This week’s readings/links include a conversation with Peter Frankopan on where Central Asia fits into the complex global jigsaw puzzle that forms today’s shifting and evolving world, a wide-ranging interview with Hugh Young of Aberdeen Standard Investments, Bill Janeway on the “three-player game” between government, capital and industry, GMO’s James Montier’s late cycle lament and a Guardian profile of the Sri Lankan architect Minnette de Silva.

• How does Central Asia slot into the global jigsaw puzzle?: A conversation with Peter Frankopan.
• Hugh Young: Wide-ranging interview with the head of Asia at Aberdeen Standard Investments.
• Interview with Bill Janeway: The “three-player game” between government, capital and industry.
• The late cycle lament: The dual economy, Minsky moments, and other concerns.
• Minnette de Silva: The brilliant female architect forgotten by history.