Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and bestselling author. He is the Founder & CEO of AlphaGeo, an AI-powered geospatial location analytics platform focused on future-proofing global investing amid rising volatility. Dr. Khanna has authored seven internationally bestselling books, including MOVE: Where People Are Going for a Better Future (2021) and The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century (2019). His trilogy on the future of world order consists of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order (2008), How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance (2011), and Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization (2016). He also wrote Technocracy in America: Rise of the Info-State (2017) and co-authored Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization (2012). His works have been translated into more than twenty languages.
Named one of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century” and featured in WIRED magazine’s “Smart List,” Parag Khanna was an inaugural YPO Leadership Fellow during 2022-23, offering strategic guidance to various chapters of the 30,000-member YPO global network. He has advised the US National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends program and held senior research positions at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore and the New America Foundation. In 2007, he served as a senior geopolitical adviser to the United States Special Operations Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Dr. Khanna has also worked at the Brookings Institution, the World Economic Forum in Geneva, and the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. His writings have appeared in prestigious publications like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, National Geographic, and many others. He frequently appears in global media such as CNN, BBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, and Al Jazeera.
His TED talks have been viewed more than three million times, and his maps have been showcased in international art exhibitions. Parag lectures at global conferences and advises government leaders and corporate executives on trends, systemic risks, technological disruptions, market entry strategies, and economic master planning. He has consulted for numerous governments, including those of the US, Canada, Brazil, the UK, Germany, and many others.
In 2016, he served on Singapore’s Committee on the Future Economy and currently sits on the UAE Ministry of Economy’s International Advisory Council. He advises Gulf Capital, serves on the board of directors of the Out of Eden Walk, and is a member of the advisory board of Henley & Partners. Dr. Khanna holds a PhD in international relations from the London School of Economics and degrees from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He has been honored as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and serves on several boards and councils.
Born in India, Parag grew up in the UAE, New York, and Germany. He is an accomplished adventurer, having traveled to more than 150 countries and undertaken numerous challenging journeys. He is also a competitive tennis player and speaks German, Hindi, French, Spanish, and basic Arabic.
Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and bestselling author. He is the Founder & CEO of AlphaGeo, an AI-powered geospatial location analytics platform focused on future-proofing global investing amid rising volatility. Dr. Khanna has authored seven internationally bestselling books, including MOVE: Where People Are Going for a Better Future (2021) and The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century (2019). His trilogy on the future of world order consists of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order (2008), How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance (2011), and Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization (2016). He also wrote Technocracy in America: Rise of the Info-State (2017) and co-authored Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization (2012). His works have been translated into more than twenty languages.
Named one of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century” and featured in WIRED magazine’s “Smart List,” Parag Khanna was an inaugural YPO Leadership Fellow during 2022-23, offering strategic guidance to various chapters of the 30,000-member YPO global network. He has advised the US National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends program and held senior research positions at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore and the New America Foundation. In 2007, he served as a senior geopolitical adviser to the United States Special Operations Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Dr. Khanna has also worked at the Brookings Institution, the World Economic Forum in Geneva, and the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. His writings have appeared in prestigious publications like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, National Geographic, and many others. He frequently appears in global media such as CNN, BBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, and Al Jazeera.
His TED talks have been viewed more than three million times, and his maps have been showcased in international art exhibitions. Parag lectures at global conferences and advises government leaders and corporate executives on trends, systemic risks, technological disruptions, market entry strategies, and economic master planning. He has consulted for numerous governments, including those of the US, Canada, Brazil, the UK, Germany, and many others.
In 2016, he served on Singapore’s Committee on the Future Economy and currently sits on the UAE Ministry of Economy’s International Advisory Council. He advises Gulf Capital, serves on the board of directors of the Out of Eden Walk, and is a member of the advisory board of Henley & Partners. Dr. Khanna holds a PhD in international relations from the London School of Economics and degrees from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He has been honored as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and serves on several boards and councils.
Born in India, Parag grew up in the UAE, New York, and Germany. He is an accomplished adventurer, having traveled to more than 150 countries and undertaken numerous challenging journeys. He is also a competitive tennis player and speaks German, Hindi, French, Spanish, and basic Arabic.
