Parag Khanna meets Melinda Crane

Indian-born political scientist Parag Khanna is a leading expert on Asia, international strategy consultant and best-selling author.

In LSB Insights, the virtual talks series of London Speaker Bureau, he talks about which part of Asia will emerge as the winner from the Corona pandemic and the differences between European and Asian technocracy. The conversation is also about his cutting-edge book Move - The Age of Migration.

Our host Melinda Crane, Chief Political Correspondent at Deutsche Welle TV as always impresses with in depth questions.

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