National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT) Proposers Day DARPA-SN-26-29
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AI-generated · Jan 22, 2026NASCENT Proposers Day will discuss establishing a principled theoretical foundation for geoeconomics to enable evidence-based economic statecraft and to define a rigorous scholarly field of quantitative geoeconomics.
The program aims to test whether economic mechanism design, computer science formal methods, and experimental economics can be combined to create a robust scientific framework for geoeconomics, and to develop methodologies and tools to anticipate and mitigate unintended consequences of economic statecraft, thereby preventing strategic surprise.
The National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT) program will aim to establish a principled theoretical foundation for geoeconomics, enabling evidence-based economic statecraft and defining a rigorous scholarly field of quantitative geoeconomics. The program seeks to achieve the following objectives: - Test the technical hypothesis that economic mechanism design, computer science formal methods, and experimental economics can be combined to construct a robust scientific framework for geoeconomics - Prevent strategic surprise by building the methodologies and tools necessary to both anticipate and mitigate unintended consequences of economic statecraft.
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