The revolution in technology over the last twenty years has made the world a far less stable place, with events and information travelling at a speed unheard of in the last century. This has presented enormous political challenges around the globe with societies more volatile and potentially dangerous than at any time since the Cold War. Our political leaders can no longer promote isolationists policies and need to adapt to many different dimensions from a changing environment to radical extremism. Members of society can no longer opt out of the political debate: listening to former and current politicians who have operated on the global stage is a good way to understand some of the debates and contribute to them.
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Abhisit VejjajivaPrime Minister of Thailand (2008-2011)
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Rafidah AzizMalaysia's Longest Serving Minister of International Trade and Industry; Former Chairman of AirAsia X
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Helen ClarkFormer Prime Minister of New Zealand, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2017 & Co-Chair of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR), World Health Organisation (WHO)
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Nassim Nicholas TalebBusinessman-trader, philosophical essayist and academic researcher
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Rajeev GowdaIndian politician and academic
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Andrey Vladimirovich KozyrevForeign minister of Russia (1991-96)
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Daniel YerginWorld authority on future of energy and Pulitzer Prize winner
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Dick SpringFormer Deputy Prime Minister
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Frank-Jurgen RichterFormer World Economic Forum director of Asian affairs
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Igor IvanovFormer Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia
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John BrutonFormer Prime Minister of Ireland, EU ambassador to the US
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Koichi HamadaWorld-leading expert on international economics and the Japanese economy
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Michael O’ SullivanAuthor of 'Ireland and the Global Question' and 'What did we do right?'
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Pratap Bhanu MehtaIndian academic, president of the Centre for Policy Research, a New Delhi-based think tank
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Roger FiskCampaign strategist for Barack Obama during two successful presidential election campaigns
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Simon AnholtFounder, The Good Country
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Simon FraserFormer Head of the UK Diplomatic Service and Permanent Secretary at the UK Foreign Office
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono6th President of Indonesia (2004 - 2014)
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Virginie RaissonFrench analyst and researcher on international relations
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Zanny Minton BeddoesThe Editor-in-Chief of The Economist
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Atiur RahmanGovernor of the Central Bank of Bangladesh (2009 - 2016).
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Dambisa MoyoInternational economist on macroeconomy and global affairs
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Farah PandithAward Winning Global Foreign Policy Strategist that served 3 US Presidents
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Greg LindsayExpert on urbanisation, technology and transportation
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Klaus WowereitMayor of Berlin (2001-2014)
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Li ZhaoxingFormer foreign minister of the People's Republic of China
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Martin RollWorld-renowned Thought-leader, Global Business Strategist and Senior Advisor to Fortune 100 Companies
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Robert MazurLong Term Undercover US Federal Agent