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.
A conversation with:
David French
Senior Fellow, National Review Institute
Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom
Juliette Kayyem
Belfer Lecturer in International Security, Harvard Kennedy School
Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Homeland Security (2009–2010)
Gil Kerlikowske
Institute of Politics Spring 2017 Resident Fellow
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (2014-2017)
Moshik Temkin
Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Director, Initiative on History and Public Policy, Ash Center Democratic Governance and Innovation
Author, Undesirables: Travel Control and Surveillance in the Age of Global Politics, forthcoming from Harvard University Press
R. Nicholas Burns (moderator)
Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School