Barker Keith - Between Idealism and Interests: Law, Risk, and the Real World
About this episode
Barker Keith discusses his career journey from military service to law and risk management, reflecting on his experiences and the contrast between idealism and national interests.
In this episode, I sit down with Barker Keith, whose career spans military service, law, and sovereign risk management. Barker reflects on growing up in Venezuela, and how his early, idealised view of the United States was challenged by friends who saw the world less through ideology and more through national interests. He shares formative experiences from his time in the U.S. Army, his transition into law and political risk insurance, and the complexities of structuring protection for intern...
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