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.
Harvard University Professor of Ukrainian History, Serhii Plokhii, joined Belfer Center Director of Defense & Intelligence Projects BG Kevin Ryan (US Army retired), and Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow Eugene B. Kogan in a conversation about the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, moderated by R. Nicholas Burns, The Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations. The panelists considered the current standoff from the perspectives of Russia, the United States, and the international community and made predictions about future developments.