Daniel Salbstein Memorial Lecture – Sergei Guriev: The Global Economic Landscape and the Political Economy of Putin’s War

We are deeply honoured that Sergei Guriev, the celebrated economist and Dean of London Business School, has agreed to deliver this year’s Daniel Salbstein Memorial Lecture. This is the fifth in this series of Memorial Lectures dedicated to the memory of our founder and former Chairman and Talks Organiser, Daniel Salbstein OBE (1937-2020), in recognition of his unique role in the creation and development of the Society.

The title of Sergei Guriev’s talk is The Global Economic Landscape and the Political Economy of Putin’s War. In the new era of uncertainty we have entered, the inter-connectedness of economic and political factors is more striking than ever, not least the crucial importance of a strong economy to a country’s military capability, which in turn is essential to its national security. In this talk, Professor Guriev will discuss the global economic landscape and the impact of tectonic shifts in the world economy and geopolitics on the Russian economy and society and Putin’s capacity to continue his war of aggression against Ukraine.