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.
Special Initiative
American Secretaries of State
Interviewing all former U.S. Secretaries of State to examine—with Harvard faculty, students and experts—the most consequential negotiations they conducted while serving in the nation’s highest foreign policy office.
Learning from the Masters of Diplomacy
What can we learn from eight master diplomats who—over 50 years—exercised extraordinary power by negotiating with foreign countries, managing key relationships within the U.S. government, and leading the Department of State?
