
Parag Khanna is managing partner of FutureMap, a scenario-planning and strategic advisory firm. He is the international best-selling author of six books, including “The Second World” and “Connectography.” He has been a fellow at the Brookings Institution and New America think tanks and at the Lee Kuan Yew School at the National University of Singapore. Khanna has also been an adviser to the U.S. National Intelligence Council and U.S. Special Operations Forces. His numerous TED talks have garnered several million views. Khanna holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. His new book is “The Future Is Asian” (Simon & Schuster).