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.
Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam (Retd) is a fighter pilot-scholar-author who recently retired from the Indian Air Force after 36 years in uniform. He is an experienced fighter pilot with command, staff and instructional experience. A PhD in Defence and Strategic Studies from the University of Madras, India, he is a prolific writer, strategic commentator, and military historian. He writes in the public domain for reputed journals, magazines and newspapers. He is the author of three books including the well-received India’s Wars: A Military History 1947-1971 that has been published in India by Harper Collins and has been recently published in the U.S. by the U.S. Naval Institute Press. His other books are titled Reflections of an Air Warrior and Wider Horizons: Perspectives on National Security, Air Power & Leadership.
He is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Asia Center to research and write the sequel to his book on war and conflict in contemporary India (1972-2015). He is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Power Studies in Washington D.C, and a contributing editor at "The Print," an online news and opinion platform. On his current sabbatical, he has lectured at Harvard, MIT, Georgetown, Air War College, NDU, and the Carnegie Endowment. He is slated to speak extensively on his work at war colleges and universities across the U.S. over the next few months.