Global instability often raises difficult questions for leaders, organizations, and communities.
International developments increasingly influence markets, technology policy, economic outlooks, and public discourse. For many organizations, understanding these shifts requires more than following headlines; it requires perspective.
Geopolitical experts, economists, historians, and policy thinkers can help audiences examine the broader forces shaping global affairs. The following speakers offer thoughtful insights that help audiences better understand today’s complex international landscape.
Ian Bremmer
Political Scientist, Foreign Affairs Columnist & New York Times Bestselling Author; President & Founder of Eurasia Group & GZERO Media
Political scientist Ian Bremmer is widely known for helping leaders and the public interpret global political risk.
He is the president and founder of Eurasia Group, a geopolitical risk advisory firm, and GZERO Media, a digital media company focused on international affairs. Through his writing, speaking, and media commentary, Bremmer offers accessible explanations of complex global issues affecting politics, economics, and society.
A prolific author, Bremmer has written eleven books, including the New York Times bestseller “Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism.” His more recent work, “The Power of Crisis,” explores how global challenges, including health emergencies, climate change, and technological transformation, may reshape the world in the years ahead.
Bremmer also serves as foreign affairs columnist and editor at large for TIME magazine and hosts the public television program “GZERO World with Ian Bremmer,” where he interviews global leaders and thinkers about international politics.
Francis Fukuyama
Political Economist & Global Democratization Expert; Professor & Senior Fellow, Stanford University
Few scholars have influenced conversations about political development and global democracy as deeply as Francis Fukuyama.
Fukuyama is the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a faculty member of the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. He also directs Stanford’s Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy program and serves as a professor of political science.
His work examines the evolution of political systems, governance, and global political economy. His landmark book “The End of History and the Last Man” has been translated into more than twenty languages. More recent works, including “Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment” and “Liberalism and Its Discontents,” explore the political and social tensions shaping modern democracies.
Throughout his career, Fukuyama has contributed to both academic research and public policy, including service with the RAND Corporation and the U.S. State Department’s Policy Planning Staff.
Pippa Malmgren
Economist & Technology Entrepreneur; Former White House Economic Advisor; Founder of Geopolitica Institute
Economist and technology entrepreneur Pippa Malmgren focuses on the intersection of geopolitics, markets, and technological change.
She is the founder and CEO of the Geopolitica Institute, which examines how geopolitics, innovation, strategic security, and economic systems influence one another. Malmgren previously served as Special Assistant to President George W. Bush for Economic Policy on the National Economic Council.
Her work spans both government and the private sector, including service as a non-executive board member of the United Kingdom’s Department for International Trade and as a senior advisor to the startup incubator Monaco Foundry.
Malmgren is also the author of several books exploring economic transformation and leadership, including “Signals: How Everyday Signs Help Us Navigate the World’s Turbulent Economy,” “Geopolitics for Investors,” “The Leadership Lab,” and “The Infinite Leader.” Her work often connects global economic trends with technological developments and geopolitical shifts.
Parag Khanna
Geopolitical Expert, Global Strategic Advisor, Bestselling Author; Founder & CEO of AlphaGeo
Global strategy advisor Parag Khanna studies the structural forces reshaping world order, from migration and climate change to technological transformation.
Khanna is the founder and managing partner of FutureMap, a strategic advisory firm focused on data-driven global forecasting. He is also the founder and CEO of AlphaGeo, a geospatial predictive analytics platform.
His writing explores the changing geography of global power. His book “Move: The Forces Uprooting Us” examines how demographic change, climate shifts, political instability, and technological disruption influence migration and global settlement patterns. Other works include “The Future Is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century,” and “The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order.”
Khanna has advised governments and organizations across multiple continents and has served as an adviser to the U.S. National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends program.
Jon Meacham
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian; Author of “American Lion,” “The Soul of America,” & “And There Was Light”
Understanding the present often benefits from a historical perspective. Presidential historian Jon Meacham brings that long view to contemporary conversations about politics and leadership.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Meacham has written numerous bestselling books examining the lives of American presidents and pivotal moments in U.S. political history. His works include “American Lion,” “The Soul of America,” and “And There Was Light,” a biography of Abraham Lincoln.
Meacham previously served as managing editor and later editor of Newsweek, and today frequently appears as a commentator on national media outlets. His work highlights how past political challenges—from social division to institutional stress—have shaped the American story.
He also created two podcasts with the History Channel: “Hope Through History” and “It Was Said,” which explore pivotal moments and speeches that shaped American history.
George Friedman
Geopolitical Forecaster & Founder of Geopolitical Futures; International Affairs Strategist & Bestselling Author
Geopolitical strategist George Friedman is known for his long-range forecasting of international political and economic trends.
He is the founder and chairman of Geopolitical Futures, an organization focused on forecasting global developments. Earlier in his career, he founded the geopolitical intelligence company Stratfor.
Friedman is also a New York Times bestselling author whose books examine the historical cycles that shape global politics. His works include “The Storm Before the Calm: America’s Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond,” as well as “The Next 100 Years,” “Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe,” “The Future of War,” and “The Intelligence Edge.”
Throughout his career, Friedman has briefed government and military organizations in the United States and internationally, offering analysis on emerging geopolitical trends and strategic risks.
Global developments can influence economics, politics, and society in ways that unfold over years. Speakers who study these forces help audiences examine the broader context behind current events and consider how global dynamics may shape the future.
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