Paul Bracken

Paul Bracken is a Professor of Political Science and Business at Yale University. [ [http://mba.yale.edu/faculty/profiles/bracken.shtml Yale School of Management - Faculty - Paul Bracken ] ] [ [http://www.yale.edu/polisci/facstaff.html Yale > Political Science > Faculty and staff ] ] Professor Bracken grew up in Philadelphia. He received his BS from Columbia University in 1971 and his PhD in Operations Research in 1982 from Yale University. Bracken is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, serves on the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel, the Transformation Advisory Group of the U.S. Joint Forces Command, as well as advising other parts of the Government and National Academy of Sciences Task Forces. At Yale he is a Fellow of Silliman College and a member of the Elizabethan Club. He lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut with his wife, Nanette, a practicing attorney there.

Professor Bracken teaches a large course in Yale College on "Strategy, Technology and War," and in the School of Management he teaches a popular course on "Business, Government and Globalization," which examines the changing structure of global business. He also teaches the new SOM course on "Problem Framing," the required course on integrated management thinking for all entering MBA students.

Bracken's research concerns international relations, national security, and the multinational corporation. He is also considered a respected thought leader in global competition and the strategic application of technology in business and defense. [Strategic Foresight: A Practical Guide to Scenarios and Alternative Futures in Business, ] [Managing Strategic Surprise: Lessons from Risk Assessment and Risk Management (with I. Bremmer and D. Gordon, ed.), Cambridge University Press, 2008] ["Managing to Fail, Why Strategy is Disjointed," The American Interest, Fall, 2007 ] His research and teaching focus on solutions for senior management as it deals with changing strategic developments under conditions of intense uncertainty.

Selected works

;Books
*Strategic Foresight: A Practical Guide to Scenarios and Alternative Futures in Business, forthcoming
*Managing Strategic Surprise: Lessons from Risk Assessment and Risk Management (with I. Bremmer and D. Gordon, ed.), Cambridge University Press, 2008
*Fire in the East, "The Rise of Asian Military Power and the Second Nuclear Age", HarperCollins, 1999

;Articles:
*"Managing to Fail, Why Strategy is Disjointed," "The American Interest", Fall, 2007
*"Financial Warfare" "Orbis", Fall 2007
*"Net Assessment: A Practical Guide" "Parameters", Spring 2006
*"Business War Gaming" "Scenario & Strategy Planning", 2001

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