https://www.scmp.com/rss/501742/feed Imran Shamsunahar is a freelance writer focusing on the Asia-Pacific, currently based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com “The future is Asian,” boasts Parag Khanna, a Singapore-based consultant in his recent book of the same name. Khanna believes that as American unipolarity begins to ebb, the Asian regional system will increasingly begin to exert itself on the world stage, reorienting the global economy, altering geopolitics, and elevating the appeal of Asian cultural norms worldwide. Certainly, there is much evidence to support Khanna’s thesis. Asia now accounts for 50 per cent of global GDP and two thirds of... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3022196/world-headed-asian-future-not-if-we-dont-admit-some-inconvenient?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3022196/world-headed-asian-future-not-if-we-dont-admit-some-inconvenient?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Aug 2019 11:32:09 +0000