Kishore Mahbubani on ASEAN

Kishore Mahbubani is a Singaporean diplomat and past President of the UN Security Council. This four-minute insight into the similarities and differences between the Soviet Union and the United States – and how China embraced ASEAN is well worth watching.

As the world faces multiple threats, Mahbubani notes in other writing that 'Asia has benefited from a culture of pragmatism that treats political division as an impetus for closer dialogue', a sentiment strongly reflected in the inclusive nature of ASEAN.

Further reading: https://mahbubani.net/

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