For decades, many leaders assumed that economics, technology, and globalization would gradually make ideology less important. Instead, ideas, identity, nationalism, historical narratives, and competing visions of the future have returned to the center of global politics.
Drawing from his bestselling book The Revenge of Ideology: The Hidden Forces Reshaping Global Power, Jake introduces audiences to a new way of understanding why states and leaders often behave in ways conventional geopolitical analysis struggles to explain.
Through cases involving China, Russia, Turkey, the United States, and other global actors, he demonstrates how ideology can shape strategic priorities, economic decisions, alliances, technology policy, and perceptions of national interest.
What This Keynote Delivers
- A new framework for understanding why states behave the way they do
- Why ideology — not just interest — now shapes technology competition and global markets
- How to anticipate the next phase of great-power rivalry before it hits the news
- A more durable mental model for geopolitical risk
Why This Matters Now
Audiences leave with a powerful new lens for interpreting global events, recognizing strategic blind spots, and understanding the forces that often lie beneath seemingly irrational behavior.