NRCI´s founder and managing partner, Arne Elias Corneliussen, provides eye-opening, inspiring and informative keynote addresses, conference speaking, after dinner speaking, public speaking, motivational speaking and workshops. He also provides conference hosting and moderator roles at conferences and corporate events.
Arne´s keynote performances leave audiences inspired and engaged with new insights into global affairs and the most pressing issues facing world leaders, corporations, financial institutions and organizations in our world today. Arne is a global thinker and an avid reader. His growth mindset drives his broad range of interests in global affairs, international business, history, arts, architecture, local societies, cultures and urban planning. Travelling around the world throughout his life and often on long overland expeditions makes Arne uniquely positioned to reflect on developments across and at the intersection of a range of geographies and disciplines.
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In this eye-opening and insightful presentation, Arne outlines the key drivers behind political activism and opposition in Europe today which triggered Brexit and the emergence of Yellow Vests in France and other populist movements. Currently, populism rises across Europe and the world. What consequences can we expect from this populist drive and how will it impact Europe in the years to come? What drives the anger and frustration behind this populist drive? Arne also examines how technology and social media drives populist movements. In addition he examines how political leaders´ lack of ability to listen and understand political issues and popular perceptions fuel populist anger. Political populism constitutes one of the key drivers in global transformation. We need to examine and understand what created this political phenomenon and how it may impact our societies in the future.
Currently we experience an age of global transformation with the: Rise of Asia; Russia´s resurgence as a great power: economic growth combined with recurring and shifting conflict-spirals in emerging markets across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America; populism and popular movements challenging traditional elites across the world. This global transformation combined with rising cyber risks, environmental changes and corruption challenge societal foundations around the world. In this intriguing presentation, Arne presents major geopolitical risks and dynamics influencing our world today with an intriguing and highly informative assessment and how this impact global affairs and our world today and in the future. Arne conducted a range of overland expeditions by train, bus and car across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. He is uniquely positioned to reflect on geopolitical risks and global affairs with his insightful overland field expeditions around the world combined with his global background and managing NRCI for 10 years.
The Middle East remains an economically vital, politically complex and strategically dynamic region positioned in between Asia, Europe and Africa. This unique geostrategic location combined with internal rivalries and external pressures foment continuous conflict-trajectories. In this fascinating and informed presentation, Arne brings his audience on an epic journey through the political, cultural and strategic landscape forming the Middle East today and in the future. Arne started travelling in the Middle East in the early 1990s and he closely monitors geopolitical developments in the region. He also talks with people across the Middle East regularly and reads widely on a broad range of topics covering Middle Eastern history and current regional affairs.
This presentation, which also can be provided as a workshop, examines how Arne assesses risks in a country or region. In this instance a region can be within a country or across several countries. He covers a range of risk factors including political, security, business, logistics, transportation and other relevant risk factors. He provides concrete examples of how he travels overland and often uses local transportation from city to city through countries and regions. Arne conducted a range of long overland expeditions by bus, train and car across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. This forms the basis for an on the ground risk assessment which is important for companies and corporations planning to invest in a new country or region. Arne explains how he approaches his work and navigates his way through high risk environments, and what is important when conducting an on the ground risk assessment. He also explains how he connects with people on local level regardless of their tribe or ethnic group. Arne has a unique way of building relations with people on the ground which enables him to understand conditions across countries and regions. This presentation or workshop is useful for companies, corporations and organizations planning to invest or operate in a new country.
One Belt One Road constitutes China´s strategic global industrial strategy encompassing a land-based (One Belt) and maritime (One Road) infrastructure strategy. This is the largest infrastructure project in history involving more than 60 countries and expenditures estimated at 1000 billion USD. Understanding what the One Belt One Road means for economic, business, political and security developments becomes increasingly important in an age of global transformation. In the fall of 2017, Arne Elias Corneliussen conducted an overland expedition by train, car and bus from Shanghai to Istanbul to examine infrastructure developments, logistics clusters and geopolitical dynamics along the New Silk Road. In this unique, highly informative and nuanced presentation, Arne takes the audience along on his overland expedition across China, Central Asia, the Caucasus and Turkey and presents over 150 photos which he took while travelling from Shanghai to Istanbul. He provides an insightful, eye-opening and clarifying presentation into why, how and in what way China develops its One Belt One Road strategy and the political, economic and geopolitical implications for Asia and the world.
Other Speaking Topics: We welcome your enquiries regarding other speaking topics within global affairs, current events, politics, history and and Arne is ready to tailor keynote addresses, conference speaking, public speaking and after dinner talks to fit your requirements. Please include information about dates, location of your event, your budget, which topic you would like Arne to talk about and what format would be most suitable for your event or conference. We will reply to your enquiry as soon as possible. Conference Hosting: We welcome conference hosting enquiries worldwide. Arne has extensive experience in planning and hosting conferences and events and he looks forward to ensure that your conference will be a memorable experience for your team, participants and conference sponsors. Please include information about dates, location of your conference or event, your budget, which topic your conference focuses on and we will reply to your enquiry as soon as possible. Moderator Roles: We welcome moderator role enquiries worldwide. Arne has extensive experience as a moderator and with his broad range of insights into global affairs, current events, international business and a range of other disciplines he manages to steer panel discussions with intelligent questions and insights while at the same time he listens and observes attentively and enables the audience to engage with questions. We will reply to your enquiry as soon as possible. Workshops: We welcome workshop enquiries worldwide. Arne has extensive experience in planning and executing workshops both half-day, 1 day, 2 day and 3 day workshops at corporate headquarter locations or at off sites in mountain lodges, near coastal areas or in rural landscape settings. In planning workshops we work in close dialogue with the client to meet your exact needs and to accommodate all relevant issues related to your team´s structure, coaching needs, strategy and leadership issues and to incorporate your values and strategic vision. We will reply to your enquiry as soon as possible.
In this highly informative presentation Arne outlines the key drivers behind the rise of Asia and the unique geopolitical and strategic dimensions of Asia´s evolution. Arne examines Asia from political, economic, geographic and strategic perspectives and outlines how Asia most likely continues to evolve in the coming years. He examines the political and economic dimensions of China, India, Japan, South Korea and other countries. In addition he examines connections between countries and regions in Asia and how geopolitical landscape shapes opportunities and risks in Asia. In the presentation he focuses on geopolitical developments, strategic dynamics and economic developments across Asia. He also looks closer at how the Indian Ocean opens a wide maritime theater between Asia, Africa and the Middle East and how the Indian Ocean plays a vital trade corridor between Asia and Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa experiences economic growth with increased foreign direct investments and foreign companies establishing operations and new headquarters on the African continent. This occurs while lack of electricity, widespread poverty, recurring conflicts, terrorism, corruption and epidemics continue to plague the African continent. In this intriguing and highly informative presentation, Arne explains how political, societal and economic dynamics influence developments in Sub-Saharan Africa today. Arne travelled to over 40 countries in Africa and he conducted 10 long overland expeditions by public bus across 28 countries in western, southern and eastern Africa. He assessed political and security risks, infrastructure developments, logistics clusters, border crossings and business opportunities across the African continent and is uniquely positioned to talk about political and security risks, business opportunities and future trends in Africa. Arne maintains a wide network of contacts across Africa whom he talks with regularly which provides him with an intimate understanding of ongoing developments in Africa.
China´s economic growth and rise to industrial and economic superpower status challenge the existing international order. However on a deeper level the civilizational divide between the Western world and China cements itself in fear about China´s intentions and statecraft internationally. Thus, we need to examine what is behind China´s thinking and strategic decisions. Over the past 30 years, Arne read widely about Chinese history, internal politics, strategic relations, business thinking and China´s bilateral relations with a range of countries. Arne provides a balanced and nuanced assessment of China and shares his own observations from travelling in China and interacting with Chinese people. In 2017 Arne travelled by train from Shanghai to Kashgar in the Xinjang Province in western China and made unique and important observations. In this fascinating and eye-opening presentation, Arne examines how key epochal trends in China´s history informs its decision-making and strategic thinking today. In addition you receive an assessment of likely scenarios in China´s wider regional theater. His presentation includes perspectives on China´s geopolitical role on the global scene.
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Founder and Managing Partner NRCI
Originally from Oslo, Mr. Corneliussen received his bachelor of arts in political science from Wittenberg University in Ohio in 1998. He studied at the American University in Cairo (AUC) in Egypt in 1996. He then returned to the US where he mapped Islamist movements from Morocco to the Philippines at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C in 1998. He lived in Santiago, Chile in 1999 where he examined South America´s political situation, economic development, drug cartels in Colombia and strategic relations between South America, North America and Europe. During the late 1990s he attended a range of conferences in Washington, D.C., New York City, London and Cairo. He completed a Master of Arts in International Relations and a Master of Public Administration (MPA) at the Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs at Syracuse University in New York in 2000. He worked as an officer for the Norwegian Armed Forces during NATO’s operation in Kosovo from 2001 until 2002. Since 2002 he held different roles in the corporate sector in Norway including sales, international business development and recruitment services. Mr. Corneliussen travelled to more than 110 countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Latin and North America and Europe. He brings a unique combination of an intrepid practitioner, insightful academic and dynamic business acumen. Mr. Corneliussen manages NRCI with a life-long perspective to become a global geopolitical risk consultancy trusted and respected by clients, partners and local contacts worldwide. Mr. Corneliussen is a Fellow in the Royal Geographical Society in London and he regularly talks at events, conferences and universities around the world. In February 2019 he gave a presentation at St Antony´s College at the University of Oxford about his overland expeditions across western, southern and eastern Africa. Mr. Corneliussen also serves as the conference director for Norwegian Risk Forum – NRCI’s annual international conference in Oslo focusing on geopolitical risks and international business opportunities. Mr. Corneliussen’s strategic and systematic approach to define topics for each Norwegian Risk Forum involves field insights from his fact-finding expeditions; conversations with NRCI’s global advisory board members and leading analysts worldwide; and observing national policymaking and regional growth trends in emerging markets. During his fact-finding expeditions he developed relations with world-leading scholars and analysts whom he also invited to Norwegian Risk Forum usually the following year as speakers. During Norwegian Risk Forum Mr. Corneliussen serves as conference host, speaker and moderator during panel debates and he provides opening and closing remarks. Mr. Corneliussen is also the director of geopolitical analysis in NRCI and responsible for recruiting, training and following up our team of analysts. He remains in regular contact with a wide range of contacts, partners and analysts around the world. He also developed a wide range of partnerships with organizations, think tanks and other institutions.