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.
Dr. Paula Dobriansky, Senior Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project and former Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, and Robert Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government and Director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program, will discuss the path from negotiations to implementation of the Paris Climate Conference and resulting Agreement.