Christopher’s Newsletter

Beyond Decoupling: Friction, Interdependence, and Shared Horizons

Lessons from Recent Travel in China -- Shared AI Uncertainty, Kids' Futures, and the Opportunity Cost of Friction

Jun 1 • Christopher M. Schroeder

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May 2026

Of Emulation, Copy Cats and Narrative Bias – Seeing Change in China on Its Terms

The Year 1000: A small portion of the Qingming Scroll from the Song Dynasty shows vibrant trade in a Chinese community.

May 10 • Christopher M. Schroeder

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April 2026

The Importance of the Right Questions

I still don’t know much; but my questions are getting better

Apr 27 • Christopher M. Schroeder

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March 2026

Argentina: Can Democracy Deliver?

My Notes from Buenos Aires

Mar 17 • Christopher M. Schroeder

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December 2025

How and What I Read, 2025

It was a magnificent year of reading.

Dec 14, 2025 • Christopher M. Schroeder

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Parallel Universes: My Notes from China Beyond the Headlines

Six years after my last visit, China is both accelerating and slowing, yet continues to reshape global competition in ways we too often miss. Here is…

Dec 1, 2025 • Christopher M. Schroeder

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June 2025

The Mentors' Mentor

Remembering Harold Tanner

Jun 28, 2025 • Christopher M. Schroeder

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Defense Tech, Innovation and Regulatory Capture: No Longer the Luxury of Time

Notes from among the innovators and lessons from the ground

Jun 8, 2025 • Christopher M. Schroeder

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May 2025

The New Idea of India

Notes from three weeks across tech, business and policy. It is clearly their moment, and a moment of global re-ordering. But as is globally so, with…

May 18, 2025 • Christopher M. Schroeder

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January 2025

Deepseek: Sputnik on Steroids

If this has happened in generative AI, what next?

Jan 27, 2025 • Christopher M. Schroeder

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The Global Lessons From Doing Business in Russia

Cautions of Narrative Bias Then and Now

Jan 8, 2025 • Christopher M. Schroeder

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December 2024

Books Read, 2024

“By the age of 70, he who doesn’t read will have lived only one life. He who reads will have lived 5000 years. Reading is immortality backwards.” …

Dec 22, 2024 • Christopher M. Schroeder

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