Parag Khanna is Managing Partner of FutureMap, a scenario planning and strategic advisory firm. He has been a fellow at Brookings, New America, and the Lee Kuan Yew School at the National University of Singapore, as well as an advisor to the US National Intelligence Council and US Special Operations Forces. He is the internationally bestselling author of numerous books such as The Second World, How to Run the World, and Connectography. His articles appear regularly in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Time, Foreign Affairs, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and Quartz. He also appears frequently in media around the world such as CNN, BBC, CNBC, Al Jazeera, among others. Khanna holds a PhD from the London School of Economics, and bachelor's and master's degrees from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.