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.
Three years after the war in Iraq, the Middle East is a region in a state of flux, stemming largely from U.S. policy. This seminar will offer a broad overview of where the region stands today, including the effects on regional balances of power, regime stability, and prospects for reform, the terror and WMD threats, peace process, developments in Syria, Lebanon, and Iran, and more. The dramatic changes in Israel's domestic scene will also be discussed.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided.
Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come – first served basis.