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.
May Al-Dabbagh is a Research Fellow at the Dubai School of Government (DSG) and faculty advisor for the the Women and Leadership Development Program. Her primary area of interest is gender and public policy with a particular focus on countries of the Gulf Cooperative Council. Dr. Al-Dabbagh earned her PhD in Psychology from the