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.
To demonstrate the concept in action, Jim Baker, the Director of the Department of Defense's Office of Net Assessment, will walk through an imperfect example of how to apply the framework of a net assessment to Eurasian Revisionist Powers, including the trends, asymmetries, assumptions and actions that contribute to such an assessment.
Breakfast snacks will be provided on a first come, first served basis.
Jim Baker is the Director of the Office of Net Assessment, U.S. Department of Defense. He is responsible for providing the Secretary of Defense with comparative assessments of the prospects of the military capabilities of the United States relative to other actors, as well as the political, economic and regional implications of those assessments. He previously served as Strategist and advisor to two Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He holds four graduate degrees, two in engineering disciplines and two in security studies from military institutions.
