Introduction to
Applied Geopolitics

Develop a practical framework for understanding geopolitical forces and applying that analysis to business, strategy, risk, and decision-making.

Online, Self-paced

Format

16 Weeks

Access

Indvidualized

Instructor Feedback

Blockchain-verifiable

Digital Credential

Meet Your Instructor and Preview the Course

Hear from Rodger Baker about the course, its practical approach, and how applied geopolitics supports better analysis and decision-making.

What You Will Learn

Build a practical foundation for understanding and applying geopolitical analysis.

  • Understand how geopolitical forces shape business conditions and decisions.
  • Analyze geopolitical actors, systems, and environments across multiple levels.
  • Distinguish between objective conditions and how leaders perceive their circumstances.
  • Use the Seven Pillars framework to organize geopolitical analysis.
  • Evaluate sources and separate useful signals from information noise.
  • Build scenarios to assess risk, opportunity, and potential change.
  • Connect geopolitical analysis to the needs of business decision-makers.

Inside the Course

Foundations of Applied Geopolitics

Explore why geopolitics matters to business, learn the field's core concepts, and examine events across different geographic and organizational levels.

Analytical
Perspectives

Examine the difference between objective conditions and perception, strengthen your source literacy, and learn why useful analysis must reflect the needs of its audience.

The Seven Pillars
of Geopolitics

Study geography, politics, exonomics, security, society, technology, and history as an integrated framework for understanding countries, markets, and geopolitical environments.

Scenarios and Business Application

Learn how scenario-building principles help organize uncertainty and explore how geopolitical analysis can support strategy, risk management, and business decisions.

The course includes applied assignments with individualized instructor feedback.

Learn from an Experienced Geopolitical Analyst

Rodger Baker
Chairman of S4GEO and Senior Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Applied Geopolitics.

Rodger Baker brings nearly three  decades of experience in geopolitical analysis and strategic intelligence. As the former Senior Vice President of Strategic Analysis at Stratfor, he developed and applied frameworks for understanding geopolitical actors, global systems, and emerging risks.
Nearly three decades in geopolitical analysis
Former Senior Vice President at Stratfor
Chairman of
S4GEO
  • A great learning experience from a highly knowledgeable instructor. I look forward to undertaking further studies with IAG.
Introduction to Applied Geopolitics Participant

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