Age of Empires & City-States

Our world is changing in ways never seen before. Amidst the challenges we will face, there is tremendous opportunity. Are you prepared for the world of tomorrow, today?

What is the conception of China within its own context – its past, its present and its future? It is through this we can understand how China will impact the world of tomorrow, today.

Amidst the forces of divergent acceleration, the world is moving towards an inevitable and indispensable reality: decentralized futures. What is it? How will it unfold? And how can you prepare?

The nature of states and leadership is evolving in a world of shifts. What is the true nature of democracy, autocracy – and bureaucracy? Who will rise to the challenge to capture opportunity and who will be left behind? 

While shifting geopolitical tides point to rising challenges, step changes in technology are opening the door to unprecedented opportunity. How should we prepare for the coming moment of divergent acceleration?    

Today the world is neatly divided into a collection of nation states. With the shifting tectonics between East & West and the rise of Middle Earth, will we witness a new era of sovereignty and an age of empires & city-states?

Four billion people – half the global population - reside between the East and West. Perhaps no greater shift will affect our changing world more than the rise of the rest. The rise of Middle Earth. Are you ready?

The rules-based order belongs to the United States of America. It is the rule maker and the rule breaker. How should individuals, institutions and countries be playing for success? 

There appears to be no greater power in the world than the Almighty American Dollar. No coin or currency has ever had such widespread use in human history. How dominant is it? And will it last? 

There is the United States of America and there is the American empire. A sprawling apparatus is responsible for securing both. What is the American War Machine and what does it mean for the the world – and you?