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 Panel Discussion with:
BG Kevin Ryan (US Army retired)
Director, Defense & Intelligence Projects, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Simon Saradzhyan
Fellow and Assistant Director, Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Dr. Alexandra Vacroux
Executive Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Jill Dougherty (moderator)
Spring 2014 Fellow, Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School
Former Foreign Affairs Correspondent, CNN