Dr. Parag Khanna - (AlphaGeo)

Dr. Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario based strategic advisory firm. Parag's newest book is MOVE: The Forces Uprooting Us (2021), which was preceded by The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century (2019). He is author of a trilogy of books on the future of world order beginning with The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order (2008), followed by How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance (2011), and concluding with Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization (2016). He is also the author of Technocracy in America: Rise of the Info-State (2017) and co-author of Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization (2012). Parag was named one of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century,” and featured in WIRED magazine’s “Smart List.” He holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics, and Bachelors and Masters degrees from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He has traveled to nearly 150 countries and is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.

When National Climate Averages Miss the Story

13 July 2026 Dr. Parag Khanna - (AlphaGeo) and Dr. Yusra Ghafoor - (AlphaGeo)

Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen France recorded its hottest day in history last week, 41°C in Bordeaux, multiple deaths, half the country under red alert, the story got covered the way climate risk almost always is: one country, one number. But, how do we know which regions inside these countries are actually carrying the long-term economic cost?

Winning cities in the war for talent

22 April 2025 Carlos Moedas - (Mayor) and Dr. Parag Khanna - (AlphaGeo)

Reading Time: 4 minutesCities must adapt continually to retain and attract talent amidst global uncertainty. Lisbon is using tech innovation and cultural vibrancy to attract mobile talent.

Reflecting on a future defined by mobility

14 April 2022 Dr. Parag Khanna - (AlphaGeo)

Reading Time: 5 minutesDr. Khanna urges decision-makers to step up their efforts to attract young talent and to build the conditions for migrants to thrive. This includes local investments in sustainable infrastructure, renewables and the circular economy – all to allow for a radical reshuffle of the world’s population in the face of climate change and digitalisation, among other things.