Peace Through Strength
2025 National Security Innovation Base Report Card
Overview
The NSIB Report Card, published annually by the Reagan Institute’s Center for Peace Through Strength at its NSIB Summit, fills that gap. This first-of-its-kind assessment is a groundbreaking tool for policymakers and private sector leaders to understand the effectiveness and productivity of the U.S. innovation base to support our national security goals. The Reagan Institute’s Center for Peace Through Strength published its third annual NSIB Report Card in March 2025.
Introduction to 2025 Survey Report
The conversation about technological superiority in the era of strategic competition has led to major reforms and new initiatives aimed at leveraging America’s innovation edge. But as the concept of the National Security Innovation Base (NSIB) gained prominence in recent years, there was no way to assess the impact of those reforms and initiatives. The NSIB Report Card, published by the Reagan Institute’s Center for Peace Through Strength, seeks to fill that gap. It has become an authoritative and anticipated annual evaluation of the national security innovation ecosystem. Now in its third year, the NSIB Report Card is revealing important trends: where we are improving, where we are regressing, and where we are standing still—and therefore, falling further behind.
2025 National Security Innovation Base Report Card Video
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2023 Reagan National Defense Survey
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2023 National Security Innovation Base Report Card
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2022 Reagan National Defense Survey
In the face of geopolitical events that shook the foundations of global peace and security in 2022, Americans see U.S. leadership as the key to restoring the peace.
2021 Reagan National Defense Survey
Despite uncertainty among the American people about whether or how the United States should lead in the world, there is a significant bipartisan consensus that China is the greatest threat we face.
2020 Reagan National Defense Survey
The latest Reagan National Defense Survey reflects a downturn in overall attitudes across nearly every category of question. One of the more alarming downward trends is declining trust and confidence in the military.
2019 Reagan National Defense Survey
Americans remain steadfast in their support for a strong military that both keeps the peace and advances the values of freedom and democracy abroad. Americans are not isolationists. They want America to be more engaged in the world, not less.
2018 Reagan National Defense Survey
Americans remain steadfast in their support for a strong military that both keeps the peace and advances the values of freedom and democracy abroad. Americans are not isolationists.
