Dr. Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and bestselling author who provides data-driven analysis on geopolitics, global trends, and systemic risk. As the Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap, a strategic advisory firm, he is at the forefront of identifying the forces shaping the next era of global civilization. His work is recognized for its comprehensive, long-term perspective on the future of world order and globalization.
Khanna's intellectual influence stems from his vast field experience and academic rigor. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and has advised governments worldwide, including the US, Canada, Germany, and Japan. His policy background includes serving as a senior geopolitical advisor to United States Special Operations Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and advising the US National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2030 program. His seminal 2008 New York Times Magazine cover story, "Waving Goodbye to Hegemony," sparked a major global debate, cementing his status as a key world intellectual.
He is the author of an influential trilogy on world order, which includes The Second World, How to Run the World, and Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization. His most recent book, The Future is Asian, further explores the massive shift in global commerce and culture towards the Asian century. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages, and he has been recognized as one of Esquire’s "75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century." As a speaker, Khanna lectures frequently at international conferences and provides tailored briefings to corporate executives and government leaders on global trends, technological disruptions, and economic master planning. Drawing on his extensive travel to nearly 150 countries and his role on bodies like the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Mobility, he offers audiences a unique, panoramic, and highly actionable perspective on how to understand and strategically navigate the complexity of the global system.
