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.
Chen Zak Kane will draw on her experience as former Director of the External Relations Division of the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission, and her continuing research about the IAEA to present her seminar "Will the IAEA Be Able to Detect or Prevent the Next Case of Nuclear Proliferation? Taking Stock of the IAEA's First 50 Years," on November 13, beginning at 9:30am in the Belfer Center Library.