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.
Will China overtake the United States as the world's number one power? Most analysts believe the United States is doomed to decline because of globalization—the integration of national economies and the diffusion of technology from developed to developing countries—and the hegemonic burdens the United States bears to support globalization. This study challenges the conventional wisdom by showing that America's dominant position is durable and that globalization and hegemony are the main reasons why.
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The paper that this presentation is based on may be downloaded here: http://michaelbeckleydotcom.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/beckley_writing-sample6.pdf