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.
J. Matthew McInnis is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the former Senior Expert for Iran at the US Central Command from 2010-2013. At AEI he focuses on Iran’s intentions, strategic culture, and military posture as well as Tehran’s foreign policies towards the US and throughout the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia. McInnis also works on broader US regional security issues in the Middle East and on the effectiveness of the US intelligence community. He is regularly called to give expert testimony before Congress and his public writing is frequently featured in The National Interest and Newsweek as well as The Daily Beast, Foreign Policy, Fortune, CNN, Real Clear Defense, and other media. For more on J. Matthew McInnis, click here.