Andy Baker

About

Andy Baker is an advisor to Andreessen Horowitz’s Global Affairs mission, helping the firm and its portfolio companies assess international opportunities, navigate geopolitical complexity, and build partnerships that advance the adoption of American technology.

Previously, Andy served as Deputy National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump and National Security Advisor to Vice President JD Vance, helping develop and execute U.S. foreign policy and national security strategy. Before joining the White House, he served as National Security Advisor to then-Senator Vance.

Earlier in his career, Andy spent more than a decade as a Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. Department of State, including assignments in Afghanistan and at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Before entering government, he lectured at the University of Oxford and published Constructing a Post-war Order: The Rise of US Hegemony and the Origins of the Cold War.

Andy holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of California, Berkeley, and master’s and doctoral degrees in international relations from the University of Oxford.