The Western-dominated world we have known for the past three hundred years is coming to an end. As America withdraws from its role as enforcer of the international order, other countries are moving in to fill the void. Among them are two rising Asian ‘superstates’. Accounting for more than a third of the world’s population, China and India have the potential to wield enormous economic and political power. China is already vying with the US for the top spot in the global economy, and on some measures has surpassed it. By the middle of the century India may be number two.

How will these countries navigate their growing roles on the world stage? What are the implications for commerce, international law and the fight against climate change?

Marking the publication of his incisive new book, Eclipsing the West, Vince Cable returns to The Conduit to ask what lies ahead as the international order begins to crumble.

Presented in collaboration with Fabled Events.

Event Schedule

6:00pm: Pre-event socialising and networking

A cash bar will be available for refreshments.

6:30pm: Event begins

7:45pm: Event ends

Speakers:

Rt Hon. Sir Vince Cable is currently Professor in Practice at the LSE. Formerly Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills in the Coalition Government from 2010-15; former Leader of the Liberal Democrats; MP for Twickenham for 20 years until retiring in 2019. Before parliament he was variously an academic economist, member of the Diplomatic Service, director of economic research (at the ODI, Chatham House and Commonwealth Secretariat) and Chief Economist for Shell. Recent books include: Money and Power; The Chinese Conundrum; How to be a Politician; The Storm; After the Storm; Open Arms (a novel). Business interests include being Director of Element 2 and Chair of the eFreight 2030 consortium.

Jamie Redfarn is a UK Armed Forces veteran and Sinologist. Jamie grew up speaking Mandarin and has studied at the Communication University of China, Beijing. He read Theology at Trinity College, Oxford and completed his masters at SOAS where he wrote his thesis on the PLA Navy’s expansion in conjunction with the Belt Road Initiative. In his time in the British Army, he served with the Household Cavalry as a commissioned officer and was deployed on two overseas operations in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.