025, Japan, Korea, […]

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Ecosystemic Irreversibility

Ecosystemic Irreversibility:Toward a Theory of Executional Substrate in Corporate Strategy AuthorDr. Young D. LeePrincipal, NYET – New York Institute of Entrepreneurship and Technology®Contact: Dr.Lee@ket-nyet.org Introduction In recent years, strategy scholars, institutional theorists, and innovation economists have observed the emergence of a novel organizational phenomenon that resists explanation within existing conceptual frames. A small but growing […]

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A Conversation That Never Happened—But Should Have

How Innovation Ecosystem as-a-Corporate Strategy Defines the $1T+ Threshold A Conversation That Never Happened—But Should HaveHow Innovation Ecosystem as-a-Corporate Strategy Defines the $1T+ Threshold Executive Summary This is not a theoretical essay. It is a strategic dialogue—one that never happened, but should have. Five global leaders convene to articulate a design reality already unfolding: that […]

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WP Tower: A New Global Standard in Educational Ecosystem Design

WP Tower: A New Global Standard in Educational Ecosystem Design Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city and rising innovation hub, recently marked a milestone in the global conversation on education. On that day, I had the privilege of moderating the completion ceremony of WP Tower — the newly unveiled headquarters of WP Education Group, and a […]

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Trump 2.0: D+4Ws

Unpacking the First 39 Fact Sheets of the Trump 2.0 Administration: The Entrepreneurial Presidency and Its Strategic Impact on the U.S. Innovation Ecosystem At NYET – The Think Tank and Powerhouse for Innovation and Entrepreneurship™, we provide elite strategic intelligence for global innovators, decision-makers, and institutions navigating the U.S. and global innovation ecosystems. With 39 […]