Playing a New Geoeconomic Game

Part of the 2012 Global Forecast

The United States has just begun to wrestle with the complications of an interconnected global environment where economic power, access to resources, and cutting-edge technologies are redefining national power. The next president must address the myriad vulnerabilities and opportunities in this shifting landscape and develop a new national economic security strategy.

Others—like the Chinese and Russians—are already playing a new geoeconomic game, where economic power is leveraged aggressively for national advantage.

 

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Juan C. Zarate
Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Transnational Threats Project and Human Rights Initiative