Parag Khanna

Globalization has withstood the financial crisis and continues to expand and integrate all markets and societies of the world. For the first time in human history, globalization is actually global, ushering in a new era of strategic competition on the geopolitical, geo-economic, and geo-technological levels.

Dr. Khanna will customize his presentation based on your audience and industry, offering an insightful look into any of the following topics:

• The New Geopolitical Marketplace: Asia has accelerated the worldwide competition for natural resources and alliances. A "New Great Game" is afoot in Latin America, Africa, and Central Asia, while "New Silk Roads" are flourishing over land and sea from the Middle East to the Far East. Leveraging his firsthand experience and expertise on countries ranging from Brazil to Saudi Arabia to Kazakhstan to Indonesia, Dr. Khanna provides the latest analysis of emerging market political risk and the maneuverings of Europe, China, India, and Russia to capture the loyalty of new power centers. He also assesses the 2012 US presidential election and its implications for foreign policy and America's global standing.
• Re-Mapping the Global Economy: Policymakers and investors alike are being forced to revise their mental maps of how the world economy works as patterns of growth, trade, and investment rapidly shift. While the West faces sovereign debt crises and deleveraging, emerging markets constantly grapple with currency volatility, inflation, labor productivity, and inequality. Which are the new centers of production and consumption, resources and industries, and investment in infrastructure that are driving globalization forward? Dr. Khanna confidently explains which regions and markets will capture the commanding heights and which will stagnate under competitive pressures. He provides tailored geostrategic guidance for companies to enhance their position in key markets and achieve long-term growth.
• The Rise of Geo-Technology: Technology is the key to success and dominance in the 21st century. Building on his neologism "geo-technology," Dr. Khanna discusses how innovations in key leading sectors such as information technology, bio-technology, nano-technology, alternative energy, robotics, advanced manufacturing, and the emergence of "smart cities" are rapidly translating into geo-economic and geopolitical shifts. From China's most recent five-year plan to Russia and Saudi Arabia's investments in high-tech industrial zones, emerging markets are placing enormous bets on cutting-edge technologies. He tours which societies are innovating the fastest and which markets are the most fertile ground for new product deployment, and provides complex scenarios of geo-technological competition. These insights into the future hold profound implications for the strategies of government agencies, corporate management, market forecasters, university leaders, and other professional groups.
• Collective Leadership in a Turbulent Age: As we continue to experience a perfect storm of financial shocks, climate change, failed states, and fragile economies, it seems the world itself is not "too big to fail." Leveraging his multi-disciplinary training and scenario-planning expertise, Dr. Khanna explains the chain reactions that produce unpredictable "black swan" events and how to cope with vulnerability. He then charts a new integrated global agenda in which all organizations—countries, cities, companies, and civic communities—collaborate in dynamic public-private combinations to address the challenges of economic uncertainty, political stability, and socioeconomic stress. Dr. Khanna's tailored roadmaps provide wise and pragmatic guidance to corporations and other actors across all sectors.