REBUILDING AMERICA'S INDUSTRIAL SPINE A Policy White Paper on Compound Supply Chain Vulnerability and the Case for a CONUS Industrial Capacity Programme

Abstract

This white paper synthesises findings from eight peer-reviewed working papers in the Mutual Threshold Saturation (MTS) research programme and is intended for Congressional staff, agency analysts, National Security Council officials, and allied defence planners. All data are derived from publicly available sources. No classified materials were referenced.

Keywords: supply chain vulnerability, CONUS industrial capacity, rare earth elements, active pharmaceutical ingredients, compound fragility, Defense Production Act, strategic reserves, China dependency, Mutual Threshold Saturation, defence economics JEL Codes: H56 (National Security and War)

JEL Classification: H56, L64, O33, F52, I11