Wang Shuo: Seven Lessons for Navigating an Age of Uncertainty

Published: Sep. 16, 2025 1:45 p.m. GMT+8

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Caixin Editor-in-Chief Wang Shuo delivers opening remarks at the Asia New Vision Forum in Singapore on Sept. 11. Photo: Caixin

The biggest uncertainty today is clear: The primary architect of the existing world system has turned against it. A paradigm shift. As a result, our old experiences no longer apply. How can we chart the future?

Today, I want to share some wisdom I learned from a top Cold War scholar, John Lewis Gaddis. In his book On Grand Strategy, he offers great ideas for uncertain times:

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: Wang Shuo

Wang Shuo is the editor-in-chief of Caixin Media, China's leading business and finance media group. He won the State Street Institutional Press Award in 2014, was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2012, and a Yale World Fellow in 2016. He’s also been honored as a young leader at major forums like Boao and Tallberg.