The Stratfor Center for Applied Geopolitics is a global center of excellence for geopolitical intelligence and analysis.
Geopolitical risk has emerged as a critical driver of risk and security for corporations and is shaping the global business environment. The practice of applied geopolitics provides a multidisciplinary framework for putting these global events in context, forecasting strategic trends, and making them relevant and actionable for organizations.
Building on over a quarter century of Stratfor’s application of geopolitical intelligence to the corporate, national security, and educational sectors, the Center seeks to identify, develop, and strengthen best practices in geopolitical analysis and provide tools, methods, and training to organizations and individuals as they integrate geopolitical risk and opportunity into their business practices.
About

Rodger Baker, Executive Director, Stratfor Center for Applied Geopolitics
Rodger Baker has spent more than two decades with Stratfor/RANE, where he’s focused on the Indo-Pacific region, with special attention to China and the Korean Peninsula. He addresses the strategic dynamics of an evolving world system -- looking at great power competition, the role of middle powers, and the impacts of technological, environmental, and demographic changes on geopolitical relationships. His core emphasis is the multidisciplinary approach to geopolitics and the evolution of international relations to develop mid- and long-term forecasts to assist companies, governments, and other globally engaged organizations make informed decisions.
Rodger is a Senior Fellow at the George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations, a Steering Fellow for the Mackinder Forum, and teaches a certificate program in Geopolitical Analysis at Florida Atlantic University.
Latest Events
Briefing Session Replay:
The Impact of De-Dollarization on the Global Economy
A number of key countries — including the so-called BRICS countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — are looking to set up trade channels using currencies other than the U.S. dollar. While this trend is unlikely to challenge the dollar’s preeminence for now, it will over time have important geopolitical and economic implications, including for businesses. Watch our panelists discuss the drivers of this trend and the potential for, and impacts of, the dollar losing its leading status in global trade.
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