Parag Khanna

Writing for PS since 2013
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Parag Khanna is Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data- and scenario-based strategic advisory firm, and the author of numerous books, including Connectography, Technocracy in America, and The Future is Asian.

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Can the East Save the West?
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Can the East Save the West?

May 10, 2019 Parag Khanna expects the governance paradigm that has taken root in fast-growing Asia to spread globally in the coming years.

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The World Economy’s Urban Future
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The World Economy’s Urban Future

Aug 10, 2018 Parag Khanna argues that, while countries and regions struggle, cities are developing the economic models the world needs.

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Recovering the Promise of Technocracy

Recovering the Promise of Technocracy

Feb 3, 2017 Parag Khanna proposes a new system of governance that can finally address US and European voters' grievances.

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Disciplining the Sharing Economy
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Disciplining the Sharing Economy

Sep 25, 2014 Ayesha Khanna & Parag Khanna on why smart regulation will bring the best out of the sharing economy.

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The Human City
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The Human City

May 23, 2013 Parag Khanna argues that the “smartest” cities are not necessarily the most technologically advanced.

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Europe on a Geopolitical Fault Line

Ana Palacio

China has begun to build a parallel international order, centered on itself. If the European Union aids in its construction – even just by positioning itself on the fault line between China and the United States – it risks toppling key pillars of its own edifice and, eventually, collapsing altogether.

Is Economic Winter Coming?

Raghuram G. Rajan

Now that the old rules governing macroeconomic cycles no longer seem to apply, it remains to be seen what might cause the next recession in the United States. But if recent history is our guide, the biggest threat stems not from the US Federal Reserve or any one sector of the economy, but rather from the White House.

Will China Confront a Revolution of Rising Expectations?

Barry Eichengreen

Amid much discussion of the challenges facing the Chinese economy, the line-up of usual suspects typically excludes the most worrying scenario of all: popular unrest. While skeptics would contend that widespread protest against the regime and its policies is unlikely, events elsewhere suggest that China is not immune.