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 MTA seminar, led by MTA Research Fellow Yue Guo, will analyze a case study of a government communication campaign for nuclear power in China. The study tested the effects of a substantial government communication instrument (popularization of science) and a procedural government communication instrument (encouraging public participation on local acceptance of nuclear power in China). This event is open to the public - coffee and tea provided.