Geo-strategic Risk: expert speakers from around the world

From Trump and Brexit to Iran and North Korea, geopolitical uncertainty is high on the international agenda.

Businesses need to understand these risks to build effective strategies for the future.

Below is a small selection of experts from VBQ’s global network who can provide insights on key issues such as:

  • Trump’s foreign policy
  • Brexit and the outlook for Europe
  • The rise of populism
  • North Korea détente?
  • Russia-US/EU relations
  • US/China trade war?
  • Iran nuclear deal
  • Middle East dynamics

THE MACRO VIEW

IAN BREMMER
Pioneering geopolitical risk expert

NOREENA HERTZ
Best-selling author on global trends

PIPPA MALMGREN
Expert on the interaction between economics and geopolitics

DAMBISA MOYO
Best-selling author, The Edge Of Chaos (2018)

VIEWS FROM EUROPE

ANAND MENON
Leading expert on Brexit and European politics

JOHN SAWERS
Former head of the UK Secret Intelligence Service

JÜRGEN STARK
Former ECB chief economist

VIEWS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST & ASIA

JAMES KYNGE
Global China Editor, Financial Times

PARAG KHANNA
Author, The Asian World Order (forthcoming, 2019)

AFSHIN MOLAVI
Expert on emerging markets and geopolitical risk