Prof. Kishore Mahbubani: a wiser approach for the West to take Asian 21st century is multilateralism

The roles of great powers, China, the US, Europe, in an increasingly multipolar world have resulted in complex power dynamics in the Asia-Pacific. With RCEP becoming effective at the start of 2022, the world’s largest trading bloc in history has been formed among a great number of Southeast Asian and Asia-Pacific nations, marking a milestone in the story of a returned Asia. On Jan. 18, 2022, CCG hosted a dialogue between four distinguished guests to offer views from Asia, the US, Europe, and China regarding the rise of Asia and its implications for an increasingly multipolar world. They are - distinguished scholar, diplomat, and Singapore’s leading voice on Asia Prof. Kishore Mahbubani who recently published The Asian 21st Century; a leading Asian expert from Johns Hopkins University SAIS Prof. Kent E. Calder; Prof. Kerry Brown, Director of the Lau China Institute at King’s College London, and CCG President Wang Huiyao. In his opening remarks, Prof. Mahbubani noted that Asia should send a than