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.
About the Event
A panel discussion on the recently released Arab Human Development Report from the United Nations Development Programme on Youth and the Prospects for Human Development in a Changing Reality, featuring Jad Chaaban, Lead Author of the report and Associate Professor of Economics at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Ishac Diwan, MEI Visiting Scholar and Chaire D'Excellence Monde Arabe at Paries Sciences et Lettres, Melani Cammett, Professor of Government, Harvard University and Adel Abdellatif, Senior Strategic Advisor, Regional Bureau for Arab States, United Nations Development Programme.
For more information on the 2016 report, past reports, and UNDP's work in the Middle East and North Africa, visit http://www.arab-hdr.org/.
MEI Speakers
Ishac Diwan
Ishac Diwan
- Former Visiting Scholar, Middle East Initiative 2016 - 2017
- Former Associate, Middle East Initiative 2018 - 2019
Melani Cammett
Melani Cammett
- Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University
- Acting Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
- Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
- Chair, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
For Event Information
Christopher Mawhorter
Christopher Mawhorter
- Communications and Events Coordinator, Middle East Initiative