How to Run The World

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Breaking Up Is Good to Do

Breaking Up Is Good to Do Foreign Policy | January 13, 2011
By Parag Khanna
Southern Sudan is just the beginning. The world may soon have 300 independent, sovereign nations ... and that's just fine.

America The Unreliable

America The Unreliable The Daily Beast | January 2011
By Parag Khanna
President Obama’s foreign policy is confused and distracted, says Parag Khanna, but the solution is greater engagement in helping Southeast Asia and Africa defend their own interests.

When Cities Rule The World

When Cities Rule The World What Matters (McKinsey) | January 2011
By Parag Khanna
Most people in the world have probably seen the famous photograph of the Earth taken from the Apollo 17 mission on December 7, 1972. Spanning a swath of the globe from the Mediterranean Sea to the southern polar ice cap, the image features lovely white cloud swirls over the grand African continental massif. Much has changed since that photo was snapped.

CEOs as Statesmen? Author Offers New Plan on ‘How To Run The World’

CEOs as Statesmen? Author Offers New Plan on ‘How To Run The World’ CNBC| January 6, 2011
By Gloria McDonough-Taub
Parag Khanna was recently named by Esquire magazine one of the "75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century", Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google says, "We need to pay attention to his ideas" and Nicholas Nassim Taleb, author of "THE BLACK SWAN" says, “Parag Khanna has vision.”

America Needs a Diplomatic-Industrial Complex

America Needs a Diplomatic-Industrial Complex By Parag Khanna
The Huffiington Post | January 3, 2011
"Doing more with less" is an axiom of this age of frugality. Budgets are being cut and programs slashed even at the all-mighty Pentagon. Yet this is perhaps the greatest window of opportunity America has had in two decades to shift away from its astoundingly costly and questionably effective military-industrial complex towards an approach more suited to a multidimensional, globalized world: a diplomatic-industrial complex.

Future Shock? Welcome to the New Middle Ages

Future Shock? Welcome to the New Middle Ages By Parag Khanna
Financial Times | December 28, 2010
Imagine a world with a strong China reshaping Asia; India confidently extending its reach from Africa to Indonesia; Islam spreading its influence; a Europe replete with crises of legitimacy; sovereign city-states holding wealth and driving innovation; and private mercenary armies, religious radicals and humanitarian bodies playing by their own rules as they compete for hearts, minds and wallets.

BBC "The Hub": Critique of Af-Pak Strategic Review

BBC BBC World | December 23, 2010
Parag Khanna discusses the Obama administration's December 2010 Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategic Review and prospects for success in 2011.