Parag Connor
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Parag Connor, the world's most famous geopolitical politician, speaks in his voice about the future pattern of the world. Selected by Scholar's Magazine as one of the 75 most influential individuals of the 21st century. Connor is a foreign policy advisor
2019-03-30
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Parag Connor, the world's most famous geopolitical politician, speaks in his voice about the future pattern of the world. Selected by Scholar's Magazine as one of the 75 most influential individuals of the 21st century. Connor is a foreign policy advisor to former US President Obama and a senior researcher at the New America Foundation, responsible for the foundation's global governance initiatives under its US strategic research program. He used to be a researcher at the Brookings Institution and served at the World Economic Forum in Geneva and the United States Committee on Foreign Relations. In 2007, he served as a Senior Geopolitical Advisor to the United States Special Operations Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has written articles for globally renowned newspapers such as the New York Times and the Financial Times, and has appeared in programs on CNN, Al Jazeera, and other media outlets around the world. He has visited nearly 100 countries and obtained membership in the New York Explorer Club. He can speak English, German, French, Spanish, Hindi, and basic Arabic. He has won the title of one of the most informed social and political experts in the world and was named a global youth leader by the World Economic Forum in 2009. Connor is the author of an international bestseller, How the Emerging Powers of the Second World Redefine the Year of the 21st Century in 2009, which has been translated into 15 languages and distributed worldwide. The New York Times commented that Kana was a quote; Global competitors in geopolitics;. Time magazine and CNN hosts describe the fascinating and colorful portrayal of a new world by the Second World through geopolitics. In the book 'Second World', Connor predicted that China would become a superpower, foresaw the development of capitalism and sovereign wealth fund policies in Asia and Arab countries, depicted the future prosperous trade patterns of cross industry emerging markets, predicted the mature revolution and infrastructure development in Egypt and the Arab world, and raised a risk warning for the global competitiveness of the United States. In his latest book, How to Run the World, Connor explains a bold and feasible roadmap for the Second Renaissance in 2011, combining government, cities, businesses, and citizen communities to form a dynamic diplomatic system and establish a more resilient world order. Nassim Taleb praised the book as visionary, and Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said we need to pay attention to Parag's ideas. Connor has been hailed as an Alvin Toffler style global futurist of the 21st century. He has foresight in predicting geopolitical changes and crises, changing the rules of the game in the economic and technological fields to a certain extent, and foreshadowing a change in the balance of world power. In addition, his analysis of the development trends of science and technology greatly affects people's socio-economic life. Connor's unique political and social perspectives have appeared on CNN, BBC, PBS, Al Jazeera, CBS, and NPR television programs. His essays and comments appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Quot; Times Quot Forbes, Newsweek, Harvard Business Review, Business Week, Quot; Foreign policy quota; And many publications.