Kishore Mahbubani discusses how years of Western hypocrisy and violence has caused its downfall. What can the West do to recover its political dominance, or has that ship now sailed?
For centuries, Western powers dominated the global order and mistook that moment for permanence. Join Former President of the UN Security Council. Kishore Mahbubani, who argues the shift now underway is not upheaval but historical rebalancing. Asian and other non-Western societies are not “rising” but returning to their natural weight in world affairs. The danger lies in Western refusal to accept this reality. The West’s clinging to primacy is distorting policy and fueling conflict.
“Arguably Asia’s most influential thinker.” – Martin Wolf
Kishore Mahbubani is a Singaporean diplomat and scholar. A former President of the UN Security Council, his work examines the geopolitics of Asia’s return to the global centre stage.
Source: YouTube – The West has sleepwalked into its downfall | Kishore Mahbubani