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Geopolitics

Geopolitical shifts can change the outlook for trade, energy, technology and investment almost overnight. Stellant’s geopolitical speakers help leaders interpret great power competition, regional conflict, alliance dynamics and the return of economic statecraft. Geopolitics speakers connect those developments to supply chains, markets and strategic choices, giving audiences more than a recap of the news. They are a strong fit for boards, executive forums and global organizations that need informed context to plan in a more fragmented, competitive and multipolar world.

Speakers

Geopolitics Speakers

Rawi Abdelal

Rawi Abdelal

Herbert F. Johnson Professor, Harvard Business SchoolFormer director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian StudiesCo-chair, Bloomberg-Harvard City Leadership Initiative

Daniel Yergin

Daniel Yergin

Vice chairman of S&P GlobalPulitzer Prize-winning author of The PrizeChairman of CERAWeek

Bob McNally

Bob McNally

Founder and president, Rapidan Energy GroupAuthor, Crude VolatilityFormer senior director for international energy, White House National Security Council

Meg Rithmire

Meg Rithmire

James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business SchoolAuthor, Precarious Ties and Land Bargains and Chinese CapitalismEditorial Boards, The China Quarterly and The China Journal

Mark Esposito

Mark Esposito

Professor of Strategy & Technology Policy, Northeastern University, Faculty Associate, Harvard University, Chief Economist, micro1Co-Author, The Great Remobilization and Becoming AI NativeShortlisted, 2023 Thinkers50 Strategy AwardThinkers50 Radar, 2016 (30 most prominent rising thinkers in the world)

Dan Wang

Dan Wang

Research fellow, Hoover History Lab, Stanford UniversityNew York Times bestselling author of BreakneckOne of the most cited experts on China

David McWilliams

David McWilliams

Adjunct Professor of Global Economics, Trinity College DublinSix-time bestselling author, Money: A Story of HumanityHost, The David McWilliams Podcast

Jonathan Zittrain

Jonathan Zittrain

Harvard professor of law, public policy, computer scienceCo-founder, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and SocietyAuthor, The Future of the Internet

Carlos Gutiérrez

Carlos Gutiérrez

Former U.S. Secretary of CommerceFormer Chairman and CEO, Kellogg CompanyCo-Founder and Executive Chairman, EmPath

Michael Green

Michael Green

CEO, Social Progress ImperativeCo-creator, Social Progress IndexFormer Senior Official, U.K. Department for International Development

Natasha Sarin

Natasha Sarin

Professor of Law, Yale Law SchoolPresident and Co-Founder, The Budget Lab at YaleFormer Counselor to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

Steven E. Koonin

Steven E. Koonin

University Professor, New York UniversityFormer Undersecretary for Science, U.S. Department of EnergyBestselling author of Unsettled

Olaf Groth

Olaf Groth

Professional Faculty, UC Berkeley Haas School of BusinessFounding CEO, Cambrian Futures and Cambrian LabsLead Co-Author, The Great Remobilization and Solomon's Code

Christopher Painter

Christopher Painter

Former Coordinator for Cyber Issues, U.S. State Department (2011–2017)Board Member, Center for Internet SecurityRecipient, Japan's Order of the Rising Sun

Paul Nielsen

Paul Nielsen

Director and CEO, Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering InstituteFormer Commander, U.S. Air Force Research LaboratoryMember, U.S. National Academy of Engineering

Daniel Benaim

Daniel Benaim

Former deputy assistant secretary of state for Arabian Peninsula affairs (2021–2025)Former senior national security speechwriter to President BidenDistinguished diplomatic fellow, Middle East Institute

Angela Stent

Angela Stent

Senior fellow, American Enterprise InstituteFormer National Intelligence Officer for Russia and EurasiaAuthor, Putin's World and The Limits of Partnership

Jonas Nahm

Jonas Nahm

Andrew W. Mellon Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins SAISFormer Senior Economist, White House Council of Economic AdvisersAuthor, Collaborative Advantage

Julian Gewirtz, PhD.

Julian Gewirtz, PhD.

Senior Research Scholar, Columbia Institute of Global PoliticsFormer White House Senior Director, China and Taiwan AffairsAuthor, Never Turn Back and Unlikely Partners

Nick Romeo

Nick Romeo

Contributor, The New YorkerAuthor, The AlternativeLecturer, University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

Eli Lake

Eli Lake

Contributing Editor and Columnist, The Free PressHost, Breaking HistoryFormer Columnist, Bloomberg, The Daily Beast and Newsweek

Jessica Rosenworcel

Jessica Rosenworcel

Executive director, MIT Media LabFormer chair, U.S. Federal Communications CommissionNamed to The Verge 50

Books

Books on Geopolitics

Keynotes

Conversations on Geopolitics

Mark Esposito

The Age of Fragmentation | Mark Esposito | TEDxAntwerp

  1. Mark EspositoThe Age of Fragmentation | Mark Esposito | TEDxAntwerp
  2. Daniel YerginDaniel Yergin: Shale Boom Transforming U.S. Position in Energy
  3. Dan WangThe Great Decoupling and Sino-US Race
  4. Bob McNallyWebinar – Iran War Energy Disruption: Short-Term or Here To Stay?
  5. Carlos GutiérrezGutierrez: Trying to manage Venezuela from Washington is unrealistic
  6. Natasha SarinExtending the Trump Tax Cuts: What to Expect in 2025 (Video)
  7. Daniel BenaimAnalyzing Trump's Oval Office meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Video)