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.
Belfer Center Directors' Lunch "Keeping the Military Edge: The Organizational Challenge," Ashton B. Carter, Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs & Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project and John P. White, Lecturer in Public Policy.
Ash Carter and John White will discuss how the U.S. national security establishment - especially the Department of Defense - should change to improve the ability of the U.S. to implement its chosen policies, to manage its programs, and to anticipate and adapt to a changing and uncertain world.Most of the recommendations they will explore can be found in the volume they recently co-edited, Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future