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Power rarely announces itself. It hides in familiar places: in markets, indicators, contracts, and code, while shaping the decisions that govern lives. It is not always loud or violent. Sometimes it speaks through silence, through procedure, through what is no longer questioned. This edition of Decypher asks: what does power

decypher, Jun 20, 2025

Editorial Note

by Daniel Morales Ruvalcaba

decypher, Jun 19, 2025

Mapping Power Relations in a Multipolar World

by Mahatma Gandhi

decypher, Jun 18, 2025

The Future of India

Cahal Moran is a behavioural economist, author, and public thinker.

decypher, Jun 18, 2025

Why We’re Getting Poorer

by Oscar Rickett

decypher, Jun 18, 2025

The Littling of Great Britain

by Khushi Kesari

decypher, Jun 18, 2025

Monsoon Empires

by Ashwin Prasad

decypher, Jun 18, 2025

Is Space the Final Frontier?

by Shipra Agarwal & Shivani Singh

decypher, Jun 18, 2025

Medical Monopolies & Inverted Payoffs

by Farheen

decypher, Jun 18, 2025

The Long Shadow of Econocracy

by Priyanka Garodia

decypher, Jun 18, 2025

The Changing Contours of the Modern War

Book Review by Unnati Gusain

decypher, Jun 17, 2025

Book Review: The Nehru Years

by Paul Krugman

decypher, Jun 17, 2025

Withering American Influence

Rajat Nag is a distinguished policy leader and educator. A former Managing Director-General at the Asian Development Bank and Distinguished Fellow of the Emerging Markets Forum, he focuses on governance, public policy innovation, and institutional development in emerging economies.

decypher, Jun 10, 2025

The SenseMaker

The SenseMaker Interview with Peter Heather and John Rapley: Why Empire Fall - Rome, America and the Future of the West

decypher, Mar 31, 2025

The SenseMaker

A Conversation with Peter Turchin

decypher, Mar 31, 2025

End Times: Exploring Political Disintegration

Book Review by Manashjyoti Karjee

decypher, Dec 09, 2024

Book Review: Blood Sanders The Great Forest Heist

Joe Adam George Delves in on Trudeau’s Alienating Foreign Policy

decypher, Dec 09, 2024

madness in method:

by Oscar Rickett

decypher, Dec 09, 2024

UAE’s Growing Footprint in Africa

Professor Eugene Rogan is a Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History and the Director of the Middle East Centre; Fellow of St Antony’s College. He is the author of The Arabs: A History, which has been translated into ten languages and was named one of the best books of

decypher, Dec 09, 2024

The SenseMaker

A Conversation with Stephen Kotkin

decypher, Dec 09, 2024

Trump and the Future of American Power

“Not my President,” echoed through the streets of California, New York, and other Democratic strongholds on election day in 2016, a repudiation of the results that saw Donald Trump secure victory despite losing the popular vote by millions. Eight years later, Trump finds himself declared the victor once again, but

decypher, Dec 09, 2024

US Elections 2024: A Pivotal Turning Point

Book Review by Shivani Singh

decypher, Oct 10, 2024

Copyright’s Broken Promise by Prof. John Willinsky

by Shivani Singh

decypher, Oct 10, 2024

Lowy Asia Power Index

by Priyanka Garodia

decypher, Oct 10, 2024

Levant After Nasrallah

Prof. Yasheng Huang is Epoch Foundation professor of global economics and management at MIT's Sloan School of Management . From 2013 to 2017, he served as an associate dean in charge of MIT Sloan's global Partnership Programs and its action learning initiatives. His previous appointments include faculty

decypher, Oct 10, 2024

The Decypher SenseMaker Interview with Prof. Yasheng Huang on The Rise & Fall of The East, and Future of China

By Special Arrangement with Tortoise Media with inputs from Shivani Singh

decypher, Oct 10, 2024

Who is Leading the AI Race? : Insights from The Tortoise Global AI Index 2024

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