Global strategy advisor Parag Khanna caught the attention of economic and foreign policy experts with a trilogy of books on the future of the world order in the 2000s: The Second World: Empires And Influence In The New Global Order (2008), How To Run The World: Charting A Course To The Next Renaissance (2011) and Connectography: Mapping The Future Of Global Civilization (2016).

The books grew out of years of experience working with bodies such as the US National Intelligence Council, US Special Operations Forces and the World Economic Forum.