Can we Adapt to the Changing Nature of Power in the 21st Century?

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Part of the Global Forecast 2014

In an increasingly interconnected world—where trade, financing, travel, and communications are fundamentally intertwined—the role of non-state, networked actors and systems—from corporations to influential Twitterati—often hold the keys to power and influence globally. The lament of the loss of American power and influence and inability to conduct “streetcraft” in addition to “statecraft,” especially in the wake of the Arab revolutions, reflects a belief system dependent primarily on the projection of power through classic state power.

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Defense and Security, and Geopolitics and International Security
Juan Zarate

Juan C. Zarate

Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program and Human Rights Initiative

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