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.
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Nicholas D. Kristof, a columnist for The Times since 2001, is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who writes op-ed columns that appear twice a week. He will be discussing his book, "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity For Women Worldwide," which he co-wrote with his wife in 2009.
This event is co-sponsored by the Women and Public Policy Program, and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.