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.
This seminar examines the variation in state response to secessionism and explains why some secessionist movements are treated with concessions, negotiations, and low levels of violence, while others are dealt with using large-scale violence and repression. Cases: Pakistan's civil war in 1971 versus Pakistan's treatment of Balochi separatists in the mid-1970s.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.