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.
John Hultquist leads the analysis team that creates FireEye intelligence products, which are read by a global audience of government and business clients. He has over ten years of experience in covering cyber espionage and hacktivism, working in senior intelligence analysis positions at the State Department and DIA prior to FireEye and iSIGHT Partners. He is a veteran of the US Army.