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.
Forum: "An Interview with Richard Clarke," Richard Clarke, Adjunct Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government, Author of Against All Enemies; & Graham Allison, (Interviewer) Director, Belfer Center.
Richard Clarke Prior to his White House years, Clarke served for 19 years in the Pentagon, the Intelligence Community and State Department. During the Reagan administration, he was deputy assistant secretary of state for intelligence. During the Bush (41) administration, he was assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs and coordinated diplomatic efforts to support the 1990 - 1991 Gulf War and the subsequent security arrangements. Current chairperson of Good Harbor Consulting, LLC, Clarke advises clients on a range of issues, including corporate security, risk management, information security, technology, dealing with the federal government on security and information technology issues and counterterrorism.