[Career review] “Specialist in emerging global powers” by Arden Koehler

In a nutshell: India and Russia seem likely to become increasingly important over the next few decades — politically, militarily, economically, and technologically. Because of this, we expect that helping Western institutions better cooperate with Russian and Indian actors might be highly impactful, especially if you’re early in your career (and therefore able to spend the next decade developing relevant expertise and advancing your career).

Sometimes recommended — under-researched

This career is potentially high-impact, but we haven't yet researched it enough to recommend it confidently.

Review status

Based on a shallow investigation

Why might becoming a Russia or India specialist be high impact?

We’ve argued that because of China's political, military, economic, and technological importance on the world stage, helping Western organisations better understand and cooperate with Chinese actors might be highly impactful.

We think working with China represents a particularly promising path to impact. But a similar argument could be made for gaining expertise in other powerful nations, for example Russia or India. If you’re at the beginning of your career, it may even be valuable to think about which countries are most likely to be particularly influential in a few decades, and focus on [...]

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(00:36) Sometimes recommended -- under-researched

(00:48) Review status

(00:53) Why might becoming a Russia or India specialist be high impact?

(02:36) Want one-on-one advice on pursuing this path?

(02:57) Learn more about becoming a Russia or India specialist

(03:20) Learn about other high-impact careers

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First published:
October 21st, 2021

Source:
https://80000hours.org/career-reviews/emerging-global-power-specialist

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