Brenna Buckstaff is a Principal in Kearney Foresight, where she helps senior government and corporate leaders navigate geopolitical risk, international policy, and long-term strategic uncertainty. She spent six years based in Dubai, advising clients across the Gulf on the economic transformation agendas reshaping the region, national security, and international cybersecurity policy, with extensive additional time living and studying across the broader region from Morocco to Jordan. Now based in Washington, DC, her current client work spans critical minerals exposure, trade policy, and the long-term strategic implications of a rewiring global order. Brenna holds an MA in International Relations and Economics from Johns Hopkins SAIS, where she concentrated on the Middle East, and a BA in International Political Economy from the University of Puget Sound.
