Abishur Prakash

Abishur Prakash

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Toronto, Ontario

Global Authority On Geopolitics

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ABISHUR PRAKASH BIOGRAPHY

Abishur Prakash is one of the world’s leading authorities and keynote speakers on geopolitics. For over a decade, Abishur Prakash has guided leaders through world affairs, providing businesses and governments with unparalleled insight, foresight and strategy.

Born in New Zealand to parents from India and raised in Australia and Canada, his upbringing spans multiple continents, enabling Prakash to provide unique perspectives on how the world works, from economy to culture to power and influence.

Abishur Prakash is a geopolitical strategist and the founder of The Geopolitical Business. A strategic advisory firm in Toronto, Canada, that helps businesses play geopolitics smartly. Abishur Prakash also publishes the internationally popular “Mr. Geopolitics,” a daily insight for leaders to understand what is happening in the world.

In 2023, Prakash was honored with an invitation to Sandor Palace, the official residence of the President of Hungary, to give a talk on the “Post-War Future,” the new world that is forming out of the Ukraine- Russia conflict. Shortly after this, Prakash coined the concept “Geopolitics first,” writing in an opinion piece that every organization must put geopolitics at the heart of their operations and strategy.

Prakash is a captivating and provocative speaker, able to engage with diverse audiences on topics ranging from Trump 2.0 to the US-China fight to the changing nature of global trade to the fusion of geopolitics and tech. His thoughts have also been cited in some of the world’s most viewed media outlets, including CNBC, Yahoo News, CNN, BBC, Nikkei Asia, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, the South China Morning Post, and the Economic Times, among others.

For over a decade, Abishur Prakash has been authoring books at the cutting edge of geopolitics, shedding light on what is coming and why it matters.

In 2016, Abishur Prakash wrote the first book on geopolitics and tech, titled “Next Geopolitics.” In quick succession, in 2019, he published the first book on geopolitics and AI. In 2021, Prakash wrote the global bestseller The World Is Vertical,” proposing that the world is fragmenting as nations establish barriers toward one another. Some of Prakash’s books have also been translated into other languages, expanding his ideas to millions across cultures.

Abishur Prakash is one of the key voices that leaders turn to when a global change or shock takes place. He can communicate with clarity and confidence about what is happening, why it matters, what’s next, and what an organization should do, regardless of sector or time zone. Prakash’s ideas, analysis, and perspectives demand attention, ensuring that audiences walk away with an intimate understanding of what is happening in the world and what it means for them.

As geopolitics disrupts the world, Abishur Prakash is more than just a speaker. Abishur Prakash is an “oracle of geopolitics,” leading stakeholders through a new era of change that is quickly knocking on the doors of every business and nation.

Abishur Prakash Related Media

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Abishur Prakash Related Content

Book

Next Geopolitics: The Future of World Affairs (Technology) Volume One
Next Geopolitics: The Future of World Affairs (Technology) Volume One
For decades, variables like oil, currency, and ultimately, war, defined geopolitics. But, suddenly, technology has become the most important driving force for geopolitics, shaping global power. Next Geopolitics: Volume One is the first book to explore this new era of geopolitics. From AI to...

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Next Geopolitics: The Future of World Affairs (Technology) Volume Two
Next Geopolitics: The Future of World Affairs (Technology) Volume Two
While all eyes are on technologies like AI or quantum, a separate basket of technologies has formed, from sustainable tech to brain implants to the metaverse. These technologies have the potential to radically alter the global landscape, and the way nations behave with one another. A follow up to...

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Go.AI (Geopolitics of Artificial Intelligence)
Go.AI (Geopolitics of Artificial Intelligence)
The rise of AI could revolutionize geopolitics more than any other technology. From deepfakes to diplomacy, AI has the potential to give nations (and businesses) unprecedented power over how the world works. The race to be the world’s leading “AI power” is also a race over who will call the...

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The Age of Killer Robots
The Age of Killer Robots
As nations seek new military power, they are giving “weapons” the ability to think for themselves. Whether it is an autonomous submarine or a drone swarm, the next wars could be fought by “killer robots.” How do governments manage this new reality? And, are humans losing control over world...

Articles & Magazine Feature

Game on’: Tech execs say DeepSeek ramps up China-U.S. competition but won’t hurt OpenAI

CNBC

The technological advances that Chinese artificial intelligence lab DeepSeek have displayed show the game is on when it comes to U.S.-Sino competition on AI, top tech executives told CNBC.
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America First 2.0: Trump’s new trade doctrine could target allies first, experts say

ARABIAN Business

President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose sweeping tariffs on allies and rivals represents a more aggressive version of his previous trade strategy – one that experts say could fundamentally alter global commerce as technological shifts already transform manufacturing economics.
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DeepSeek’s rattling of US tech stocks could change how America sanctions China: analysts

SCMP

The earthquake that struck US tech stocks this week over the advance of Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek is sending shock waves beyond Wall Street and Silicon Valley, threatening to alter Washington’s sanctions, export bans and ‘high-fence, small-yard’ scheme that has irked...
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Articles & Magazine Feature

Trump tariffs to upend FDI game?

fDi Intelligence

“During his first term, Trump was focused on ripping supply chains from China. There was a certain acceptance with supply chains coming back to the West, but not necessarily America,” says Abishur Prakash, founder of Toronto-based advisory firm The Geopolitical Business. “This outlook no...
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Abishur Prakash Topic Presentations

Abishur Prakash Toronto, Ontario, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

Trump 2.0

New Design of Global Trade

U. S. China Fight: What’s Next?

Geopolitics & Corporate Strategies

Next Flashpoints

Geopolitics of AI

New Era of National Politics

Abishur Prakash Speaking Testimonials

Abishur Prakash is a provocative and powerful speaker. He shows audiences the new way, ideas, and maps of geopolitics in ways few can.

Norbert Csizmadia

President of the Board of Trustees
Pallas Athene Domus Meriti Foundation (Innovation and Geopolitics)

Abishur Prakash’s insights challenge conventional wisdom and remind all stakeholders to plan for future challenges.

Eugene Demaitre

Former Senior Editor
Robotics Business Review and The Robot Report

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