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.
Jim Steinberg was appointed Deputy Secretary of State by President Obama in early 2009. Prior to joining the administration, Deputy Secretary Steinberg served as Dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas from 2006 until 2009. He has also served as deputy national security advisor to President Bill Clinton and as vice president and director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.