Arne Elias Corneliussen: GeoPolitical Speaker

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  • Arne Elias Corneliussen is an experienced geopolitical advisor and keynote speaker. He is the founder and CEO of NRCI – a geopolitical advisory firm.
  • Arne conducted many unique overland fact-finding expeditions by bus and train across vast distances in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Europe.
  • During these expeditions he assessed geopolitical and strategic dynamics on the ground.

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  • Travels from: Oslo, Norway
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UNDERSTANDING AND EXPLORING A GROWTH CONTINENT

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Arne Elias Corneliussen travelled on 10 fact-finding expeditions by public bus across 30 countries in western, southern, and eastern Africa. He travelled to more than 40 countries in Africa in total.

In this fascinating and eye-opening presentation, Arne shares his unique insights, observations, and perspectives from travelling on the ground across the African continent.

He shares perspectives on geopolitical, economic, and infrastructural developments across the African continent – and he provides key insights into finding the right local partner and building an on the ground team that will enable your business to grow in Africa.

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Arne Elias Corneliussen provides an insightful presentation of how AI will impact our societies in the future and create new opportunities and risks

How AI will impact geopolitics, the global economy and future trends
 

 

Arne Elias Corneliussen is a geopolitical advisor who supports business leaders, financial companies, and policy makers.

He is a political scientist and he studied in the US, Egypt, and Chile. He traveled around the world from a young age, and possesses a broad and deep global understanding of geopolitical and strategic events and dynamics. He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of NRCI – a geopolitical advisory firm he established in Oslo, Norway, in 2010.

Arne traveled to more than 125 countries, and he conducted a wide range of long overland fact-finding expeditions alone by bus, train, and car across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Latin America where he mapped geopolitical, security and business risks and opportunities. These overland fact-finding expeditions gave him extraordinary geopolitical, strategic, and business insights.

He conducted 10 fact-finding expeditions to 42 countries on the African continent, and he traveled by public bus across 30 countries in western, southern, and eastern Africa. Arne Elias Corneliussen traveled on an expedition by train, bus and car from Shanghai to Istanbul across China, Central Asia, and the Caucasus to map infrastructure developments, logistics clusters, and the geopolitical landscape along One Belt One Road, also called the New Silk Road, which China develops.

Arne Elias Corneliussen

In the fall of 2022, he traveled by bus and train across 19 countries in eastern, southern, and western Europe and assessed geopolitical and strategic dynamics in Europe, and Europe’s future. His vast global on the ground experience assessing geopolitical and strategic developments combined with managing a geopolitical advisory firm make him uniquely experienced and highly knowledgeable about global events and dynamics.

Arne Elias Corneliussen maintains close dialogue with a vast network of informed contacts on all levels in academia, business, diplomacy, and governments worldwide. He is program chair, conference host, moderator, and keynote speaker at Norwegian Risk Forum – NRCI’s annual geopolitical conference focusing on geopolitical risks and business opportunities worldwide.

Arne provides truly eye-opening, captivating, and highly insightful virtual and in-person keynote presentations, speaking engagements, and advisory sessions on geopolitics, global economy, AI, ESG, leadership, business strategy, and future trends. Arne Elias Corneliussen is also an insightful panelist on a range of topics, an engaging and thoughtful moderator, and a conference host able to provide extraordinary insights while leading memorable conferences and events. His geopolitical and strategic advice is sought-after among global companies, financial firms, and governments.

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