Why Jake
Most geopolitical speakers give audiences the headlines. Jake explains the architecture underneath them—the ideological, technological, and institutional forces that actually drive global events.
His background is rare: a PhD political scientist who ran real intelligence operations, founded the U.S. Air Force’s Strategic Foresight Team, and established the Center for Futures Intelligence at the National Intelligence University. He has advised prime ministers, generals, diplomats, and Fortune 500 executives.
Today he works at the intersection of government, industry, and research. As an executive at a U.S. defense engineering firm, he directs a national security AI research program and advises corporate and government leaders on geopolitical risk, emerging technology, and long-term strategy. He teaches geopolitics to U.S. diplomats at the State Department’s National Foreign Affairs Training Center and holds senior affiliations with CSIS and the Atlantic Council.
He is the author of The Revenge of Ideology: The Hidden Forces Reshaping Global Power (2025), with a foreword by Admiral James Stavridis, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe. His insights have appeared in Harvard Business Review, The Diplomat, and The National Interest, and he is a frequent commentator on Fox News, BBC, NewsNation, Al Jazeera, and Euronews, with regular appearances across international media.
When audiences need to understand not just what’s happening, but why—and what comes next—they bring in Jake.
