To compete and thrive in the 21st century, democracies, and the United States in particular, must develop new national security and economic strategies that address the geopolitics of information. In the 20th century, market capitalist democracies geared infrastructure, energy, trade, and even social policy to protect and advance that era’s key source of power—manufacturing. In this century, democracies must better account for information geopolitics across all dimensions of domestic policy and national strategy.
Mr. Phillip Scanlan AM commenced the role of Australian Consul General in New York in April 2009. Consul General Phillip Scanlan's distinguished career spans business, education, public policy and non‐government organisation (NGO) entrepreneurship. He has more than 25 years of international experience in senior, chief executive and chairman roles with public companies
He is the founder of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue, which plays an influential and bipartisan role in building links between Australia and the United States.