IPED Lecture: Economics in Forecasting and National Security

Bio: Michael Gordon is Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Economics on the National Intelligence Council (NIC) in Washington, DC. The NIC is part of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and produces strategic assessments for policymakers. A few years back, Michael was a national security fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, and prior to his intelligence work, Michael worked in New York as an editor with the Economist Intelligence Unit, specializing in commercial and financial topics of the Middle East, and lectured at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs. He is an IPED class of 1998, and holds several professional certificates in financial markets.