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Cross Emerging Markets Growth

CNN | May 7, 2013
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) between emerging markets exceeds that of developed economies. Parag Khanna explains the trend, highlighting the steady diversification of Chinese outbound FDI and new opportunities in Asia and the Middle East.

Prepare-se para a vida na Era Híbrida

ARede | April 2013
By Parag Khanna
VIVEMOS na Era Híbrida, a fronteira da Era da Informação. O ser humano evolui lado a lado com a tecnologia, rumo a uma civilização homem-máquina. A tecnologia nos transforma tanto quanto nós a transformamos.

BRICS Summit in South Africa: Progress or Finger-Pointing?
BRICS Summit in South Africa: Progress or Finger-Pointing?

CNN Global Exchange | March 24, 2013
The leaders of the BRICS nations meet in South Africa this week and announced they would establish a development bank. Parag Khanna discusses their internal frictions, ambitious plans, and prospects for expansion.

Future of the Global Economy: Optimism or Pessimism?
Future of the Global Economy: Optimism or Pessimism?

Hindustan Times Leadership Summit | 16 November 2012
In an argument in support of an optimistic global outlook, Dr. Parag Khanna of the Hybrid Reality Institute cites advancements in the ability for humans to communicate, innovate, and travel as drivers of a new world economy.

India Should Embrace Technology
India Should Embrace Technology

Hindustan Times | November 16, 2012
By Gaurav Chowdhury
India needs to quickly embrace technology, modernise retail trade and focus on infrastructure development to spin jobs and boost incomes. If it fails to do so, the growth process may leave behind a significant section of the population and bring on socio-political upheavals that the country can ill-afford, leading geo-strategist Parag Khanna has cautioned.

The World We Build: Parag Khanna Speaks at Google Zeitgeist

Google Zeitgeist | October 2012
Revitalizing our communities takes ingenuity and collaboration. Who is on the front line, and how are they shaking things up?

Google Zeitgeist: “The World We Build”

Google Zeitgeist | October 16, 2012
Parag Khanna speaks with Dan Gilbert of Rock Ventures about revitalizing our communities with ingenuity and collaboration.

Infrastructure Investment Drives Asian Growth

CNBC Asia | October 8, 2012
High rates of infrastructure investments in Asia are helping to attract investors. Parag Khanna discusses the pattern of infrastructure investment on the continent.

Finding Optimism in the Global Economy

CNBC Asia | October 8, 2012
Parag Khanna says recent signs are pointing to positivity in the global economy. He also discusses Jack Welch’s comments that the U.S. jobs data has been ‘cooked’.

“Hybrid Reality”: Lecture at the Singapore Civil Service College

Civil Service College, Singapore | September 13, 2012

Singapore a ‘living lab’ to power couple
Singapore a ‘living lab’ to power couple

The Straits Times | September 24, 2012
By Cheong Suk Wai
Geopolitical strategist Parag Khanna and his wife Ayesha are so well travelled that they have had to get a new passport for their three-year-old daughter Zara, her old one having run out of pages.

Sombras do mundo que se vai

O Estado de Sao Paulo | 15 July 2012
By Ivan Marsiglia

Parag Khanna guest hosts TED Global session on “The Upside of Transparency”
Parag Khanna guest hosts TED Global session on “The Upside of Transparency”

TED | July 7, 2012
This year’s TED Global conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, carried the provocative theme “Radical Openness.” Parag Khanna guest hosted a full session on the “Upside of Transparency” featuring a range of brilliant speakers.

Parag and Ayesha Khanna foresee a hybrid future, and it’s great
Parag and Ayesha Khanna foresee a hybrid future, and it’s great

The Washington Post | July 3, 2012
By Chris Schroeder
“Globalization” isn’t a popular word in political circles these days, but authors Parag and Ayesha Khanna are making it their life’s mission to change that. In their new e-book, “Hybrid Reality,” the couple argue that the burgeoning forces of worldwide connectedness and shared innovation will open opportunities to all who understand and embrace them.

What is ‘hybrid reality’? Ayesha & Parag Khanna on MSNBC

MSNBC | June 16, 2012
Ayesha and Parag Khanna share the thesis of their new e-book, “Hybrid Reality,” as they and Melissa Harris-Perry look at how technology has evolved and become integrated into everyday life.

New Cities Foundation Summit: Hard and Software City

New Cities Foundation | May 15, 2012
The traditional hardware of cities – the city’s skeleton – its trains, roads, hospitals, schools, theaters, office blocks, shopping malls, energy and water grids are now increasingly connected. City dwellers are also increasingly connected to one another, to city government, and to services. Parts of that very system are increasingly connected, machine-to-machine. What impact does this interconnection have on the building, maintainance and governance of the future metropolis? What are the main trends and emerging solutions for the connected city?

Understanding Asia in the New World Order

Skagen Funds | June 7, 2012
At a conference organised by SKAGEN on 7 June 2012, Dr Parag Khanna discusses how the geopolitical landscape has changed over the past 20 years and how we are entering into a golden age of globalisation.

Discussing State-Backed Capitalism on CNN’s Global Exchange

CNN Global Exchange | May 9, 2012
Parag Khanna discusses the emergence of state-capitalism with John Defterios on CNN’s Global Exchange.

“Hybrid reality: the emerging human-technology co-evolution” — Lecture at the Oxford 21st Century School

Oxford University | April 23, 2012
In this lecture, Ayesha & Parag Khanna discuss the main characteristics of the Hybrid Age, elaborating on the notion of human-technology co-evolution and the framework of geo-technology for interpreting historical change. Particular attention is given to manifestations such as social robotics, the virtual economy, and smart cities. They also present numerous scenarios for social, economic and geopolitical disruptions that might occur in the coming decades.

The Cities-State
The Cities-State

Schweizer Monat | April 2012
Interview with Florian Rittmeyer
The 21st century will not be dominated by China, India or Brazil but by the City. Such is the prediction of Parag Khanna. He sees Switzerland as a state of cities. And proposes a partnership with Singapore.

Interview with Chatham House “The World Today”

The World Today | April/May 2012
Interview conducted by Alan Philips
One of the most original thinkers on global strategy and technology discusses the future of the nation state, the focus of British foreign policy and how good can emerge from crisis.

Division behind BRICS summit smiles

CNN | March 28, 2012
Parag Khanna discusses the tensions below the surface at this year’s BRICS summit in New Delhi on CNN’s Global Exchange hosted by John Defterios.

Brics may find common ground, but India must stand up for itself
Brics may find common ground, but India must stand up for itself

Financial Times | March 28, 2012
By Parag Khanna
The term “Brics” is the ultimate double-edge sword of global political economy. It connotes a set of fast-growing and increasingly influential economies (also described as “rising powers” or “second world”). But it imputes to them a sense of unity that on closer inspection may not really exist. This week’s Brics summit in New Delhi reveals the potential and flaws of both aspects of the term – and why India ultimately has to be self-reliant.

The Future of Globalization – Chatham House Speech

Chatham House | March 15, 2012
Parag Khanna, Senior Research Fellow at the New America Foundation, Senior Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, and Visiting Fellow at LSE IDEAS, outlines his geo-technological view of the world to Young Leaders at Chatham House in London.

UNICEF Q&A on “The State of the World’s Children 2012 – Children in an Urban World”
UNICEF Q&A on “The State of the World’s Children 2012 – Children in an Urban World”

UNICEF | March 1, 2012
“If children’s rights will be achieved anywhere, it will certainly be in the cities.” On the occasion of the launch of The State of the World’s Children 2012: Children in an Urban World, UNICEF’s communication specialist Tobias Dierks asked Parag Khanna, one of the world’s leading geo-strategists, what impact urbanization has on our lives, why he thinks that cities are the “locus of global problem-solving” and how children’s rights can best be protected in an urban world.

Australia is the envy of the world
Australia is the envy of the world

Australian Financial Review | February 24, 2012
By Barry Dunstan
In Australia for investment symposiums for Perennial Investment Partners, Khanna spends?his time charting the major changes in the world as the West struggles and the emerging world rises – and he envies Australia and the other resources-rich Western country, Canada.

Ambulance to Mongolia — Video from the Charity Rally 2010

Ambulance to Mongolia — Video from the Charity Rally 2010

Take Three. 40 Questions on World Politics
Take Three. 40 Questions on World Politics

der Freitag | February 3, 2012
Interview with Mikhael Krogerus
Die 40 wichtigsten weltpolitischen Fragen an einen, der glaubt, jede Antwort zu kennen: Dr. Parag Khanna, der Popstar unter den Politberatern.

Global Governance and Megadiplomacy

Brown Journal of World Affairs | Fall/Winter 2011

CNN feature video: Cities drive growth in emerging markets

CNN | December 28, 2011

Parag Khanna tours Mumbai with CNN’s Mallika Kapur to explain the need for a data-driven cities index, the importance of large-scale infrastructure to alleviate urban congestion and boost productivity, and the economic promise of slums such as Mumbai’s Dharavi.

“India is Seven Times less Relevant than China in the World Economy’
“India is Seven Times less Relevant than China in the World Economy’

Business Standard | December 2, 2011
Interview with Indira Kannan
In this interview, Parag Khanna discusses with Indira Kannan why BRICS is “bullshit” and what India needs to do to assert itself on the global stage.

Globalization 5.0 — Presentation at the Compass Summit

Compass Summit | October 24, 2011
Compass Summit, a forum for true interaction and exchange examines some of today’s most pressing problems through the lens of global citizenship, recognizing that human ingenuity is an unlimited resource.

Keen On…. TechCrunch TV

TechCrunch TV | October 24, 2011
Yes, we know that technology entrepreneurs are revolutionizing media, healthcare, education, energy, even government. But what about the ancient art of diplomacy? Can entrepreneurs – and, in particular, Internet entrepreneurs – help us run the world more effectively?

What Will Turn Us On in 2030?

New America Foundation | October 19, 2011
Parag Khanna discusses the potential pitfalls of trying to predict the future of energy technology and how we will consume energy at the event, “What Will Turn Us On in 2030?: Competing With Fossil Fuels to Power the Future.”

An Unusually Fluid Global Economy

Singapore Futures Group | October 2011
The Futures Group of Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) has sponsored this clever FGAnimate video on the complex chain reactions in today’s global economy.

Colliding forces
Colliding forces

Financial Times | October 18, 2011
By James Crabtree
The 4,500 residents of the sleepy Italian island of Lampedusa are a community under siege. Lying only 180 miles north-west of Libya, they have found themselves at the epicentre of an international crisis as Italy struggles to cope with more than 52,000 migrants who have arrived from north Africa this year, sparking a political outcry that has rever-berated across Europe.

Vorwaerts ins Mittelalter
Vorwaerts ins Mittelalter

Schweizer Monat | September 2011
NGOs und multinationale Unternehmen verdrängen die traditionelle Diplomatie der Staaten, sagt Parag Khanna. Wie reagieren Nationalstaaten und supranationale Grossorganisationen auf diese Entwicklung? Ein Gespräch über die neuen Diplomaten, ein byzantinisches Amerika und chinesischen Strassenbau.

Video Trailer for “How to Run The World”

Watch the video trailer for “How to Run the World,” the book that predicts a generation of youth-led revolts across the globe, captures a new era of competition among economic and political models, and champions the new coalitions among governments, companies and civil society that can tackle our most pressing challenges.

Resistance in Syria to Continue — CNBC Interview
Resistance in Syria to Continue — CNBC Interview

CNBC | August 1, 2011

Parag Khanna discusses the prospects for continued uprising in Syria during Ramadan and the current reform process in Egypt. There is not likely to be a Western military intervention in Syria. The unfolding “Arab Spring” will take years to play out, with differential trajectories among resource-rich monarchies, resource-poor monarchies, resource-rich non-monarchies, and resource-poor non-monarchies. The prospects for long-term growth are good in the Arab world if more accountable governments come into power and investors focus on infrastructure and job creation. This is a moment of “healthy chaos.”

Feature Interview with Johnson Controls “WorkPlace Now”
Feature Interview with Johnson Controls “WorkPlace Now”

Workplace Now | August 2011
Total Globalization is the fifth stage of globalization – it’s the point at which things truly become global. Up until that point the world’s largest 20 economies had dominated trade, but now the other 180 economies are becoming far more active and the trade balance is shifting towards what were once regarded as non-core economies. This shift has enormous implications for all of us and is not driven by a single power. Total Globalization began in 1995 with the widespread availability of information technologies like the internet and mobiles.

Four-Part Appearance on “The Agenda”

The Agenda | August 1, 2011
Appearing on TV Ontario’s “The Agenda,” Parag Khanna discusses the global competition among political and economic models, the “next best thing” approach to countries such as Afghanistan and Egypt, why the “India model” is thriving across the post-colonial world, and how collaborative governance among public and private sectors is the key to successful leadership.

Speaking on “Total Globalization” at the Inspire Conference

London | June 7, 2011
Innovation, Trends and Thought Leadership are the backbone of every industry, whether it be the Web, Mobile, Creative or Social Entrepreneurship. Over two days in June 2011, we are bringing together some of the most brilliant minds in Technology, Creativity and Entrepreneurship from across the world to the heart of Europe’s exploding tech and creative scene in London.

Speaking about ASEAN-China Relations on CNBC Asia
Speaking about ASEAN-China Relations on CNBC Asia

CNBC Asia | July 22, 2011
Parag appears on CNBC Asia from Singapore to discuss the recent ASEAN Summit and ASEAN-China relations.

Interview on Singapore’s Prime Time Morning
Interview on Singapore’s Prime Time Morning

Channel News Asia | July 22, 2011
How do you solve the world’s problems like war, human rights abuses, environmental devastation and financial disaster? Well, author Parag Khanna thinks he has the answers and explains all in his new book, “How to Run the World.” The adventurer-scholar, named by Esquire Magazine as one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century, joins us in our studio to share his perspective.

In Conversation with Wharton’s Stephen Kobrin
In Conversation with Wharton’s Stephen Kobrin

Knowledge@Wharton | July 13, 2011
Stephen J. Kobrin, Wharton management professor and publisher of Wharton Digital Press, recently spoke with Khanna about his latest book, How to Run the World, the emergence of a postmodern Middle Ages, why mega-diplomacy is critical, and his views on the Middle East, including Gaddafi and the conflict in the Libya.

Smart Cities of the Future
Smart Cities of the Future

June 23, 2011 | Toronto, Canada
Humankind is at a turning point in its relationship to technology. As we enter the “Hybrid Age,” characterized by deep human-to-technology interactions, cities are poised to embrace emerging technologies in a push toward sustainable economic growth and innovation. In this presentation, futurists Ayesha and Parag Khanna describe the evolution of smart cities based on their travels to high-tech urban centres from Portugal to Sweden to South Korea. They will highlight new technologies related to urban efficiency and sustainability, and elaborate on new models of governance for smart cities.

Conversations with History — Hosted by Harry Kreisler at UC Berkeley

Conversations with History | April 13, 2011
Harry Kreisler welcomes author Parag Khanna, Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, to discuss his new book, “How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance.” Khanna analyzes the complex ecosystem created by globalization and how a new diplomacy has become the defining feature of international interactions.

Parag Khanna on Press TV’s “The Autograph”

Press TV | June 2011
Parag Khanna discusses his new book How to Run the World with Susan Modaress, host of “The Autograph” on Press TV.

C-SPAN Book TV: Parag Khanna discusses “How to Run the World”

C-SPAN | February 7, 2011
At the Robert S. Strauss Center at the University of Texas at Austin, Parag Khanna argues that the modern era resembles the Middle Ages in terms of international relations. He says that it is possible to usher in a new Renaissance if we take advantage of our interconnectedness.

The Multipolar Future
The Multipolar Future

Saudi Aramco World | May/June 2011
Interview with Tom Verde
The Middle Ages was a very long period of history, from the fall of Rome to the fall of Constantinople. A thousand years are captured by this phrase, “the Middle Ages.”

Riding the Curitiba Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

Curitiba, Brazil | May 18, 2011
Following on the publication of our TIME magazine article “Long Bus, Short Wait,” Ayesha and I were taken for a special ride on Curitiba’s new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system. …

Mega-Diplomacy and Development Aid: A Conversation with Parag Khanna
Mega-Diplomacy and Development Aid: A Conversation with Parag Khanna

DevelopmentEx.com | May 13, 2011
Interview with Oliver Subasinghe
Ambassadors, mercenaries, pontiffs and traders were key actors during the dark and transformative Middle Ages. What does that time have in common with today?

La géopolitique bottom up et l’entropie postcoloniale

L’Agefi | May 12, 2011
Interview with Sebastian Ruche
Pourquoi la révolution arabe va se propager. Comment la mégadiplomatie gouverne le monde. Pourquoi tuer Kadhafi.

“China will ein grosses Deutschland sein”

Politik + Kommunikation | April 2011
Interview with Johannes Altmeyer and Florian Renneberg
Der indisch-amerikanische Autor Parag Khanna ist Experte für internationale Beziehungen. p&k hat mit ihm über moderne Diplomatie, die Macht der NGOs und Barack Obama gesprochen.

“Talking to the Khannas” — Janera Global Nomad Salon

Janera.com | February 25, 2011
Janera Soerel, curator of the Global Citizen Conversations, speaks to Ayesha and Parag Khanna about “How to Run the World” and the Hybrid Reality Institute.

“Libyen ist ein schwarzes Loch”

Der Tages Anzeiger | April 16, 2011
By Alain Zucker
Der aussenpolitische Vordenker Parag Khanna sagt, man hätte Ghadhafi aus humanitären Gründen längst liquidieren sollen.

The Arab World Can Help Itself
The Arab World Can Help Itself

NPR Marketplace | April 7, 2011
Millions of dollars will be spent rebuilding the Middle East. Arab countries can play a vital role in funding those projects.

CEOs Must Begin to Think Like Statesmen

Management Next (India) | March 2011

Interview with Robert Wright on “How to Run the World”

BloggingHeads TV | April 5, 2011
Robert Wright and Parag Khanna discuss whether nation-states are passe, whether Gaddafi can be legally assassinated, how the postmodern world resembles the Middle Ages, how to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, and better ways to fight global warming than treaties.

Autorität und Globalisierung: “Der Markt der Ideen ist selbstregulierend”

The European | April 4, 2011
Nur globale Netzwerke über die Grenzen staatlicher Souveränität hinaus können zur Lösung der großen Probleme beitragen, findet Parag Khanna. Welche Rolle in diesem Prozess Autoritäten zukommt, welchen Einfluss die Globalisierung 1.0 hierbei hatte und was die zunehmende Bedeutung von nicht-staatlichen Akteuren ausmacht erklärt er im Interview mit Martin Eiermann.

Ich bin für Tyrannenmord

Berliner Zeitung | April 1, 2011
Berlin – “Guten Tag”, sagt Parag Khanna. Akzentfrei. “Wir machen das Interview auf Deutsch. Warum sollen Sie noch die Mühe mit der Übersetzung haben.” Er steht aufrecht vor mir, 190 Zentimeter groß, in seinem in Indien maßgeschneiderten dunklen Anzug. Sehr freundlich, sehr konzentriert. Wir sitzen auf Stühlen einander gegenüber in einem kleinen Büro des Berlin Verlages in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, unweit vom Volkspark Friedrichshain und dem Denkmal der Märzgefallenen.

“Open democratic societies don’t block Google”

Fortune | March 29, 2011

Foreign policy wunderkind Parag Khanna says revolutions in the Middle East could mean good things for the world – and for business.

The Obama Administration and Next Steps in the Middle East

CNN American Morning | March 28, 2011

President Obama will address the nation about Operation Odyssey Dawn and the U.S.’s involvement in military action there Monday evening. Parag Khanna is a Senior Fellow at the non-partisan think tank, The New American Foundation, and is the author of “How to Run the World”. Khanna talks to American Morning about the latest developments out of Libya and what Operation Odyssey Dawn means for American politics.

Dopo le colonie, il Rinascimento

La Stampa | March 27, 2011

La tesi del politologo Usa Parag Khanna: sono saltati i confini disegnati nell’800, ora tutto cambierà.

Look West not East: South America will be the 21st Century’s Superpower
Look West not East: South America will be the 21st Century’s Superpower

Intelligence Squared | March 22, 2011

Conventional wisdom tells us that a new star will rise in the East, and over the past decade all eyes have been looking towards China or India to witness the emergence of the 21st century’s new superpower. But if the three key elements for a strong and powerful economy are democracy, economic growth and low inflation then neither of those would-be giants makes the grade. So perhaps we should all do an about-turn. Look West, young man!

Global Roundtable: Rebuilding America for the 21st Century

BigThink.com | March 22, 2011

Parag Khanna leads a distinguished panel on the future of economic competition. This segment asks how America can invest in education, infrastructure and research at a time of fiscal austerity.

Global Roundtable: Who’s to Blame?

BigThink.com | March 21, 2011

Parag Khanna leads a distinguished panel on the future of economic competition. The first topic in this series asks the question of who is to blame for the ongoing global economic downturn.

‘Waarom zouden we dictators niet mogen vermoorden?’

De Morgen (Belgium) | March 9, 2011

Renaissance Man: Parag Khanna on the Next Wave of Post-National Power

TANK | Spring 2011
By Shumon Basar
“Colonies were once conquered, now countries are bought.” So says Parag Khanna, author of the new book How
to Run the World. It’s not a manual for James Bond-style megalomaniacs, nor is it expert advice on long-distance marathons. It’s the follow-up to Khanna’s first treatise on “late globalisation,” The Second World (2008), in which he defined this term as applying to a nation that exhibits both first- and third-world characteristics simultaneously.

The Postmodern Thinker

Business Times (Singapore) | March 5, 2011
By Leon Hadar
International relations scholar and author Parag Khanna talks about geopolitics and identity in the post-post-modern world.

“In Libyen gibt es keinen Staat. Es gibt nur einen Mann” — Profile in SonntagsZeitung (Switzerland)

SonnntagsZeitung | February 27, 2011
von Martin Suter
Der amerikanische Aussenpolitik-Experte und Regierungsberater Parag Khanna über den Umbruch in der islamischen Welt, Ghadhafi als wahren Revolutionär und die Zukunft von Europa.

“Don’t Buy the Chindia Hype” — Profile in Times of India

Times of India | February 27, 2011
Parag Khanna, author of How to Run the World, says India needs to worry about corruption, the Naxal problem, its youth bulge without jobs to match — not China.

Willkommen bei den neuen Maechtigen

Die ZEIT | February 24, 2011
Adapted excerpt from HOW TO RUN THE WORLD published in the German weekly newspaper Die ZEIT on the occasion of the launch of the German edition titled WIE MAN DIE WELT REGIERT.

Forbes Book Review of “How to Run the World”

Forbes.com | February 21, 2011
By Elmira Bayrasli
In How To Run the World, Parag Khanna envisions a new world order. Business and entrepreneurship are no longer the maligned enemy of social good, but an “indispensable” public partner. In fact, Khanna, a fellow on American strategy at the New America Foundation, says, boardrooms are the new diplomatic outposts and military bases. Hence it is necessary for “CEOs to know as much as diplomats about the world and its various elements – they can’t rely on embassies to act on its behalf anymore – and those that know this are those that are succeeding.”

Mideast Unrest’s Impact on the U.S. — CBS Morning Show

CBS | February 19, 2011
Parag Khanna, author of “How to Run the World,” explained to Russ Mitchell how the protests and civil unrest is spreading throughout the Middle East and what it means for the U.S.

Parag Khanna on PBS “Need to Know”

PBS | February 18, 2011
Bestselling author Parag Khanna is hard to pin down. He’s raced 8,000 miles from London to Mongolia in the Mongolia Charity Rally, served in the foreign policy advisory group for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, and he’s been dubbed a global futurist and an adventurer-scholar.

Parag Khanna Discusses Egypt and Mega-Diplomacy on CNN’s Parker Spitzer

CNN | February 14, 2011

How should America engage in Egypt after the ouster of its long standing ally Hosni Mubarak? Parag advocates a mega-diplomacy approach in which the U.S. makes friends with all players in the new Egyptian political spectrum, including the Muslim Brotherhood and other opposition groups, and uses its companies, NGOs, universities, and other domestic resources to build partnerships that advance the development of the Egyptian economy and society.

Understanding Egypt Through Cartoons

February 15, 2011
Two cartoons capture the mood in Egypt today. The first asks whether democracy or theocracy will replace autocracy in the country. The second depicts Hosni Mubarak himself replacing the stolen King Tut statue from the Egyptian Museum.

“All regions will be important at the same time”

DNA India | January 29, 2011
By Uttara Chaudhary
One of India’s leading daily newspapers profiles Parag Khanna on his new book “How to Run the World,” India’s challenges in Kashmir, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the role of Generation-Y in the future of diplomacy.

Al Jazeera: U.S. Policy Towards Egypt

Al Jazeera | February 3, 2011
As the Egyptian crisis continues, Parag Khanna discusses shifting U.S. policy towards Hosni Mubarak, scenarios for the next Egyptian regime, and the role of youth in promoting accountability.

PSFK on How to Run The World: “A Roadmap To Creating A Better World”

PSFK | February 4, 2011

In his new book, How to Run the World, writer and international relations expert Parag Khanna talks about the challenges faced across the world; depleting natural resources, political and economic instability and environmental stress, comparing today’s global scenario to that of the Medieval Ages. He also offers a blueprint for creating a stable world by encouraging active participation of multinational firms, non-profit organizations, innovators and other communities in the governance of the nations.

Everybody Wants to Rule the World — KVON Radio
Everybody Wants to Rule the World — KVON Radio

KVON Radio | February 3, 2011
Interview with Jeff Schechman
As we wake up each morning to a new geopolitical crises, in countries we usually don’t think about very often, it’s more important then ever to understand how the world works. We talk about globalization and a border-less world, yet their are more nation states and political borders then ever before. Here at home we hear criticism of trans-national corporations, yet where do we think that the jobs will come from, to move much of the world out of poverty.

Interview with Marty Moss-Coane on Radio Times/NPR Philadelphia

NPR | February 1, 2011
Geo-strategist PARAG KHANNA looks around the world and sees echoes of the Middle Ages, with both West and East powerful, Middle East sheikhdoms, powerful city-states, wealthy multinational corporations, religious zealots and more.

Discussing the Future of Egypt on Taking Stock with Pimm Fox/Bloomberg

Bloomberg News | January 31, 2011
Parag Khanna discusses the unfolding upheaval in Egypt with Pimm Fox.

Foreign Policy Digest — Review of How to Run the World
Foreign Policy Digest — Review of How to Run the World

Foreign Policy Digest | January 31, 2011
By Mahanth Joishy
How to Run the World was released in January 2011 as author Parag Khanna’s sophomore effort. It’s an unambiguously ambitious title for a book about foreign affairs. A number of strangers who have seen me with the tome in hand gave me curious glances and requests like “get back to me once you’ve figured all of that out.”

De Nieuwe Diplomaat rukt op

NRC Handelsblad | January 30, 2011
By Juurd Eijsvoogel
Profile in the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad covering the World Economic at Davos and the future of diplomacy.

The Exercise of Power: Running the World
The Exercise of Power: Running the World

The Economist | January 27, 2011
SOME books about global politics charge at you full tilt, brandishing a radical idea for changing the world. Others pick their way through the nettles. The romantic in every reader yearns for a new order to sweep aside the impediments of the old. The sceptic knows that life is complicated. Both sorts of books have their strengths, but—on the evidence of two new accounts of 21st-century power—caution has the upper hand just now.

The New Medicis and a New Medieval World
The New Medicis and a New Medieval World

Reuters.com | January 21, 2011
Interview with Katherine Herrup
I spoke with Parag Khanna, author of “How to Run the World” and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, about global imbalances and creating better corporate citizens. The following are some excerpts of our conversation.

The Art of Running the World
The Art of Running the World

Swiss Style | January 2011
Profile by Jean Francois Begun
Henry Kissinger once said that, “You do not design a new world order as an emergency measure.
But you need an emergency to bring about a new world order.” Quite poignant words given today’s environment, where we seem to be hurtling toward a perfect storm of energy consumption,
population growth and food and water insufficiencies.

The Neo-Renaissance Man
The Neo-Renaissance Man

Asia Times | January 22, 2011
By Pepe Escober
Steve Clemons of the New America Foundation describes Parag Khanna as a “global futurist”. Now that’s a sterling job. Even apart from the obviously sexy Isaac Asimov overtones, this entails crisscrossing the planet identifying future trends and getting paid for it. On the other hand, it’s true that an array of single-minded wonks slumped in their think-tank chairs also love to deploy this job description. That’s certainly not the case with Khanna – a young, dynamic, hyper-connected insider who’s actually been all over the world armed with a good education, and has a sense of history, no prejudice, an open mind and delightful conversational skills.

Would-be States Hope to Follow Sudan’s Lead
Would-be States Hope to Follow Sudan’s Lead

NPR “Talk of the Nation” | January 20, 2011
Millions of people in southern Sudan hope to soon become citizens of a new country. The New America Foundation’s Parag Khanna says the world will be more peaceful if other minority groups worldwide realize their own aspirations for statehood.

Parag Khanna Discusses Mega-Diplomacy on CNN’s Prism

CNN | January 13, 2011
The author of “How to Run the World” talks to CNN’s Errol Barnett about geopolitics and globalization. He discusses instability in Iraq, the break-up of Sudan, and the need to re-map post-colonial regions.

Forbes.com Interview on How to Run the World

Forbes.com | January 2011

Lux Capital CEO Josh Wolfe interviews Parag Khanna on his new book How to Run the World. Their conversation covers issues such as the turbulent relations between the public and private sectors, the competition among various economic models from America to Europe to China, and the “Giving Pledge” spearheaded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet.

CEO as Statesman: Parag Khanna’s New Plan for “How to Run the World”

Yahoo Finance Tech Ticker | January 14, 2011

From authoritarian regimes that violate human rights to deadly diseases that wipe out entire populations, it is safe to say the world’s got its fair share of problems.

“How to Run the World” — Lecture at the New America Foundation

New America Foundation | January 12, 2011

Please join the New America Foundation in a conversation with Senior Research Fellow Parag Khanna on his new book, How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance. This follow-on to his international best-seller, The Second World, explores our chaotic 21st century landscape, which Khanna describes as a New Middle Ages. How to Run the World lays out a bold new “mega-diplomacy” that combines the resources of governments, corporations, and civic actors to address our most pressing global challenges.

CEOs as Statesmen? Author Offers New Plan on ‘How To Run The World’
CEOs as Statesmen? Author Offers New Plan on ‘How To Run The World’

CNBC| January 6, 2011
By Gloria McDonough-Taub
Parag Khanna was recently named by Esquire magazine one of the “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century”, Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google says, “We need to pay attention to his ideas” and Nicholas Nassim Taleb, author of “THE BLACK SWAN” says, “Parag Khanna has vision.”

BBC “The Hub”: Critique of Af-Pak Strategic Review
BBC “The Hub”: Critique of Af-Pak Strategic Review

BBC World | December 23, 2010

Parag Khanna discusses the Obama administration’s December 2010 Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategic Review and prospects for success in 2011.

Globes Business Conference Opening Reception

December 11, 2010

Touch-screen banking, basketball, and schmoozing on the eve of the Globes Business Conference in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Touring the Design Museum in Holon, Israel

December 11, 2010

The recently opened Design Museum in Holon, Israel, is the brainchild of renowned architect Ron Arad and part of the emerging cluster of fresh museums emerging in this suburb of Tel Aviv.

Mashrou3 Leila Project – Lebanon’s New Alternative Rock Music Scene

December 9, 2010

Here is a fantastic, young, fresh alternative music group coming out of Lebanon that deserves wide exposure. Hope to see them again in the U.S. and Europe!

Climate Change in Lebanon: “Skiing in Our Thoughts”
Climate Change in Lebanon: “Skiing in Our Thoughts”

December 2010

Lebanon prides itself on being the only country in the world where one can ski and relax on the beach in the same day. But this year has brought no snowfall.

Playing the Geopolitical Marketplace

Canadian Corporate Counsel Association
December 2010

BBC “The Hub”: Counter-Terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan
BBC “The Hub”: Counter-Terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan

BBC World | November 24, 2010

Parag Khanna discusses the growing NATO military activity in Afghanistan and the controversial results of the Afghan parliamentary elections.

Profile in Wall Street Journal “Portfolio of Ideas”

Wall Street Journal | Fall 2010
Parag Khanna discusses the balance of world powers and what America must do to innovate and stay competitive globally.

How Resource Scarcity Will Lead to a New Global Order

Interview with Circle of Blue “Water News”.

“Iran als Testfall für Europas Außenpolitik”

Der Standard | January 27, 2010
US-Politologe Parag Khanna über eine Strategie für Afghanistan, den Umgang mit dem Iran und die Konkurrenz zwischen USA und China. Mit Khanna sprach in Davos Alexandra Föderl-Schmi

Tying the shoe down is just wrongfooting it

Straits Times | December 8, 2009
THERE is something to be said about pursuing a thought that seizes you, even if it takes you to the ends of the Earth. Just ask American foreign policy scholar Parag Khanna.

Grüne Rhetorik, graue Realität

Sueddeutsche Zeitung | October 30, 2009
Klimaschutz hat bei den Amerikanern keine Top-Priorität. Europa sollte nicht auf die Klimaschutz-Nachzügler warten – sondern vorangehen.

Analyzing Libya

International Relations and Security Network | October 27, 2009

Profile in Poder Magazine

Poder | October 2009

Profile in Oriental Morning Post

Oriental Morning Post | October 19, 2009

“USA sind nicht alleinige Weltmacht”

Wiener Zeitung | October 16, 2009

“Machtverlust der USA ist unwiderruflich”

Die Presse | October 15, 2009

Vorbild Europaeische Union

The European | October 1, 2009

“Redrawing the map for a safe, secure world”

TED Blog | September 28, 2009

TED Global Talk on “Invisible Maps”
TED Global Talk on “Invisible Maps”

TED Global | July 24, 2009

Brave New Second World

Design Mind | Fall 2009 (Issue 11)

“The Autograph”

Press TV | May 15, 2009

Europa 2030: vorwaerts ins neue Mittelalter

Internationale Politik | May 2009

Fareed Zakaria

MTV InnerView | April 2009

El Mundo Que Viene

El Mundo | May 9, 2009

Interview with XL Semanal

Semanal | May 5, 2009

Review of “I Tre Imperi”

Liberazione | May 5, 2009

Interview with Nezavissimaya Gazeta

Nezavissimaya Gazeta | April 30, 2009

Interview in La Voz

La Voz | April 14, 2009

Russia Today (Arabic) Interview on G-20

Russia Today | April 3, 2009

Interview with Cinco Dias

Cinco Dias | April 1, 2009

Interview with La Razon

La Razon | April 1, 2009

Podcast Interview with Intent Blog

IntentBlog | March 31, 2009

Jeff Sachs

MTV InnerView | March 2009

Cina, Europa, USA: Il Mondo formato G3

Corriere dela Sera | March 17, 2009

Il futuro se decidera nel Secondo Mondo

Il Riformista | March 15, 2009

Risiko Imperiale

Il Manifesto | March 2009

Interview in TANK Magazine

TANK | February 2009

Rising Powers

PBS ‘Great Decisions’ | January 2009

Interview with Il Vinerdi (Italy)

Il Vinerdi | February 6, 2009

More troops in Aghanistan could destabilize Pakistan

PBS World Focus | January 30, 2009

Press TV: World Financial Meltdown

Press TV | January 7, 2009

A New Tripolar World Order?

Geopolitics | Winter 2008

Ein Himmel ohne Sonne

Die Zeit | December 31, 2008

CBS Morning News: Global Hotspots 2009

CBS Morning News | January 2, 2009

Thomas Friedman

MTV InnerView | January 2009

Interview with Veja Magazine

Veja | December 31, 2008

Interview with Jornal do Brasil

Jornal do Brasil | January 12, 2009

What’s the Big Idea?

Prospect | January 2009

Terrence McNally Interview/Podcast

KPFK Los Angeles Radio | December 9, 2008

Ghida Fakhry

MTV InnerView | December 2008

Interview with O Estado de Sao Paulo

O Estado de Sao Paulo | November 30, 2008

Naomi Klein

MTV InnerView | November 2008

Rise of the Rest

London Review of Books | November 6, 2008

It’s the Trend, Not the Details

The Daily Star | October 28, 2008

Shashi Tharoor

MTV InnerView | October 2008

10 Questions for Parag Khanna

Gene Expression | September 26, 2008

CUBE Portrait by Lincoln Schatz

Esquire | October 2008

Embrace the Post-American Age

WIRED | October 2008

Nuke World Order

DNA India | September 15, 2008

Das sanfte Imperium

Die Zeit | September 11, 2008

Esquire’s List of the 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century

New America Foundation Media Advisory | September 10, 2008

Die nächste Welt

Die Zeit | July 3, 2008

We’re #1? Tell China

Internet Review of Books | June 21, 2008

Interview with Macleans

Macleans | June 19, 2008

Interview with Charlie Rose

PBS | May 15, 2008

The Next Empire

Strategy+Business | May 6, 2008

Asia’s Rise, America’s Demise?

Asia Society | April 30, 2008

Imperien im Wettstreit

Frankfurter Rundschau | April 27, 2008

Interview with Kojo Nnamdi

WAMU/NPR | April 21, 2008

Carnegie Council Lecture on The Second World

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs | April 16, 2008

MTV World Interviews Parag Khanna

MTV World | February 12, 2008

Interview with SAJA Radio

South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) | April 8, 2008

Interview with Media Global

United Nations Media Global | April 4, 2008

Guess Who’s Coming to Power
Guess Who’s Coming to Power

The New York Times Sunday Book Review | March 29, 2008

When worlds collide

The Financial Times | March 29, 2008

Washington Post Book World Web-Chat

Washington Post Book World Web-Chat | March 25, 2008

Conversation with History

Berkeley Institute for International Studies | March 21, 2008

Interview with EGO Magazine

EGO Magazine | March 20, 2008

Interview with Tavis Smiley

PBS | March 19, 2008

Interview on “The Second World”

New America Foundation | March 17, 2008

On Day One: Your Ideas for A Better World

On Day One | March 17, 2008

WBUR/NPR “On Point” with Tom Ashbrook

WBUR/NPR | March 06, 2008

A Game Where Resources Dwindle and Partners Shift

New York Times | March 5, 2008

Interview with Cal Lit Review

Cal Lit Review | March 4, 2008

Interview with “Big Think”

Big Think | March 03, 2008

Interview with Exame magazine

Exame | February 27, 2008