Eric Palomaa

Director, Hess Center for New Frontiers
Eric Palomaa

Eric Palomaa helps global executives and decision makers navigate the intersection of geopolitical volatility and long-term strategy. As director of the Hess Center for New Frontiers at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, he serves as a strategic adviser to leadership teams across business, civil society, and government, helping them stress-test strategies and build long-term resilience against future global operating environments. A specialist in strategic foresight and scenario planning, Eric leads high-impact executive programs that embed futures methodologies into enterprise risk management. His work focuses on translating global megatrends into actionable insights for the C-suite, ensuring organizations move from reacting to crises to anticipating them. Eric’s expertise is built on a career spanning leadership development, strategic planning, and international relations, with prior roles at the Brookings Institution and Argonne National Laboratory’s Computation Institute. He holds an MA from the University of Chicago and is a graduate of the Oxford Scenarios Programme at Saïd Business School. He received his BA from Trinity University in Texas.

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Global Foresight: Preparing for Future Trends

Global Foresight: Preparing for Future Trends is Washington’s premier executive course for mid-to senior-level professionals responsible for helping their organizations identify and prepare for the global macrotrends that will drive change for the next 30 years.

Course Date: April 27, 2026
Registration Closes: April 17, 2026

Book Launch: Critical Minerals and the Future of the U.S. Economy

Join the CSIS Critical Minerals Security Program for the launch of a new policy book, Critical Minerals and the Future of the of the U.S. Economy. This event feature a discussion around policy recommendations for the most pressing challenges facing minerals security.

Event — February 27, 2025

Audio Briefs

Older and Wiser: Defining NATO’s Strategy for Global Aging

An audio version of “Older and Wiser: Defining NATO’s Strategy for Global Aging,” a new commentary by CSIS’s Eric Palomaa. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by Eric Palomaa — July 17, 2024

Audio Briefs

Older and Wiser: Defining NATO’s Strategy for Global Aging

In the future, global aging will require NATO to reassess operational readiness, recruitment, and resilience through the deployment of innovative policies that account for shrinking workforces and aging populations at home and new population centers abroad.

Commentary by Eric Palomaa — July 12, 2024