Global Disruptive Forces
Geostrategic friction, terrorism, global health, technology, corruption, resources, demographics, crime—Global Disruptive Forces draws on 25 years of field-work across 70 countries, revealing the texture, connectivity, and implications of the challenges confronting the world today and in the future. Sources include militants, refugees, traffickers, clergy, scientists, business leaders, and NGOs. Film, photos, and interviews from war zones to boardrooms offer vivid testimony and analysis along the frontlines of global conflict and transformation.
Presentation duration: 30-90 minutes
Topics in Global Disruptive Forces include but are not limited to:
- Systemic Disorder: A World in Chaos
- Geostrategic Competition: Economic and Military Rivalries
- Cyber Threats
- Frontier Market Political Risk
- Terrorism and Insurgency
- U.S. and Foreign Intelligence Operations
- Special Operations Forces
- Travel and Field-Work in Hostile Terrain
- Corruption and Bad Governance: Twin Pillars of Insecurity
- Refugees, Migrants, and Human Trafficking
- Transnational Organized Crime
- Africa’s Sahel Region: Drivers and Dynamics of Insecurity
- Europe: Populism, Migration, Division
- South and Central Asia: Heartland of Insecurity
- China: Foreign and Security Policy
- Russia: Foreign and Security Policy
- Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia: American Allies or Adversaries?
- Conflict Across the Middle East and North Africa after the Arab Spring
- Energy, Food, Water, and the Environment: Resources under Stress
- Religion and Ethnicity in Global Affairs
- Demographics: Youth Bulges, Youth Marginalization, Aging Populations
- Social Media: A Force Multiplier for States, Corporations, and Militants Alike
- Silver Linings: Progress and Promise Around the World
- Peering Around the Corner at Future Trends
- International Perspectives: How Other Governments & People View America
