The Fitness of Nations: Toward A Net Assessment

Please join the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs for a conversation with Jim Baker, former Director of the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment (ONA). Baker will discuss emerging technology challenges, great power competition, and the future of national security. 

Mr. Baker is an internationally recognized American strategist who advised the highest levels of the U.S. government for two decades across five presidential administrations. As Director of the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment (2015-2025) and previously as strategist to successive Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2007-2015), he led research on emerging technologies and geostrategic competition while advising Secretaries of Defense and other Cabinet officials. Earlier in his career, he directed multi-billion-dollar advanced technology programs, leading large teams developing complex military weapon systems.  He presently is a senior fellow for strategic competition at the Council of Foreign Relations and a distinguished visiting fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. 

The seminar will be moderated by Belfer Center Director Meghan O'Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School. 

Attendance is in-person and for HUID holders only. Space is limited so please only RSVP if you plan to attend. This event is off the record.

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