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The Myth of the Asian Century
A Lowy Institute Paper
Bilahari Kausikan
In this interview, Bilahari Kausikan, one of Asia’s most respected and trenchant observers of modern geopolitics, discusses his new Lowy Institute Paper, The Myth of the Asian Century, with the Institute's Sam Roggeveen.
In this new book, published by Penguin, Kausikan challenges one of the most repeated assumptions in global affairs — that the 21st century will be Asian, just as the 20th century was American.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Bilahari Kausikan served as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singapore. Among many appointments during his 37 years in the Ministry, he was Singapore’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, Ambassador to the Russian Federation, and Ambassador-at-Large.
Sam Roggeveen is Director of the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program. He is the author of The Echidna Strategy: Australia’s Search for Power and Peace, published by La Trobe University Press in 2023.
