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Great power competition and conflict are misnomers because they focus on individual states. The 21^st century is better captured by the notion of “Great Systems” competition and conflict between alternative models of world order. At the heart of this dynamic lies divergent value propositions about the information environment, pitting authoritarian regimes, chiefly China, against the consolidated democracies. Consolidated democracies currently lack scale and strategic coherence against an ambitious well-resourced adversary with a clear strategy and well-defined end-state. The consolidated democratic world must develop the structures and strategic coherence to act in unity as a ‘Great System’ against the anchor state of the authoritarian nations on the rise. A Cyber Operational Resilience Alliance among the community of democratic nations, bolstered in each nation by the equivalent of a National Cyber Security Centre, can help unify action for collective statecraft to negotiate with the rising authoritarian world; buy time to bolster the current defense of democratic nations; and transform the shoddy cyberspace substrate into one that is defensible and embodies democratic values.

Held October 20, 2021