Welcome to the 33rd edition of Honey Drops. Today we’re zooming out from the day to day/week to week/year to year of Sustainability to instead look at what has shaped the world events of 2025. Geopolitics is an area in which I find myself to be endlessly curious and consistently amazed by how long the thread of history goes back from any initial enquiry.
This interview is one to share with anyone you know who has been scratching their head this year, trying to make sense of things from a personal and professional perspective and also wanting to know where it’s all headed.
So buckle up: we’re starting in the early 1990s, heading back a few thousands years in Chinese culture, and then landing somewhere around 2037. And by the end of it, you’ll have a much better grasp of the strategic role climate plays on the world stage.
Over the past 12 months, I have had many fascinating conversations with Rade Musulin, Principal at Finity.
Rade was our second guest on the Green Fix podcast just after the new U.S. Administration was sworn in, and I find him to have an uncanny ability to overlay historical events, climate data, economic trends and current affairs to provide insights I don’t hear anywhere else.
Rade and I decided to record this episode for Honey Drops to tie together eight forces which have combined to create significant ripple effects across the 34 years since the fall of the Soviet Union fundamentally reshaped the geopolitical landscape.
He brings with him experiences from around the world. He has worked with the U.S. Congress in the 90s and 2000s on behalf of Florida Farm Bureau Insurance, both worked in China and also been a student of Chinese history, as well as being the current Chair of the International Actuarial Association’s Climate and Sustainability Committee.
For those of you who have been with Honey Drops for a while, you know the importance I place on understanding the systemic interplay across subject fields as we map out potential scenarios for the future. I’m sure you’ll find listening to this conversation as interesting as I did asking the questions.
Until next week,
Dan