From Devvrat Pandey: A new one report from an Australian think tank shows that India has made significant advances in critical technologies vital to the country's growth and development in the rapidly evolving global economy. However, China is far ahead of the West when it comes to the crucial technology sector. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) is an independent, nonpartisan think tank focused on defense and strategic policy issues. ASPI's Critical Technology Tracker is a new tool that analyzes global competition for critical technologies vital to national security and economic competitiveness. The report expresses concern that Western democracies have lost global technological competition, "including the race for breakthroughs in science and research and the ability to retain global talent – critical ingredients that underpin the development and control of the world's most important technologies, including that doesn't exist yet."