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.
Professor Mearsheimer will examine the current and future trends of China's economic and military modernization, based on his theory of offensive realism. He argues that if China's power continues to grow over the next few decades, it would attempt to establish control over East Asia as its own sphere of influence, leading to a conflict with the United States.
For his recent writing on China, please see his National Interest article, "Can China Rise Peacefully?"
Co-sponsored by the International Security Program and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies