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.
Join the Belfer Center’s Economic Diplomacy Initiative (EDI) to learn from experts about the new direction of money. Belfer Center Executive Director Aditi Kumar will lead a conversation with:
- Dante Disparte, Vice Chair and Head of Policy and Communications at Libra Association
- Julia Friedlander, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Global Economics and Business Program at Atlantic Council and formerly Director for the European Union, Southern Europe, and Economic Affairs for the National Security Council
- Chuanwei David Zou, Chief Economist of Wanxiang Blockchain and formerly at the China Investment Corporation
Click here to see how EDI, in collaboration with the Atlantic Council’s Global Business Economic Program, is tracking the latest developments in central bank issued digital currencies.