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.
Johannes Vogel, a member of the German Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party, will address whether these efforts are sufficient to provide Germany with a transparent and functioning immigration legislation. Karl Kaiser, Senior Associate at the Project on Europe, will chair the discussion.