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.
A discussion of the dualistic image (state-centric/multi-centric) of current global affairs, within which a non-state security actor has emerged — in this case, al Qaeda. The talk will go on to locate the Jihadi movement as a nonstate security actor. The processes of this actor will then be explored by reflecting on the Istanbul 2003 bombings. Finally, possible counter strategies will be proposed.
Please join us! Coffee and tea will be provided