The Stimson Center is pleased to announce the addition of Mat Burrows and Julian Mueller-Kaler to its team of experts. Together, they are launching a new Strategic Foresight Hub designed to inform decision-makers about global trends, analyze future risks and opportunities, and actively find convergence and resolution to international differences and disputes.
Mat Burrows is one of the leading experts on strategic foresight and global trend analysis and has spent a life in public service. In 2013 he retired from a 28-year-long career in the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency, the last 10 years of which he spent at the National Intelligence Council as the principle author of their Global Trends Series. Before joining Stimson, he was the Director of Foresight at the Atlantic Council. His work focuses on the future of geopolitics, international security, the global economy, and America’s standing in the world.
Julian Mueller-Kaler will serve as Deputy Director of the Strategic Foresight Hub and also joins Stimson from the Atlantic Council, where he worked on the geopolitics of technology and lead the GeoTech Center’s AI Connect program. His work will focus on global trends, the implications of emerging technologies on society and politics, and the future of the liberal international order.
Brian Finlay, President and CEO of the Stimson Center, said “Mat and Julian bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the Center. We are delighted to have them join our team and lend their insights to our work on critical global issues.”
Mat Burrows, program lead for the Strategic Foresight Hub said, “I am excited to be joining the Stimson Center and look forward to working with their team of experts to address some of the most pressing global challenges we face, particularly at such a pivotal moment in time.” Read Burrow’s full bio.
Julian Mueller-Kaler shared similar sentiments, saying “I am honored to be joining the Stimson Center and am looking forward to building the new Strategic Foresight Hub with Mat Burrows all the while contributing to Stimson’s research and dialogue on pressing issues.” Full bio.
The Strategic Foresight Hub will work on a variety of issues, from great power competition between the United States and China, to climate risks and US-Russia relations, technology foresight, economic trends, and responsible AI. It is strengthened by the diversity of voices and unites the Stimson Center’s wide array of expertise across programs and projects. Together, we work to understand possible futures and provide strategic guidance for the management of uncertainty.
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