Gerard Baker

Gerard Baker

Editor-at-Large

The Wall Street Journal, United States

Gerry Baker is Editor at Large of The Wall Street Journal. He writes a weekly column for the editorial page of The Journal each Tuesday on politics, economics and culture.

He also writes a weekly column on US and global affairs for The Times of London every Friday. He appears frequently as a commentator on TV and other news platforms and is a familiar public speaker to audiences around the world. Gerry was previously Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal.

He has been a journalist for more than 30 years, writing and broadcasting for some of the world’s preeminent news organizations, including The Financial Times, The Times and The BBC. In 2023 he published his first book, “American Breakdown”, a look at the causes of the crisis of US democracy in the last decade. 

Friday 24

  • 12.40 - 13.15

    Why does everyone want Greenland? Resource antagonism and the Competition for the Arctic

    • THE STATE OF THE WORLD

    location_onArtemis Hall | Amalia Hotel

Saturday 25

  • 11.05 - 12.05

    From Monroe to Donroe: The New Doctrine in American Foreign Policy

    • THE STATE OF THE WORLD

    location_onArtemis Hall | Amalia Hotel