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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Gita WirjawanFormer Minister of Trade, Indonesia
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Joseph StiglitzNobel Prize winner in Economics, TIME 100 most influential people, World renowned Economist
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Omari IssaChairman Amref Health Africa International Board
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Yulia TymoshenkoFormer Prime Minister of Ukraine
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Enrico LettaPrime Minister of Italy (2013-14)
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Lin Bo QiangDean of China Institute for Studies in Energy Policy, School of Management at Xiamen University; Editor for Energy Economics
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Mahmoud KaabourMulti award-winning filmmaker, writer, and lecturer from Beirut.
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Michael CawleyChairman of Failte Ireland and former Chief Operating Officer of Ryanair, Europe's largest airline
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Rory SutherlandVice Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather UK
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Shaukat AzizFormer Prime Minister of Pakistan
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Sundeep WaslekarPresident of Strategic Foresight Group
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Beatrice Weder di MauroAdviser to the German government on economic policy
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George MitchellFormer Peace Envoy to the Middle East and International Statesman
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Gordon ThomasInvestigative journalist and author, notably on topics of secret intelligence
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Gurcharan DasManagement guru, Author, and former CEO of P&G India
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Hak-Su KimExecutive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
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Hyeonseo LeeNorth Korean defector and activist who now lives in South Korea
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Jim O’NeillFormer Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management; Creator of 'BRIC' acronym
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Jose Luis CordeiroChairman Venezuelan Node, Millennium Project
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Lionel BarberEditor of Financial Times
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Mary RobinsonFormer President of Ireland, United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights
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Ravi RamuFounder of KPMG India, Consultant, CFO, CEO, Entrepreneur and Author
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Richard NeedhamDeputy Chairman of Dyson Ltd and former DTI Minister
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Roy MadronHonorary Fellow of the Asian Foresight Institute, consultant on leadership development