Parag Khanna, Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario based strategic global advisory firm. International bestselling author of six books, including Technocracy and Connectography. Keynote and TED speaker, as well as a regular on CNN - Home Page
Arab Strategy Forum | 13 December 2018
Dr. Parag Khanna had the great honor to give the closing keynote at the Arab Strategy Forum in Dubai. In the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Makhtoum, he presented on "The Multipolar Future: The GCC between East and West".
Read More10 December 2018
Look what just arrived in the mail! First hardcover copies of The Future is Asian. Very excited to share the message with the world as of February 2019. Please order your copy today!
Read MoreKirkus Reviews | 7 December 2018
Khanna begins with a dazzling distillation of the history of the world from an Asian perspective...He moves into “Asia-nomics,” or how each country is developing its particular economic strength. Khanna is thorough and clear, offering abundant food for thought.
Read MoreFinancial Times | 7 December 2018
By James Kynge
“The structure of the global order today is not as bipolar as it was in the cold war, so the new cold war analogy doesn’t hold up to even the most superficial scrutiny,” says Parag Khanna, author of a forthcoming book, The Future is Asian.
Read MoreFinancial Times | 6 December 2018
By James Kynge
In an authoritative book to be published in the new year, and which may well become a standard reference, Parag Khanna casts the net wider to deliver a compelling argument that Asia — rather than merely China — is the current and future lodestar for the global economy. “The most consequential misunderstanding permeating western thought about Asia is being overly China-centric,” Khanna writes.
Read MoreThe Washington Post | 3 December 2018
By Paul Wiseman | AP
Parag Khanna, author of the forthcoming book The Future is Asian, noted that Xi is still promoting the economic self-reliance that Made in China 2025 symbolizes. “What he’s saying to his own people has more long-term validity than what he’s saying to Trump over dinner for the sake of everyone saving face.”
Read MoreTEDxGateway Mumbai | 2 December 2018
It was a great honor to speak at TEDxGateway in Mumbai about the revitalization of Asian identity in the 21st century after centuries of colonialism and the Cold War. I gave a preview of my forthcoming book The Future is Asian. Stay tuned for the full video in early 2019!
Read MoreKauppalehti | 1 December 2018
Singaporen hallinnolle asiantuntija-arvioita antava ja tulevaisuuden taloutta tutkineessa komiteassakin istuneen Parag Khannan mukaan Singaporessa valmistaudutaan parhaillaan hopeatsunamiin. Hopeatsunami on kaupunkivaltiossa käytettävä nimitys suurten ikäluokkien vanhenemiselle.
FutureMap-konsulttiyrityksen perustajan Khannanin mukaan parhaita ratkaisuja etsitään ympäri maailman. Myös Suomesta on otettu mallia.
Read MoreThe Hindu | 29 November 2018
By Sindhuri Nandhakumar
The 10th edition of TEDxGateway will be held on 2 December in Mumbai. The event, which draws over 5,000 attendees and the who’s who of public intellectuals, borrows its framework from the TED mainstage in Vancouver. Parag Khanna, author of the forthcoming book The Future is Asian, speaks on why the world’s largest continent is going to define the future.
Read MoreAECOM | 29 November 2018
AECOM held its 2018-2019 Asia-Pacific leadership conference in Kuala Lumpur, where Dr. Parag Khanna gave the opening keynote speech highlighting Asia's rapid pace of urbanization and the role of connectivity among cities in fostering economic diversification and trade resilience amidst the US-China trade war.
Read MoreKPMG | 28 November 2018
At KPMG's flagship Global Infrastructure Conference in Hong Kong, Dr. Parag Khanna gave the opening keynote speech on "Asia's Third Growth Wave." He emphasized the impact of the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) on kicking off an infrastructure "arms race" and accelerating intra-Asian economic integration.
Read MoreThe Economist | 27 November 2018
The Economist Group convened corporate treasury executives in Hong Kong to discuss the emerging economic landscape of financial risks. Dr. Parag Khanna gave the luncheon keynote, addressing whether Asia is decoupling from the West through a combination of intra-regional trade growth, the Belt & Road Initiative, and the consequences of the US-China trade war.
Read MoreThe Silk Road Foundation | 27 November 2018
The Silk Road Foundation of Mongolia visited Singapore in mid-2018 and hosted a conversation between Myagmarjav Khaliunbat and Dr. Parag Khanna around the release of the Mongolian edition of Connectography. Khanna and Khaliunbat discussed Mongolia's strategic position on Eurasia's emerging new Silk Roads.
Read MoreMubadala | November 2018
Dr. Parag Khanna gave the opening keynote speech at the Mubadala annual meeting in Abu Dhabi, presenting on the three levels of competition that define the 21st century: Geopolitical, geoeconomic, and geotechnological. He also laid out scenarios for the US-China trade war and the growing convergence between East and West Asian economies.
Read MoreTED | November 2018
On 2 December 2018, Parag Khanna will be a featured speaker at TEDxGateway in Mumbai. He will speak about "The Once and Future Asia," giving a preview of his forthcoming book The Future is Asian.
Read MoreIMD Business School | 19 November 2018
Dr. Parag Khanna gave the opening keynote speech for the IMD Business School's annual Orchestrating Winning Performance (OWP) executive education program in Singapore. He discussed the triangle of perspectives -- geopolitics, geoeconomics, geotechnology -- necessary for comprehensive strategic thinking in the 21st century.
Read MoreSouth Asian Times | 9 November 2018
By Shivaji Sengupta
Making sense of our fast changing world is Singapore based Indian American Parag Khanna, a leading global strategist and bestselling author whose last book Connectography is evocatively titled, and the upcoming one is provocatively titled The Future is Asian.
Read MoreBloomberg TicToc | 9 November 2018
At the Bloomberg New Economy Forum, Parag Khanna explains to TicToc how both Asian millennials and Western expats are turning Asia's thriving urban hubs into dynamic and entrepreneurial melting pots.
Read MoreAxios | 9 November 2018
By Steve LeVine
Three weeks ahead of a meeting between President Trump and China's Xi Jinping, Beijing is notching record exports and figuring out how to manage without American goods. Parag Khanna, author of the forthcoming, “The Future is Asian,” tells Axios that China is finding ways to permanently substitute for American imports.
Read MoreBloomberg New Economy Forum | 7 November 2018
At the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, Dr. Parag Khanna moderated a panel discussing the supercities that will dominate the future world economy. How will the world's megacities overcome the challenges of mobility, healthcare, education and other urban stress points to become successful supercities?
Read MoreParag Khanna, Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario based strategic global advisory firm. International bestselling author of six books, including Technocracy and Connectography. Keynote and TED speaker, as well as a regular on CNN.
Parag Khanna is Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario based strategic advisory firm. He is the international bestselling author of six books, has traveled to most of the countries of the world, and holds a PhD from the London School of Economics. Read more.
Co-authored with Ayesha Khanna. TED Books, 2012.