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"Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The End of the Era of Western Domination
The Hypocrisy of the West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Trump, Macron and the Poverty of Liberalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Democracy or Plutocracy? America’s Existential Question . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Can America Escape Plutocracy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
What Do US Capitol Attack and the West’s Covid-19 Death Rates
Have in Common? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Was Trump Right or Wrong on China? Biden’s Answer Will
Shape the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Why the Trump Administration Has Helped China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Why American Presidents Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
What Biden Will Mean for the Rest of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 57
East and West: Trust or Distrust? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Great Battles Require Strategic Discipline—And Washington
Needs It in This Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
The Asian Renaissance
On the Dawn of the Asian Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
ASEAN’s Quiet Resilience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Asia, Say No to NATO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
East Asia’s New Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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Why the ‘India Way’ May Be the World’s Best Bet for Moral
Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
India’s Tryst with the Asian Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
India: A Brave and Imaginative Superpower? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 97
Can India Become Stronger Than China? Yes, It Can . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
The West Needs to Rethink Its Strategic Goals for Asia . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 109
Myanmar Coup Could Jump-Start US-China Cooperation,
Through Quiet Diplomacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Can Asia Help Biden? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
The Peaceful Rise of China
China: Threat or Opportunity? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
A ‘Yellow Peril’ Revival Fueling Western Fears of China’s Rise . . . . . . . . 129
Is China Expansionist? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
How Dangerous Is China? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
What China Threat? How the United States and China Can Avoid
War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
The Great Paradox of Donald Trump’s Plan to Combat China . . . . . .. . . . 155
HK People Must Understand They’ve Become a Pawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Covid-19 ‘Enhanced China’s Position in the World Order’ . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
How China Could Win Over the Post-coronavirus World
and Leave the US Behind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Why Attempts to Build a New Anti-China Alliance Will Fail . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Biden Should Appear ‘Tough & Fierce’ on China, but Cooperate
‘Below the Radar’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Biden Should Summon the Courage to Reverse Course on China . . . . . . 187
The West Should Heed Napoleon’s Advice and Let China Sleep . . . . .. . . . 191
Asian Inheritors of a Western Legacy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Globalization, Multilateralism and Cooperation
Globalization Is Dead! Long Live Globalization! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Can the World Order Catch Up with the World? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 215
Diplomacy: Power or Persuasion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Contents vii
UN: A Sunrise Organization? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Can the World Health Organization Be Rejuvenated? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Multilateral Diplomacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Can Humanity Make U-turns? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Appendix: Introduction to Kishore Mahbubani’s Collections . . . . . . . . . . 251
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263"

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> "Contents
> Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
> The End of the Era of Western Domination
> The Hypocrisy of the West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
> Trump, Macron and the Poverty of Liberalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
> Democracy or Plutocracy? America’s Existential Question . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
> Can America Escape Plutocracy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
> What Do US Capitol Attack and the West’s Covid-19 Death Rates
> Have in Common? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
> Was Trump Right or Wrong on China? Biden’s Answer Will
> Shape the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
> Why the Trump Administration Has Helped China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
> Why American Presidents Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
> What Biden Will Mean for the Rest of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 57
> East and West: Trust or Distrust? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
> Great Battles Require Strategic Discipline—And Washington
> Needs It in This Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
> The Asian Renaissance
> On the Dawn of the Asian Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
> ASEAN’s Quiet Resilience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
> Asia, Say No to NATO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
> East Asia’s New Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
> v
> vi Contents
> Why the ‘India Way’ May Be the World’s Best Bet for Moral
> Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
> India’s Tryst with the Asian Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
> India: A Brave and Imaginative Superpower? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 97
> Can India Become Stronger Than China? Yes, It Can . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
> The West Needs to Rethink Its Strategic Goals for Asia . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 109
> Myanmar Coup Could Jump-Start US-China Cooperation,
> Through Quiet Diplomacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
> Can Asia Help Biden? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
> The Peaceful Rise of China
> China: Threat or Opportunity? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
> A ‘Yellow Peril’ Revival Fueling Western Fears of China’s Rise . . . . . . . . 129
> Is China Expansionist? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
> How Dangerous Is China? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
> What China Threat? How the United States and China Can Avoid
> War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
> The Great Paradox of Donald Trump’s Plan to Combat China . . . . .. . . . . 155
> HK People Must Understand They’ve Become a Pawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
> Covid-19 ‘Enhanced China’s Position in the World Order’ . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
> How China Could Win Over the Post-coronavirus World
> and Leave the US Behind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
> Why Attempts to Build a New Anti-China Alliance Will Fail . . . . . . . . . . . 175
> Biden Should Appear ‘Tough & Fierce’ on China, but Cooperate
> ‘Below the Radar’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
> Biden Should Summon the Courage to Reverse Course on China . . . . . . 187
> The West Should Heed Napoleon’s Advice and Let China Sleep . . . .. . . . . 191
> Asian Inheritors of a Western Legacy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
> Globalization, Multilateralism and Cooperation
> Globalization Is Dead! Long Live Globalization! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
> Can the World Order Catch Up with the World? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 215
> Diplomacy: Power or Persuasion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
> Contents vii
> UN: A Sunrise Organization? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
> Can the World Health Organization Be Rejuvenated? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
> Multilateral Diplomacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
> Can Humanity Make U-turns? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
> Appendix: Introduction to Kishore Mahbubani’s Collections . . . . . . . . . . 251
> Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263"

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