Belfer Center for Science and International AfairsHarvard Kennedy School79 JFK StreetCambridge, MA 02138 belfercenter Statements and views expressed in this report are solely those of the authors and do not implyendorsement by Harvard University, the Harvard Kennedy School, or the Belfer Center for Scienceand International Afairs. Layout by Andrew Facini Cover photo: An attendee shoots a photo on a cell phone of Democratic U.S vice presidentialcandidate Senator Tim Kaine speaking as he appears with Democratic U.S. presidential candidateHillary Clinton during a campaign rally in Miami, Florida, U.S. July 23, 2016. (REUTERS/ScottAudette) Copyright 2018, President and Fellows of Harvard CollegePrinted in the United States of America ASPEN STRATEGY GROUP PAPER OCTOBER 2018 Can DemocracySurvive in theInformation Age Eric Rosenbach Katherine Mansted This paper is adapted from an article for a forthcoming Aspen Strategy Groupseries on Technology and National Security to be published this Fall. iiCan Democracy Survive in the Information Age About the Authors Eric Rosenbach is Co-Director of the Belfer Center and a Harvard Ken- nedy School Public Policy Lecturer. He also heads the Center’s DefendingDigital Democracy project. Katherine Mansted is a Nonresident Fellow at the Belfer Center and aSenior Research Ofcer at the Australian National University’s NationalSecurity College. 。。。。。。