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.
Bill Emmott is a writer and journalist best known for his 13 years as editor in chief of The Economist (1993-2006). He is the author, among other titles, of "The Sun Also Sets" (1989, on Japan), "Rivals" (2008, on China, India and Japan), "Good Italy, Bad Italy" (2012) and most recently "The Fate of the West: The Battle to Save the World's Most Successful Political Idea" (May 2017). He is currently a visiting fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.