America’s vulnerabilities in public health care, the global supply chain and technological areas like semiconductor manufacturing have been exposed by the strains of the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors, says Arizona State University President Michael Crow. He traces history over recent decades that reveals how the country slipped from its pinnacle of leadership in high-tech development and market dominance. But opportunities are emerging for the United States to reassert its dominance in the industries that can drive progress in many critical areas, especially in economic development, Crow asserts. The key is for the nation’s leaders to act decisively in supporting the investments, entrepreneurship and education to achieve a new American renaissance. ASU, with the recent opening of the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks, one of the seven Fulton Schools of Engineering — the nation’s largest engineering school — is ready to help make a resurgence happen, Crow says. (Full access to the content of the Arizona Republic is available only to subscribers.)