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.
James S. Snyder, HKS/MEI Senior Fellow, in conversation with MEI Faculty Director Tarek Masoud, speaks personally about his experience living and working among Jerusalem’s Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities, reflecting on the meaning of place and identity and the role of culture and the cultural landscape as sources of unity and division.
