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.
Chen Zak, Senior Research Associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies will present an MTA seminar entitled "The role of civil society in promoting a Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the Middle East" on Friday April 1, at 2pm in the Belfer Center library.
Because of the unique political and geo-strategic circumstances of the Middle East, civil society in the region has had more than 15 years of firsthand experience in dealing with arms control and nonproliferation issues. In fact, civil society meetings have been the only fora for regular regional dialogue on arms control and nonproliferation issues since 1995. The objective of the presentation is to analyze past, present and future civil society role in promoting the establishment of the Middle East as a Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone.