ABSTRACT
The coming of 2021 saw the end of a very difficult and tumultuous year globally in 2020. It also saw the incoming Biden Administration in the United States of America confront the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, climate change looming ever larger and many other issues, including particularly the geopolitical challenges posed by the arrival of China as a leading world power. 1 This time of crisis poses new strategic challenges to science, technology and innovation; and to America’s historic global leadership in innovation capacity and competitiveness.
