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Protected: Jaw-Jaw Amid Summitry
Hello subscribers! Hope you have had a restful summer vacation and are back at The Whistle Library to catch up on what’s going on around the world. The US-Iran jaw-jaw seems to be intensifying and I have for you views from Brookings on how the Iran war may change the world.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is commemorating its 25th year and the SCO Summit 2026 is scheduled for August 30 – September 3, 2026 at Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan. You might want to read about it here.
In September 2026, we have the BRICS summit in India, where the theme is building for resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability and here is where you can catch up on the discussions.
On the economic front, there was the annual summit of central bankers, economists and academics from the US and around the world at Jackson Hole, Wyoming in the US in August 2026, where they met to discuss financial innovation in payments and policies, and you can read more about the conference here.
https://www.kansascityfed.org/research/jackson-hole-economic-symposium
Next, McKinsey shares with us the findings of the State of the Consumer 2026 Survey and four key trends to watch for.
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/consumer-packaged-goods/our-insights/state-of-consumer
I have for you an article from the HBR on how AI is helping strategic decision-making. Many believe that AI can even formulate strategy, but this is about revolutionising strategic decision-making. I was stopped from reading the article as it is only for subscribers, but the first few sentences reeked of unprofessional PR agency idiot bosses’ meddling even with HBR. When I checked who the author is, I found that he is a professor at Michigan University’s Ross School of Business, but his own faculty page did not mention this article.
https://hbr.org/2026/09/ai-is-revolutionizing-strategic-decision-making
In the context of AI, bots and what have you, online, I am sharing an article by Jill Lepore from The New Yorker on the problem of having to prove one’s identity and that one is a human!
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/08/17/are-you-a-human
In books, I have selected a review of a new book titled The Boundless Deep by Richard Holmes about Tennyson and the science of belief from the London Review of Books.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/peter-howarth/types-and-typology
The Guardian has a selection of the biggest books of this autumn, which you might like to read.
And, of course, one of the year’s most anticipated literary prizes, the Booker, is out with its longlist for 2026. The shortlist will be announced on September 22, 2026, so do check their site for it. Otherwise, I will be sharing it in next month’s selection here at The Whistle Library.
https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2026
In music, I have for you a podcast from Gramophone Magazine where composers talk about their new album that sets Octavio Paz’s poem Piedra de Sol, to music.
And there’s a review of a new album of Robert Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri conducted by Jordi Savall.
https://www.gramophone.co.uk/reviews/schumann-das-paradies-und-die-peri-3
Meanwhile, there are the BBC Proms which should be drawing to a close in September, as well as Glyndebourne, and I wish they would share their concerts on dedicated YouTube channels. Enjoy good reading and listening at The Whistle Library, and see you here again next month.
Peripatetic Perch 