Parag Khanna
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| Born | 1977 Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Occupation | Author, analyst |
| Nationality | Indian American |
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Dr. Parag Khanna (born 1977 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian American author and international relations expert. He is a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, Research Fellow in the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, a think tank based in Washington, D.C., Director of the Hybrid Reality Institute, and an Expert at Wikistrat.[1] He is the author of How to Run the World: Charting the Course to the Next Renaissance (2011), and The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order (2008), both published by Random House.
Khanna attended the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and Freie Universität Berlin, majoring in international affairs and then earning a Master of Arts in Security Studies. He received his PhD in international relations at the London School of Economics. He speaks several languages, including English, German, Hindi, French, Spanish and basic Arabic.[2]
He has worked as an analyst for the Council on Foreign Relations, the World Economic Forum and the Brookings Institution. In 2007, he was a geopolitical advisor to the United States Special Operations Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.[2] More recently, Khanna has provided expert advice and opinion to the Presidential campaign of Barack Obama,[3] and is a member of the Board of Independent Diplomat.
Khanna has contributed to numerous television programs and newspapers. His article, "Waving Goodbye to Hegemony", was the cover story on the New York Times Magazine on January 27, 2008.[4] He coined the term "geopolitical marketplace" to refer to the dynamic where the "first world" superpowers (US, EU and China) compete for the influence of the "second world." By "second world," Khanna refers to those pivotal regions in the Middle East, Latin America, Central and South Asia, East Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe. Countries in the second world, like Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Colombia, Brazil, India, Russia, Libya, Vietnam and Malaysia, simultaneously have both first world and third world characteristics. They engage in multi-alignment vis-a-vis the US, EU, and China.
Khanna currently resides in New York City with his wife Ayesha and their two children.
[edit] Books
- The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order. Random House, 2008. ISBN 1400065089
- How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance. Random House, 2011. ISBN 1400068274
[edit] References
- ^ "Wikistrat profile on Parag Khanna". Wikistrat. http://www.wikistrat.com/analyst/parag-khanna/. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ a b Parag Khanna (2008). Biography. Retrieved April 16, 2008.
- ^ Macleans Magazine (2008) "Interview with Parag Khanna". Retrieved August 18, 2008.
- ^ New York Times Magazine (2008). "Waving Goodbye to Hegemony". Retrieved April 16, 2008.
[edit] External links
- Parag Khanna's website
- Parag Khanna at the New America Foundation
- Video (and audio) interview/conversation with Parag Khanna on Bloggingheads.tv
- JANERA.com Talking to Parag Khanna, Interview by Janera Soerel
- Newspaper article from China's Global Times Parag Khanna on building a career in the age of gigonomics
- Hybrid Reality Institute
- Parag Khanna's biography at Wikistrat
- 1977 births
- American political scientists
- American foreign policy writers
- Indian emigrants to the United States
- American political writers
- International relations scholars
- Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni
- Free University of Berlin alumni
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
- Living people
- Indian writers
