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.
What explains variation in the U.S. response to mass killings abroad? ISP Research Fellow Amanda J. Rothschild explores this question through the detailed examination of U.S. policy throughout the twentieth century. Drawing on materials from eight archives across the United States as well as oral history interviews, Rothschild proposes a theory explaining how, when, and why the United States pursues a range of policy options.
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Complete Photo Credit: Abbie Rowe, National Park Service and Harry S. Truman Library & Museum