Carl Baker is the director of programs at Pacific Forum CSIS in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mr. Baker is
coeditor of Comparative Connections, Pacific Forum’s triannual journal, and works related to foreign
and security policy in the Asia Pacific. He is a member of the Council for Security Cooperation in the
Asia-Pacific (CSCAP) and engaged in promoting security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region as a
participant in several CSCAP Study Groups. Current focus areas include preventive diplomacy,
multilateral security architecture, nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and nuclear
security. Previously, he was on the faculty at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies and an
adjunct professor at Hawaii Pacific University. Publications include articles and book chapters on
U.S. alliances and political developments in South Korea and the Philippines. A retired U.S. Air Force
officer, he has extensive experience in Korea, having served as an international political-military affairs officer for the UN Military Armistice Commission and as a political and economic intelligence analyst for U.S. Forces Korea. He has also lived for extended periods and served in a variety of military staff assignments in Japan, the Philippines, and Guam. A graduate of the U.S. Air War College, he also holds an M.A. in public administration from the University of Oklahoma and a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Iowa.