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.
The Iranian nuclear agreement holds important ramifications for the politics and security of Arab world. What are these implications? And how will it impact the regional security architecture? Please join our roundtable discussion on the Iran Project’s latest report on the subject, Iran and the Arab World after the Nuclear Deal: Rivalry and Engagement in a New Era. Speakers will include Hussein Kalout, Research Affiliate, Belfer Center and Research Fellow, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Ibrahim Fraihat, Senior Foreign Policy Fellow, Brookings Doha Center; and Abdulwahab Al-Qassab, Associate Research Fellow, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies.
Moderated by Payam Mohseni, Inaugural Director, the Iran Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, HKS.