Laurel Baker

Laurel Baker is the 2024 Rising Expert on Geostrategy in the Rising Experts Program at Young Professionals in Foreign Policy. Currently working for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as a National Nuclear Security Administration Graduate Fellow, she previously conducted research at a variety of think tanks and nongovernmental organizations, including the Hoover Institution, the Institute for the Study of War, The Arctic Institute, the Wilson Center, and the National Academy of Sciences. Her work has appeared in the Wilson Center’s Polar Perspectives journal, Charged Affairs, and The Arctic Institute’s newsletter, The Arctic This Week. Baker holds an MA in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies from Stanford University, where she researched Chinese and Russian unconventional warfare. Her views are her own and do not represent those of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory or the US government.