Description
Join Vince Cable for a timely conversation about the shifting balance of global power. Drawing on Eclipsing the West, the former Secretary of State for Business and Trade argues that the 300-year era of Western dominance is giving way to a new world shaped by the rise of China and India.
As these two vast nations move towards superstate status, they are becoming both strategic rivals and indispensable partners in tackling global challenges, from climate change to pandemic prevention.
Part history, part political analysis and part strategic briefing, this event asks how the UK and its allies should navigate a multipolar future in which the West is no longer the centre of the world.
About the Author
Vince Cable
Vince Cable is a Visiting Professor at London School of Economics and Political Science and a Distinguished Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute. He was previously UK Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade. He has a PhD in economics from the University of Glasgow and in the 1990s worked as Chief Economist for Shell. His books include The Storm (2009), After the Storm (2015), Open Arms (2017), Money and Power (2021) and The Chinese Conundrum (2022) and his latest Eclipsing the West (2025).
About the Journalist
Dr. Nafeez Ahmed
Dr Nafeez Ahmed is an award-winning investigative journalist, systems theorist and strategic communications executive. He is the author of Alt Reich: The Network War to Destroy the West from Within (2025), Failing States, Collapsing Systems (2017) A User’s Guide to the Crisis of Civilization: And How to Save it (2010), The London Bombings: An Independent Inquiry (2006) and several other books. He is Executive Director of the Foundation for Civilisation Renewal, and creator of the AgeofTransformation.org newsletter which tracks the world’s biggest crises. A former journalist for Guardian and VICE, he does special investigations for Byline Times. His work has been used and cited in official inquiries in the US and UK, in the House of Commons, House of Lords, US Congress.
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