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 seminar with Daniel Corstange, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. Moderated by Tarek Masoud, MEI Faculty Chair and Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations, HKS.
Speaker
Daniel Corstange is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. His research focuses on clientelism, ethnic politics, international intervention, and mass political behavior in the Middle East. Much of this work revolves around fieldwork, surveys, and experiments. He is the author of The Price of a Vote in the Middle East (2016, Cambridge University Press) and numerous articles in journals such as Comparative Political Studies, the Journal of Politics, the International Journal of Middle East Studies, World Politics, and numerous other academic journals.
Moderator
Tarek Masoud
Tarek Masoud
- Sultan Qaboos Bin Said of Oman Professor of International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School
- Faculty Director, Middle East Initiative
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
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Christopher Mawhorter
Christopher Mawhorter
- Communications and Events Coordinator, Middle East Initiative