A Letter from London
From Russia with Love
In the emerging multipolar world, there's already a surprise winner
Category : big-ideas
How the world moved in Q3, 2021
Sundeep Waslekar offers a nuanced view of the push and pull that is shaping the world around us
The games we play with each other
Solutions for problems such as climate change are unlikely to come from experts who rely on numbers, and from economists who rely on self-interest and the invisible hand for progress. This is part of a zero sum, competitive, narrative. But nature is complex and insists on cooperation
The climate crisis: We need cooperation, not competition
The world needs new explanations of how complex systems evolve to save itself from catastrophe. Theories of progress must put cooperation—at all levels—in the foreground, and look beyond national self-interest
A Letter from London
The dark side of the China Story
From his perch in The City, a leading strategic analyst who prefers the pen name Samuel Pepys, looks at what’s shifting at the intersection of business, markets, economy and society. In this letter: a global supply crunch; an imploding credit-driven economic model; a new economic playbook
Hustle Fuel
Reinventing girlhood, one block at a time
Three ways that parents can help daughters open their minds to STEM paths
How the world has moved in the second quarter of 2021
The April-June quarter saw Biden making significant diplomatic moves vis-a-vis Europe, Russia and China; the Middle East saw two significant elections in Israel and Iran; China showed ascendancy in space; and there are developments in India’s neighbourhood, especially in Afghanistan. Sundeep Waslekar deciphers the implications
Virtuoso
How to make governments smart
A podcast with Jaideep Prabhu, professor at Cambridge Judge Business School and author of ‘How Should A Government Be? The New Levers of State Power’
Power to the people
The vaccine crisis is yet another proof that principles of capitalism are at variance with the needs of humanity. Instead of top-down policies, focus on profits and economies of scale, local on-the-ground solutions and the economies of scope that they bring, can be the founding fuel for transformative change
How the world has moved in the first quarter of 2021
The first quarter of 2021 has been unusually busy, with many key developments playing out in the geopolitical sphere. We caught up with Sundeep Waslekar to decipher the implications
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