Urgently Needed: A President Trump 21st Century 'Manhattan Project' for Fusion Energy to Secure Global Leadership
by Lawrence Kadish • March 12, 2025 at 5:00 am
Tariffs, Ukraine, DOGE, the budget, NATO, the Middle East; the headlines are dominated by daily issues that demand our attention, but they also serve to distract us from the strategic issues that will determine who will be the dominant superpower during the remaining years of 21st Century.
So, it should come as no surprise that China is currently investing billions of dollars to create unlimited power by seeking to conquer the challenging technology of fusion power.
Media reports suggest that Beijing is investing anywhere between $1 billion and $1.5 billion annually into fusion research. One Washington energy insider told the press, "...What's more important than the number, it's actually how fast they're doing this."
Equally telling is one report, which observed that China's patents on crucial aspects of fusion technology are more than any other country, including our own.
