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.
Dr. Brenda Shaffer will present the arguments from her forthcoming book Limits of Culture: Islam and Foreign Policy, which is being published as part of the BCSIA Studies in International Security. The presentation will focus on the approaches to culture in both International Relations theory and its concrete role in the foreign policy outcomes of states such as the Islamic Republic of Iran, Taliban Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
Please join us! Coffee and Tea will be provided.