Thomas P.M. Barnett is a leading geopolitical strategist, NY Times bestselling author of The Pentagon’s New Map,
and co-founder of the Broad Framing Initiative. He has worked in U.S. national security circles since the end of
the Cold War. He is known for his work at the United States Naval War College and at the Office of Force
Transformation in the Department of Defense under the direction of the late Vice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski
(U.S. Navy, Ret.) – known as the father of “network-centric warfare.”
As a principal business strategist at Throughline, Inc., Thomas regularly advises senior leadership around the
world, using his current research to help them map new strategies that explore and anticipate our future world.
Thomas is currently working with visionary leaders in the financial, energy, agriculture, defense, supply chain,
higher education and non-profit sectors. He also serves as lecturer at University of Maryland’s Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering.