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Abishur Prakash

Also known as Mr. Geopolitics

Abishur Prakash is a geopolitical futurist and author who writes about artificial intelligence and national power. Born in New Zealand to Indian parents and raised in Australia, he graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University, then called Ryerson University, and joined the Center for Innovating the Future in 2013. His books include Next Geopolitics: Volume One (2016), Next Geopolitics: Volume Two (2017), his 2018 book on AI geopolitics, The Age of Killer Robots (2020), and The World Is Vertical (2021), covering AI, autonomous weapons, and technology's role in globalization. He started The Geopolitical Business in 2023, wrote about AI investment and US-China competition in October 2025, and published The Great Fracturing in 2026. As of October 2026, he manages The Geopolitical Business, a Toronto advisory firm.

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Timeline

  1. 2013

    Joining CIF after university

    He is born in New Zealand to Indian parents and grows up in Australia. He graduates from Toronto Metropolitan University, formerly Ryerson University. In 2013, he joins the Center for Innovating the Future as a geopolitical futurist in Toronto.

  2. 2016

    Next Geopolitics: Volume One

    In 2016, he publishes Next Geopolitics: Volume One, a book examining how technologies including AI collide with geopolitics.

  3. 2017

    Next Geopolitics: Volume Two

    In 2017, he publishes Next Geopolitics: Volume Two, extending the series' discussion of technology and global power. In February 2017, he testifies before a Canadian Senate committee about robotics, 3-D printing, and AI in health care.

  4. 2018

    Go. AI and AI geopolitics

    In 2018, he publishes Go. AI (Geopolitics of Artificial Intelligence), a book about AI's effect on global power and national security.

  5. 2020

    The Age of Killer Robots

    In 2020, he publishes The Age of Killer Robots about autonomous weapons and AI-driven warfare. In April 2020, he warns in an interview that autonomous weapons could make decisions without human input and start wars.

  6. 2021

    The World Is Vertical

    He publishes The World Is Vertical in 2021, examining how technology reshapes globalization. In December 2021, he describes technology's role in geopolitical power in an Asia Times interview.

  7. 2023–2025

    Starting The Geopolitical Business

    In 2023, he starts The Geopolitical Business, a Toronto geopolitical advisory firm. In October 2025, he publishes a piece on the AI investment boom, US-China competition, and global technology stakes.

  8. As of October 2026

    Managing The Geopolitical Business

    In 2026, he publishes The Great Fracturing, which describes how wars and AI reshape trade, technology, finance, and alliances. As of October 2026, he manages The Geopolitical Business, a geopolitical advisory firm in Toronto, and guides companies through geopolitics and business.

Career

  1. Since 2023The Geopolitical BusinessFounder, Manager
  2. From 2013Center for Innovating the FutureGeopolitical Futurist

Education

  1. Toronto Metropolitan University

From the biography.

  1. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI from 1962 to 2025, with a year-by-year chart.
  2. The United States employs an estimated 53% of people in our data with a known employment countryOur estimates of where AI careers are concentrated now and how countries’ shares of dated positions changed over time.
  3. 47% of living people in our data with known birth and employment countries work outside their birth countryOur estimate of cross-border careers in AI, from country of birth and the country of each current organization.
  4. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionOur estimates of where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led, from education records in cited biographies.

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  1. About | Abishur Prakash | Leading Geopolitics Expert & Speaker abishurprakash.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. Abishur Prakash | Canada's Top Geopolitical Expert & Keynote Speaker abishurprakash.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. Abishur Prakash - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. Books | Abishur Prakash abishurprakash.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. Transcripts & Minutes - Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (42nd Parliament, 1st Session) sencanada.ca. Checked 18 October 2026.
  6. In Conversation: Abishur Prakash on the future of warfare nine-dash-line.squarespace.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  7. ‘New mini-empires, new blocs will divide the world’ asiatimes.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  8. Geopolitics of the AI Bubble: US-China Competition and Global Tech Stakes abishurprakash.com. Checked 18 October 2026.