Foreign Policy | 17 February 2021
By Parag Khanna and Spencer Wells
In this column for Foreign Policy, Parag Khanna and Spencer Wells argue that paranoid island states have done the best when it comes to fighting COVID-19.
Islands of Immunity
America’s ‘deep state’ is not nearly deep enough
Fast Company | 11 February 2021
By Parag Khanna
In this featured column for Fast Company, Dr. Parag Khanna argues that it's time for a radical redesign of America's executive branch, as well as to stop confusing meritocracy with technocracy.
The next wave of globalization: Asia in the cockpit
Nikkei Asia | 15 January 2021
By Parag Khanna
In this cover essay for Nikkei Asia, Dr. Parag Khanna argues that the future of globalization will be driven by Asia and new inter-regional patterns of trade and finance are emerging. Don't worry about globalization — make sure you have a place in it.
What’s Good For The World Is Good For China — And America
Noēma | 23 December 2020
By Parag Khanna
In the third instalment of this essay series on US-China relations for Noēma, Dr. Parag Khanna explains that no grand strategy can succeed in the 21st century without incorporating an element of global strategy.
Enter The Dragon
Hoover Institution | 12 December 2020
By Afshin Molavi
From Rabat to Riyadh, US allies (and adversaries) across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have witnessed rapid growth in economic, commercial, and diplomatic ties with China.
Let a thousand internets bloom
Rest of World | 7 December 2020
By Scott Malcomson
The internet was always supposed to take over the world. No industry had ever gone from zero to global in such a short period of time. The ascent of tech helped give new meaning to the verb scale: “to grow immense, as quickly as possible.”
Geoengineering Is the Only Solution to Our Climate Calamities
WIRED | 21 September 2020
By Parag Khanna and Michael Ferrari
Parag Khanna and Michael Ferrari argue that altering Earth’s geophysical environment is a moon shot, yet it will be the only way to meaningfully slow global warming.
How to Live with the Pandemic
Project Syndicate | 8 July 2020
By Michael Ferrari, Parag Khanna, Spencer Wells
The arrival of summer in the Northern Hemisphere has brought a flurry of speculation that warmer and wetter weather will hold down the COVID-19 infection rate. But even if the hoped-for relationship between transmission and warm weather is valid, it may not be causal or straightforward, especially given seasonal behavior.
AIFC 5th Annual Report
Astana International Financial Centre | July 2020
FutureMap was pleased to collaborate with the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) to prepare its 5th Annual Report that highlights Kazakhstan's next wave of economic reforms and investment opportunities.
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How Coronavirus Could Upend Human Migration
Politico | 13 May 2020
By Parag Khanna and Kailash K. Prasad
The tide of migration is a force as intrinsic to human nature as climate change is to the planet. And right now, like passengers clamoring to get off the cruise ships stranded at sea, mankind more than ever is itching to move out of dangerous areas.
The Real Fight for the Future of 5G
Foreign Affairs | 14 November 2019
By Scott Malcomson
In late October, Germany and China began commercial-scale rollouts of 5G, the wireless technology infrastructure that is transforming the way the world computes. Machines and people will still talk to each other over the borderless network we call the Internet. But with 5G, a new networking infrastructure is emerging, dependent on the Internet but distinct from it and subject to much more government and private control.