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.
Iran is well on the way to becoming the next nuclear-weapons state. What policy options does the United States have? How likely is the success of the European engagement effort? What will be the effect on the nonproliferation regime if Iran crosses the nuclear threshold? A panel of nonproliferation experts will discuss what is known about the Iranian nuclear program and propose strategies for deterring Iran from testing and deploying nuclear weapons.