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.
The ever increasing scope of sanctions on Iran is based on the assumption that "pressure" can result in a resolution to the nuclear crisis. There are, however, many types of sanction and each can act in different ways. This presentation will use a framework to set success criteria and evaluate whether sanctions can work.
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