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.
Future of Diplomacy Project Senior Fellow and former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, Paula Dobriansky, looks at critical challenges for the Trump administration, including its relationship with European and Asian allies as it attempts to mitigate global risk factors. Cathryn Cluver, Executive Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project, moderates.
Lunch will be served.