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Rising Global Challenges Speakers

24 credible, up-and-coming voices in global challenges - active on the circuit, beyond the household names.

24 rising global challenges speakers on Mezzo - including Misha Glenny, Kevin Rudd, and Chrystia Freeland. Each with the talks, gig history, and co-appearances to back it up.

Misha Glenny

Misha Glenny

Investigative Journalist | Cybersecurity & Environmental Crime

1 recent talk · through 2024
Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd

Former Australian Prime Minister | Global Leadership & China Relations

1 recent talk · through 2024
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Chrystia Freeland

Deputy Prime Minister of Canada | Journalist and Global Affairs Expert

1 recent talk · through 2026
Nouriel Roubini

Nouriel Roubini

'Dr. Doom' Economist Who Predicted 2008 Crisis | NYU Professor Emeritus

1 recent talk · through 2024
Sue Allchurch

Sue Allchurch

UN Global Compact Leader | Transforming Corporate Sustainability Globally

1 recent talk · through 2025
Thomas Friedman

Thomas Friedman

Foreign affairs columnist | Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author

1 recent talk · through 2025
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Parag Khanna

Global strategist | Expert on geopolitics and urban futures

7 talks · through 2022
Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author | Public Relations & Cultural Dynamics

4 talks · through 2020
Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown

Former UK Prime Minister | Global Leadership & Emerging Technologies

4 talks · through 2021
Johan Rockström

Johan Rockström

Environmental Scientist | Climate Change & Sustainability Thought Leader

3 talks · through 2020
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

WTO Director-General | First woman and African to lead WTO, former Nigerian Finance Minister

3 talks · through 2016
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Antonio Guterres

Former Portuguese Prime Minister | UN Secretary-General Leading Global Climate and Refugee Protection Efforts

3 talks · through 2020
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Alison Killing

Pulitzer Prize architect | Exposed Xinjiang camps using satellite analysis

3 talks · through 2022
Sonia Shah

Sonia Shah

Science Journalist | Revealing Hidden Truths About Pandemics

2 talks · through 2020
Lesley Hazleton

Lesley Hazleton

Author & Former Middle East Reporter | Politics & Religion

2 talks · through 2013
Amlan Roy

Amlan Roy

Global Demographics Expert | Wiley Author of 'Demographics Unravelled'

2 talks · through 2019
Robert Muggah

Robert Muggah

Security and Development Expert | Emerging Tech & Geopolitics

2 talks · through 2017
Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor

Former UN Under-Secretary-General | Global Diplomat & Indian Parliamentarian

2 talks · through 2018
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Ella Al-Shamahi

Paleoanthropologist | Exploring Evolutionary History & Conservation

2 talks · through 2019
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Bruce Aylward

Former WHO Advisor | Mental Health & Public Health Leadership

2 talks · through 2014
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Emma Belcher

Nuclear Nonproliferation Expert | Advocating for a Safer World

2 talks · through 2022
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Kishore Mahbubani

Former Diplomat | The Rise of Asia & Global Leadership

2 talks · through 2020
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Richard Wilkinson

Professor Emeritus | Inequality and Global Health

2 talks · through 2021
Ian Goldin

Ian Goldin

Globalisation Expert | Oxford Professor and Former World Bank VP

1 talk · through 2009
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