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We live in turbulent times. The rules-based order that has shaped world politics since 1945 is at an end.
We live in turbulent times. The rules-based order that has shaped world politics since 1945 is at an end. The US, no longer the world’s policeman, is now a major disruptor of the world order.
What are the new international forces and where should we be focusing our attention? In order to decode today’s geopolitical climate, we need a playbook that covers economic heft, population size, tech supremacy and territory.
These top speakers provide valuable insight into the way the 21st-century world turns, steering government and business through the risks and opportunities faced by decision-makers.
From White House advisers to intelligence chiefs, military leaders to trusted communicators, experts on risk, or master tacticians in international business, their experience will inform policy and strategy ahead of this fast-changing global chapter.
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President and CEO of the International Refugee Committee (IRC), David Miliband has ground-level experience of geopolitics.
David’s unique position as global decision-maker has taken him to the top tables of Washington and Europe where, as the UK’s Foreign Secretary under Gordon Brown, he dealt with major worldwide crises, and was deeply involved with NATO policy.
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This former White House communications director is a financier, crypto expert and investor with the broadest of wheelhouses.
Honest and unfiltered, Anthony is an expert geopolitical communicator who analyses the small details while giving us the bigger picture. He also co-hosts the chart-topping podcast The Rest Is Politics US alongside Katty Kay.
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Award-winning journalist Yalda Hakim has a deep, personal understanding of how swiftly geopolitics can shift, having fled Afghanistan as a child.
Now Sky’s lead presenter on World News, she reports from the frontlines of global conflict, engaging directly with key decision-makers and decoding complex geopolitical shifts.
She’s interviewed world leaders, US secretaries of state and presidential security advisors, tech CEOs and even the Dalai Lama.
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Michelle diGruttolo was in charge of delivering the most classified document in the world, the President’s Daily Brief to President Barack Obama at the White House.
This former US soldier, intelligence officer and risk analyst helps global leaders navigate the geopolitical waters that shape the future of business. As founder of Sage Raven Advisors, Michelle is adept at translating global complexity into clarity.
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Until 2025, Sir Richard Moore was the chief of MI6, the British secret service. Sir Richard understands that, despite the changing geopolitical wind, how crucial the transatlantic partnership is to the democratic world as a whole.
An expert on cybersecurity, AI and next-gen warfare, his expertise is much-valued in both global finance and business.
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Where geopolitics meets tech and AI is where you’ll find Parag Khanna. The author of seven books, Parag has made business leaders and policymakers rethink their views of globalisation, technology, connectivity and migration.
He is the founder of two influential businesses, the AlphaGeo platform and FutureMap advisory service, which uses both AI and human intelligence to analyse the intersection of geopolitics, where climate, economics, technology and demographics meet.
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Rory Stewart’s life has been described as “one of the most remarkable on record” by the New York Times.
A professor at both Harvard and Yale, where he currently teaches politics and international relations, Rory co-presents The Rest Is Politics podcast.
Resident in Afghanistan for three years, he served in the UK Cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development, during which time he was a governor of the World Bank.
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A former Special Assistant to President George W. Bush on the National Economic Council, Dr. Pippa Malmgren advised on financial markets, corporate governance, and terrorism risks post-9/11.
In 2023 Pippa was a part of Tony Blair’s AI Wargaming event. She is a Learning Advisory Partner to The Young President’s Organisation on AI, Geopolitics and Tech and she has participated in many AI and geopolitical podcasts/conferences including with RUSi, the world’s leading defence think tank.
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A former Danish Prime Minister, and the Head of NATO between 2009 and 2014, Anders Fogh Rasmussen has been a ubiquitous presence on TV since 2022 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
His knowledge and analysis on the geopolitical changes of the past decade, and the stark choices faced by the world, is second to none.
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One of very few women at the top of the Global Risk and Future Trends sector, Maha Hosain Aziz is a professor on NYU’s International Relations MA program.
She serves as an advisor on the World Economic Forum’s Global Insight Network and co-chairs AI Policy at global think tank The Digital Economist.
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Appointed US Secretary of Defence in 2019, Mark Esper led US policy during a global pandemic, growing international threats and domestic unrest until he clashed with Donald Trump over the integrity of the 2020 presidential elections.
Iran, Afghanistan, counter-terrorism in the Middle East and the twin threats of China and Russia to the existing geopolitical landscape all found their way onto Mark’s desk at the Pentagon.
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