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.
History suggests that weak nations frequently stand up to military threats made by much more powerful challengers, often enduring costly fighting even when they cannot realistically expect to win. Why? In this talk, Mr. Sechser considers the relationship between military power and compellence, presenting statistical and narrative data in an effort to resolve the puzzle of unsuccessful coercive threats.
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