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Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan is a philosopher, neuroscientist, geostrategist and futurologist. He is an Honorary Fellow of St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, Head of the Geopolitics and Global Futures Department at the Geneva Center for Security Policy in Switzerland, and a Member of the Global Future Council on the Future of Complex Risks at the World Economic Forum.

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Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan is a philosopher, neuroscientist, geostrategist and futurologist. He is an Honorary Fellow of St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, Head of the Geopolitics and Global Futures Department at the Geneva Center for Security Policy in Switzerland, and a Member of the Global Future Council on the Future of Complex Risks at the World Economic Forum.

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