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SUSTAINABLE HISTORY
by Nayef Al-Rodhan
Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan is a Philosopher, Neuroscientist, Geostrategist and Futurologist.
He is Honorary Fellow, St. Antony's College, Oxford University, United Kingdom, Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy’s Geopolitics and Global Futures Department, Switzerland, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK, Member of the Global Future Council on the Future of Complex Risks at the World Economic Forum (WEF), and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).
In 2014, he was voted as one of the Top 30 most influential Neuroscientists in the world, in 2017, he was named amongst the Top 100 geostrategists in the World, and in 2022, he was named as one of the Top 50 influential researchers whose work could shape 21st-century politics and policy.
He is a Prize-winning scholar who has written 25 books and more than 350 articles. His research focuses on the interplay between: Neuro-Techno-Philosophy, Transdisciplinary Philosophy, Disruptive Technologies (AI, Quantum Computing, Synthetic Biology, Superintelligence), Neuroscience, Geopolitical Realities, Geostrategic Imperatives, Symbiotic Realism, Multi-Sum Security, Human Enhancement, Global Futures, Sustainable National and Global Security, Outer Space Security, Statecraft, Transcultural Synergies, Human Dignity, Collective Civilizational Risks, Cascading Frontier Risks, International Relations and Public Policy, in Peace and War.
INTERVIEW
Concepts
Neuro-Techno-Philosophy
Symbiotic Realism
Sustainable History propelled by good governance
Emotional Amoral Egoism
The Ocean Model of Civilization
Neuro-P5
Transcultural Synergy and universal axiology
The necessary prerequisites of sustainable history
Reconciliation statecraft: reconciling the eight global interests
Pre-requisites of the triumph of individual geo-cultural domains
Minimum criteria of human dignity needs
Just power
multi-sum security principle
LATEST ARTICLES
2012 - Pages 15 to 22, “An Ocean Model of Civilization”
Honored to Speak on:
"Geopolitics, Governance, Security & Sustainability in Outer Space"
At UNHQ, NY, Oct 27, Joint Panel of:
First Committee (Disarmament & International Security, C1)
&
Fourth Committee (Peaceful Use, C4)
The list of speakers is available here
Honored to be invited by the President of #UNGA to present on:
"Outer Space Governance & Sustainability"
As part of the #UNSG mandate on
The McKay Interview
Interview of Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan on 22 May 2017