Geo-Economics, Climate Resilience, and AI

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Victoria Barbary

Senior Director, Milken Institute
Victoria Barbary is a senior director at the Milken Institute, where her work sits at the intersection of sovereign capital, climate finance, and geo-economic strategy.
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Rachel Fox Smothermon

Senior Associate, Geo-Economics
Rachel Fox Smothermon is a senior associate at the Milken Institute and a member of the Geo-Economics Initiative. Her role includes work on supply-chain resilience focusing on the nexus of human rights and environmental impacts, as well as navigating the future of emerging technology and AI.

Geo-Economics, Climate Resilience, and AI

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The global economy is entering a new, more volatile era shaped by intensified geopolitical competition, the development of disruptive technologies and fundamental transitions in energy and knowledge systems. The interlocking nature of these transformations has placed geoeconomics at the center of long-term decision-making for policymakers, companies, and investors alike.  

Governments with competing spending priorities need to harness private capital to achieve their economic development and growth goals. There has been a profound structural shift that will make the global economy and financial markets of the twenty-first century more volatile and disordered than those of the twentieth century.

The Milken Institute's Geo-Economics Initiative delivers research and strategic insight to help businesses, governments, and investors make sense of this shifting landscape and act decisively within it. 

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The Geo-Economics Initiative (GEO) draws on the Milken Institute’s expertise, global reach, and networks of private investors and community partners to create proactive strategies for the new age of adaptation. We help governments unlock private-sector capital, investors navigate the emerging landscape, and communities attract investment to build resilient, sustainable economies.   

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Matthew Aleshire

Director, Geo-Economics
Matthew Aleshire is director on the Milken Institute’s Geo-Economics Initiative and helps to lead the work around the topics of climate change, the global financial architecture, and international political economy. Aleshire previously focused on global policy and government engagement for the Milken Institute, overseeing efforts to advance policy solutions across the Institute’s research and convenings.
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Dan Carol

Managing Director, Milken Institute Finance
Dan Carol is a managing director on the Milken Institute Finance team. He leads Institute programming to accelerate effective deployment and financing of community-scale and climate resilient infrastructure, scale up regional innovation, and scale-up public-private partnerships.