Dr. Thomas P.M. Barnett is a strategic planner who has worked in national security affairs since the end of the Cold War. A New York Times-bestselling author and a nationally-known public speaker who's been profiled on the front-page of the Wall Street Journal, Dr. Barnett is in high demand within government circles as a forecaster of global conflict and an expert of military transformation, as well as within corporate circles as a management consultant and conference presenter on issues relating to international security and economic globalization.

Here is his presentation at the 2005 TED convention:

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