Trump’s second presidency, the war in Ukraine, the genocide in Gaza, and NATO countries increasing their defense budgets — reading the news, one might think we’ve returned to the Cold War, with China, Russia, and the U.S. as the usual rivals. But according to geopolitical thinker Parag Khanna, that view is outdated. In reality, we’re living in a new, multipolar world order where power is distributed far more diffusely than we in the West tend to believe. Together with Haroon Sheikh, he explores what this shift means for international relations, trade agreements, migration policy, and tech collaborations.

Parag Khanna will join via a live video connection.

When powerful empires — like the Roman Empire — collapsed in the past, it often improved the lives of ordinary people. But in his book Goliath’s Curse, writer and researcher Luke Kemp argues that our current globalized society is so deeply interconnected that a collapse today could mark the end of humanity itself. How can we strip leaders like Putin, Trump, and Xi Jinping of their power? And how can we, as a species, survive afterward?

Luke Kemp will join via a live video connection.

The super-rich live in a parallel universe — free from taxes, free from national laws, and free from the very crises they help create. Through offshore zones and freeports, they manage to evade all responsibility and obligation. Tax expert Reinier Kooiman and journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian reveal where money rules and moral boundaries blur. How can we move toward fair and democratic taxation again? And what can we really expect from the super-rich?

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian will join via a live video connection.