In 2023, Ohio senator JD Vance named Baker as his national security advisor.[2] As Vance's national security advisor, Baker dissuaded Vance from supporting military assistance to Ukraine.[3][4] According to European Pravda, in a meeting of pro-Ukrainian constituents of Vance, Baker espoused pro-Russian talking points, blamed the Russian invasion of Ukraine on NATO expansion, and refused to fault Russia for its actions.[5]
National Security Advisor to the Vice President (January-May 2025)
In his doctoral dissertation, Baker argued that the liberal international order depended on "certain shared social commitments" on sovereignty and use of force. The notions in his writing were later espoused by JD Vance in his speech before the Munich Security Conference, which associated the weakening of security agreements between the United States and Europe with Europe's apparent censorship of conservative policies.[2]
In his tenure as a Foreign Service officer, Baker developed the view that the foreign policy of the United States was being improperly applied abroad and harmed working-class Americans domestically. According to Politico, he is opposed to purportedly unnecessary foreign policy engagements from the U.S., and that he sought a resolution to the Russo-Ukrainian war without being anti-Ukraine. A European official told Politico that Baker "seems to overestimate Russia's strength and influence".[2]
Books
In 2011, Baker published Constructing a Post-war Order: The Rise of US Hegemony and the Origins of the Cold War,[8] a book based on his doctoral dissertation.[2]
References
↑"Andrew Collison Baker in the California Birth Index, 1905-1995" (Document). California Birth Index.
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