How the West can adapt to a rising Asia | Kishore Mahbubani

As Asian economies and governments continue to gain power, the West needs to find ways to adapt to the new global order, says author and diplomat Kishore Mahbubani. In an insightful look at international politics, Mahbubani shares a three-part strategy that Western governments can use to recover power and improve relations with the rest of the world.
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[@jameslovesapeacefulworld341]

Huge respect to this Singapore-born Indian! Rational, gentle, solution-oriented, future-oriented.

[@jameslovesapeacefulworld341]

@legal eagle Both China and India have thousands of years of civilizations. China and India have been neighbors and brothers also for thousands of years. Most of the time, the two civilizations interact peacefully and fruitfully. Occasional quarrels are unavoidable. Unlike US, China and India are not bombing the whole world, meanwhile standing on the moral high ground, pretending to spread peace.

[@jameslovesapeacefulworld341]

@legal eagle Also, what I learned about observing Europe and US. They stir things up and muddy the water for their own benefits. And, they have to be right about everything. If you disagree, they bully you and bend your will.

[@raymonddon8875]

china # 1 and india # 2

[@logicrule]

Singaporean, no such thing as Singapore born indian...they are different people indian and singaporean

[@xena6894]

@@logicrule nope. There are Singaporean of Indian ancestry, chinese ancestry and Malays

[@tribhuvantuladhar7237]

West is not thinking to adapt to a rising Asia, but rather, how to twist the Asian success into western dominance.

[@Joy-hi6jl]

@John Shen yeah west so strong, that they need to boycott Huawei lol

[@farooqmuh5033]

@@Joy-hi6jl still huawei is winning ;)

[@QueenCece6]

@@farooqmuh5033 Huawei is dead in the water, a dead man walking

[@phatle2737]

lmao india and china only "rising" because the west let export their labor to your country and help with trade, please stfu and be grateful instead of being tribalistic ungrateful brat.

[@mo0on487]

@@phatle2737 this sentence doesnt sound very rational to me

[@XYang-lf1ew]

As an asian we should keep the asia part peace and unit together. Lets leave the unimportant difference in ideologies apart and develop together. What, the people hate us want to see, is a chaotic asia like the middle east or arab winter. Lets make the world prosperous peacefully. Proud to be asian!

[@dandankokorohikareteku2620]

China is not asia , Asia is a diverse place

[@XYang-lf1ew]

@@dandankokorohikareteku2620 funny, keyboard warrior

[@keyvanmehr]

@@dandankokorohikareteku2620 Japan is not Asian. It’s a dog of Anglo-Zio-nist empire located in Oceania

[@hungmanxxxx2462]

WOW !!!!! 3rd to 1st world country in Singapore!!!!! Sooooo much wisdom in this man .... hopefully the US and western powers can gracefully accept this wisdom and adapt to this new world

[@hg1288]

I watch this video on Mar 2022 and I like to report to you THE WEST IS STILL SLEEPING AND SNORING TOO! hahahaaaa

[@kaimingraymondchoi9909]

In the eyes of Americans, "Let America great again" is not application of wisdom. Instead what they see is: Americans are powerful enough to do whatever they like. D Trump and Pelosi are classic examples.

[@_Wai_Wai_]

@@hg1288 The West woke up, but is haggard, and their home is in disarray.

[@ericteng7725]

Sometimes, it's better to let destiny run it's course. For better or worse it leads us to a neutral reality that eventually will work out all right.

[@siewbernard2558]

@@ericteng7725u

[@jonsnow3960]

This guys speaking skills are gold its so smooth and no uummms and eeehhhs

[@yliuos]

Mr. Mahbubani talked like he was talking to a three year old, taking great care not to hurt the ego of the west.

[@Spreadshit101]

Haha, nice way to put it

[@diannnamutant3019]

Even though he did not mentioned about China but he was actually mentioning about China's system and success without saying (China)

[@acharya8959]

Ok 🙏

[@darbyheavey406]

Asia should talk…Pol Pot, Mao, Ghengis Khan, Tamerlane….

[@ghostpeppered4524]

He's been speaking on this point for 10 years now. I think he has run into enough American reactions to reach the optimized message we see here. I am sure it is based on feedback and not anything negative.

[@TheUmaragu]

A great speaker; it will take decades for the Western nations to respect and accept emerging Asian nations and adjust to a multi-polar world.

[@user-yn2me9ee9t]

europe will be crushed

[@zhoubaidinh403]

Not going to happen...they have a need to dominate!

[@gstlb]

You don’t know how long it will take.

[@LooNciFeRx]

Thanks to this singaporean putting things into clarity. Someone from an island country can see things so clearly while the people from major powers cannot.

[@angusmckenzie9622]

@ Allen Lau. “thanks to this Singaporean…”. I’m from an island country which isn’t a major power. The most clear thing I can see is that Mahbubani is at least a decade out of date so irrelevant and my island country is bigger than his.

[@LLcreates]

​@@angusmckenzie9622 Explain how so? All he's doing is championing peace and cooperation. Peace is never out of date.

[@angusmckenzie9622]

@@LLcreates" Explain how so? All he's doing is championing p..." All those years ago, pre Xi, China, sponsored by the US and Australia, looked like being a force for good in the World. Surviving 40 Mil unnecessary deaths among the peasantry because of Mao's arrogant self assessment as a great man when he was just a fat little nobody, promoted beyond...for another time and place. We welcomed China out of it's dark ages, encouraged its attempts at modernisation and took joy in the rise from poverty of those we were allowed to see, little did we know. Had China concentrated on economic development, the rise from poverty of its people and engagement with the rest of the World, there would have been peace. Xi's aggressive assertion of China as a global power, it had never been that, despite CCP propaganda, put an end to World peace. Xi is likely to oversee the annhilation of the Han Chinese in a nuclear holocaust. Mahbubani ignored the perfidy and continues to trumpet the rise of the East and the inevitable dominence of CCP China. Deluded fool.

[@wingkeungkong415]

@@angusmckenzie9622 actually It is the rise of Asia This is the asia era not just china It is the Western power travelling thousands of miles away to attack other small country

[@roeyearl9431]

The west mindset: I'll get upset if you're as rich or richer than me.

[@nguyenhoanglong420]

Nope!!!

[@pianotimer1733]

That’s why trump gets upset with China. Haha, these stupid people!!! Their never going to claim China, it’s developing faster than America. Oof. Soon enough, they’ll be quite successful but still kind. (Ps: this maniac on the KZbin screen is just lying through his teeth. The graphs are wrong to. I searched that one up, can’t believe he’s can be so chill and not get nervous when lying) hahahahahaha!

[@pianotimer1733]

legal eagle, I already can see your from the USA. Your an idiot, that’s why! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Sorry, not all of you’s are, but a good 60% of trump supporters are!

[@pianotimer1733]

John Shen, correct. So basically saying in short, he is a idiotic schadenfreude. Like all trump supporters now and most us civilians

[@pianotimer1733]

Lee Ruan, why like yourself. Your not honest with yourself are you, 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@tanchiiann4237]

Ohh..Kishore Mahbubani was twice UN Embassador before👍👍👍

[@thisiskevin1000]

Twice as president of the UN General Assembly and Singapore's permanent representative

[@xizhang7947]

Kishore is sincere, honest, wise and precise. 3M will be remembered as the wisest philosophical guide to western politicians.

[@ifuknjk]

kishore is a carpet-begger selling snake oil

[@xizhang7947]

@@ifuknjk based on what， you said so？ Respect others please，if it is not too hard

[@mikej7648]

@@ifuknjk it's the best choice western can have, or face dead end.

[@ifuknjk]

@@xizhang7947 when K takes money 4 his talks he must accept blow back unless he does it 4 free

[@noobadinsaan369]

@@ifuknjk Y the hatred bro?

[@nachogonzalez3961]

Kishore Mahbubani, you are one fantastic speaker! I really love your ideas and your manner of communicating them.

[@KKAw49]

In the early 90s, Kishore asked, can Asian Think? Has he asked "Can Westerners Think?" Andrew Yang is asking the US to Think Harder.

[@googleuser7219]

KK Aw #YangGang

[@JohnPap21]

Yes we can think. Robots and AI are right in the corner. So start reducing your population in Asia before you eat each other.

[@Chaser4906]

Yang2020 !!

[@andrethorpe6183]

Unfortunately, the North American educational systems are creating dumbed down, non questioning, irrational paper certified robotons unable to think and adapt to a rapid continuously changing global environment, influenced additionally by a cultural bias that it's people are the greatest minds.. Funny how that results in the the need for the growth of the nation to be dependent on the importation of education skilled professionals (H1B visas) from foreign countries while the local populations focus on service related soft skills that produce little tangible productive goods that society requires to sustain life. The key reason for the decline of the western economic competitiveness.

[@doryfishie2]

@@JohnPap21 The elites are doing the inventing and innovating. You're not the ones doing so. Most Americans aren't thinking. Point still stands.

[@concernedcitizen6577]

Mr. Mahbubani is a great intellect and communicator. Pacing is slow so that you can think, too bad many commenters just want a barrage of information without digestion. His 3M prescriptions is the recipe to a world with safer and more peaceful world.

[@induchopra3014]

He is right. East has a logic and rationality of its own. It works. East is wise

[@dimanasana7715]

Respect to Singapore-born Indian Dr.Kishore Mahbutani, Clever, well educated man, rational, full wisdom. Thank you Dr. Kishore 🙏

[@Youngcl77]

China did the same thing, went to sleep during the late Ming dynasty while the west were waking up. We were so full of our selves we didn’t believe anything that the west has to offer and closed our boarder. And look what that has brought to us. Hundred years of humiliation. We’ve learned our lessons, only hope that the west doesn’t walk our path

[@popkhorne5372]

Precisely. That is exactly what is happening.

[@xwah5016]

U mean the Qing Dynasty

[@Xind0898]

@@xwah5016 Ming Dynasty's famous navy voyage lead by Zheng He was the first-ever world surveyor way ahead of any wesetern civilization, Australia was first discovered by the Ming Fleet, but after several missions, the Ming court ordered the exhibition to cease and stop, thus ended China's communication with rest of the world.

[@xwah5016]

@@Xind0898 yes, that is true, Zheng actually traveled to many other places and traded w them instead of colonizing the ppl or forcing them into slavery. There is one story where some of the crew stopped in Africa and when they had to leave, they would cut off a piece of their hair and give it to the women, which is a deep meaning.

[@coroner2141]

How strong is the remembrance of the "hundred years of humiliation" in the average Chinese person? Is it just something that you learn in history class and don't really think about after, or is it an integral part of your identity?

[@sniper0X]

TED is way ahead of our time. When something is trending, I see video of TED talks, uploaded 5 years ago.

[@MichaelCKWong]

Covid 19 puts his words into greater perspective now.

[@dandankokorohikareteku2620]

Really

[@dandankokorohikareteku2620]

So true

[@dandankokorohikareteku2620]

China number 1 Hong Kong number 2

[@ebaypolice8761]

Each country has its own problems. Why western countries always judge and criticize Asian countries? If western countries try to focus on its own problems and tackle those issues, I think that would be good enough. If your working colleagues keep on judging you for no reason every day, what do you think? how do you feel?

[@yuweiyan8835]

维京文明的血液决定的

[@MrStevepga1]

One of the best professional speech by prof mahbubani. Ever words, sentences and pauses are priceless. Should be taken very seriously.

[@rbmfoods]

Hats off to this brilliant statesman! 🙏 Honoured to be a Hindu Sindhi!

[@squidster3128]

Bravo! Bravo! Encore! This was a magnificent performance by Prof Mahbubani. He soundly trounced that minion with facts and eloquence! Bravo! Your fan from Malaysia.

[@sochivykhieng8805]

It is a complete privilege listening to Professor Mubarak's analysis and recommendations. Thanks so much for giving me your book on ASEAN Miracles..

[@thebestevertherewas]

Madhubani*

[@Whatisnottaken]

@@thebestevertherewas Mahbubani*

[@beautyofnepal8531]

I am from Nepal.. Nepal is compelled to enter the western values in the constitution because America is behaving like the cruel boss they give huge pressure to every small contries ...we don't want anymore hagemony by West

[@JohnNordic]

Because western values are superior to your ancient barbaric values. How do you think the west got such a position of power in the world in the first place? Because of the way we think.

[@thegentlemensgame]

@@JohnNordic Nope, the west got into the position of power by stealing, raping and murdering others from africa and asia. Also - the west time on top is now over. This is the asian century.

[@AlearonTagasgi525]

John Nordic Barbaric? Oh my god, westerners tell the world they are open minded and seeks equality while smashing and debasing other cultures’ value. What a hypocrite. Cultures are like species and plants in the earth, the more the better, the more the healthier the planet. USA after George Floyd’s death shouted they want equality inthe country, and you racist comment just revealed that westerns dont know what equality actually means. It means respect, and peace. And you are welcome

[@beautyofnepal8531]

𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓼 𝓫𝓪𝓻𝓫𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓬

[@yomaze2009]

This was an excellent TED talk, though too short to break through most western educational programming (which I expecienced). Similar to the stock market, if the average belief is that "our situation is getting worse and their is nothing we can do about it" that will become our self fulfilling prophecy.

[@condorX2]

It would be better if he just get to the point. To many fillers and cliff hanger make this video really boring.

[@nattaphatpanyasang266]

Well, for some reasons , it make me crave for more explanation which I believe can be found in his book.📚

[@gstlb]

I don’t think you’re right. Don’t underestimate the west’s ability to adapt, after trying everything else first!

[@anthonyfong4922]

Mr Kishore is truly a brilliant man with a vast worldview that is exemplary of what others should try and emulate.

[@shamshassan8848]

He has a point, great future lies ahead for humanity. Let's embrace it TOGETHER.

[@jimio2900]

Mr Kishore is a very nice and a very humble person , i have a nice experience once , back in 2009 when i was mediating and handling a repeating commercial problem involving my company's sub-con. And the best part i manage to settle amicably and i felt honoured for his kindness. 😉😁. I used to be a problem solver for my company and loved to help other departments as well when needed. I only like to listen to the good stuff .😁

[@14yourtube]

Time will tell how accurate Kishore TED Talk is. Given human nature and the history of the world any thing can happen.

[@SS-te1we]

The globalization and new technology will surely reduce the disparity of development in the world. The African can have peace, Asian can have better education etc. Maybe in the future, a a worker in India can earn the same salary as a worker in USA if they do the same work. A student in Africa can have the same education as a student has in USA with out any discrimination. But the developed country will not be happy to see it, because they think there is only one cake which is the world, if you take more I take less. That's why the technology is so important. Reduce the communication barriers. Enhance the productivity to make the cake bigger so that the rest 6 billions population in the world can have a piece of cake too. Less disparity less discrimination less war and killing. It's what the technology shall do.

[@liaquatarain5338]

Very true

[@raymonddon8875]

USA # 1

[@carpy1252]

Imagine how powerful the region can be if India and China joined forces.

[@annan4843]

USA will never let India develop like China.

[@tqri9795]

As Chinese, I sincerely wish our neighbours, including India, North/South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and Japan can drop our prejudice and focus on how to promote economics and facilitate cultural communications. Why would we become enemies just because of America's manipulation that telling everyone China is a threat and he will threaten every country and everyone in the world? I can assure you that, China's culture that lasts for several thousand years has put the will of peace deep in our subconscious. That's the reason why China had never dominated the world when he was the greatest empire in history, and also why China would never dominate the world in the future. Rome, Spain, Portugal and the Great Britain, they all tried to conquer the world when they become powerful, bringing poverty and slavery to the world though they called this "civilization", but China did not. That's surprisingly simple, right? But unfortunately, the western countries and even those surrounding countries won't believe what we believe. They just hypothesize what we will do because they would definitely do if they are in the state of China. There is an ancient word in Chinese, "Gauge the heart of a gentleman with one ' s own mean measure ". That is exactly what the countries treating China with hostility are doing.

[@user-pr9vi4ze4j]

Some people only believe in conspiracy theories, because they are based on the aggressor as the benchmark and strong as the standard of respect. Not virtue, nobility, and the goodness of the soul.

[@mallikarjunpatil7816]

As indian totally agree we were so ignorant during industrial revolution era we simply didn't understand it's importance and laged behind result:our forefathers lived in poverty and faced many problems but not any more we can rise even more if chinese and Indians collaborate with each other future of Asia depends on relationship of both our countries

[@tqri9795]

​@@mallikarjunpatil7816 A union of China and India could become the greatest power over Western countries to reshape the world, considering we have the largest population around the world and the two countries are bordered. We have the natural advantages to facilitate cultural communication, economic transactions and even political relations. Regrettably, the current situation is that India is standing together with the US against China. We should be friends but not enemies.

[@shree711]

Please explain what cultural communication China is doing with Pakistan. Both countries don't know anything about each other. Just pure mischief.

[@jayy1980]

@@shree711 you are deluded…

[@69timtan69]

He is being too kind to the West.

[@yurigansmith]

He's an ex-diplomat and still has this approach towards the mainly Western audience.

[@pr0newbie]

@Lee Grant Indeed. I am grateful for a lot the West has shared and built. I hope the West is open to our sharing too.

[@pr0newbie]

@Lee Grant I wasn't referring to products, but on east Asian perspectives and knowledge. When it comes to learning from/about Asia, the West tend to have open behaviours and closed minds. Your perspective on how the world will no longer advance and has worsened by mentioning manufacturing in Asia (and China specifically) smacks of condescension. Ancient Asian civilizations discovered math, the compass, gunpowder, porcelain pottery (which the Dutch butchered) and so much more. Japanese electronics and cars, mocked in the 60s, trounced most of the Western competition in the 80s in innovation, quality and price. In recent times, Huawei was the 1st to have end-to-end 5g infrastructure available for sale to the world. That's why the US banned it. Fintech in China is more advanced than the rest of the world such that if my Resume contains Ant Financial, any bank in the world would be happy to hire me in a relevant digital position. I believe all civilizations will continue to advance and contribute unique solutions to the world and I hope you continue to believe that we as a human race will continue to innovate and grow closer.

[@pr0newbie]

@Lee Grant what are you high on

[@pr0newbie]

@Lee Grant Again you confuse equality with superiority.

[@iamgreat1234]

China has 129 Fortune Global 500 companies, the largest Sinopec £ 450 bilion in 2018.

[@zenlei8258]

Wrong info. China corporations have lost market value.

[@mikej7648]

@@zenlei8258 open your eyes

[@zenlei8258]

@@mikej7648 All China corporations are technically bankrupt if not for bail out money.

[@zenlei8258]

Sinopec is a bankrupt if not bailed out. The valuations is fake.

[@iamgreat1234]

If every country in the world trade in Yuan, Sinopec income will be higher, 3 or 4 trillion revenue in 2018.

[@johannbrauer9285]

Mr. Mahbubani, one of the greatest minds of our lifetime, is available free on Tube. How is that possible?

[@ranendranarayanbose7126]

India and China need to trust and work with each other if they are to prosper

[@dandankokorohikareteku2620]

India still retains the British colonial education system

[@nikhilkay1]

@@dandankokorohikareteku2620 so does the rest of the world.

[@dandankokorohikareteku2620]

@@nikhilkay1 you didn't get the point. I am talking about their colonized mindset. It's nothing to do with other countries , anyway not every country follows the British education system. Your a fool kid

[@nikhilkay1]

@@dandankokorohikareteku2620 just coz 10% of the population of India speaks in fluent English doesn't mean they have colonized mindset. Most of the elites of east asia are western educated. It doesn't matter where knowledge comes from. You don't have to hate the knowledge if it's superior to yours. Yeah, some part of Indian education system is likely influenced by British but not everything. And India is changing and updating it's education policy in a major way recently.

[@farhanniloy7552]

@@nikhilkay1 India always have more common to the west like freedom and intellectual traditions than China.

[@RajPaulSeattle]

A breakthrough speech on an important change of our times. Thank you.

[@vl2378]

this is beautiful,,,honestly,,,one of the best speeches i've ever listened to

[@alekspapez]

Seems like half the commenters didn't watch the video before they left an angry message.. Great Talk Mr Mahubani!

[@emoryotott2055]

I watched the video 3 times before commenting

[@lamo048507]

Indeed good speech

[@rahmatadam9218]

Kishore amaze.. suggest The West not to sleep, but wake up with three M : Minimalist, Multilateralist, and Machevialianist.. love it.. 👍

[@smith2272]

Before: Under nourished! Now: Over nourished! I get that "OBESE" LMAO😂

[@michaelhuynh5760]

Great storytelling 👏

[@jgm6109]

I think few of the audience, understood, what minimalism in internationals relations means. And that’s why, the speakers it’s an expert, and he should down to earth the theory a little bit.

[@wapworld5472]

Power, even knowledge can breed arrogance. selfishness or protectionism and that's what the majority of Western society has become.

[@muhammadwaraich5603]

This is a good talk

[@OceWhat12345]

Shhh... Don't wake the Americans, keep them to be arrogant, let them sleep the sleep, dream the American dream. In this way, we can keep doing the business, earn their money.

[@jheartu7036]

Asia : Exists Westerners : AsIA Is RiSInG

[@booksintamil]

that's what I thought

[@maximvsdread1610]

We think that because for the last 2000 years we invented the world you live in. So, now that you've adopted our ways we can see a new world that is different than the way it has been. You're welcome.

[@maximvsdread1610]

@Elevator, The only thing that the east gave the west was 'The Mongolian Horde, Bubonic Plague and Gunpowder. We had to invent walls, penicillin and the Second Amendment. When you say the Asians will take the scientific method to another scale do you mean like Unit 731 or, prisoner organ harvesting or the one child law? You make Joseph Mengele look like a philanthropist. Oh oh oh, maby you mean reverse engineering everything? Here's a concept Asians should adopt 'HUMAN RIGHTS'

[@petrosbaliouskas7293]

@@maximvsdread1610 you probably didn't bother with history during your school years. Babylonians, Assyrians, ancient Egypt, Persian empire, the Phoenicians, the Arab golden age. Here some topics for you to look up. The Greeks (who are the absolute base of the Western civilization along with Rome) acknowledged the impact most of these cultures had on them. But here you are now, 2500 years later, claiming the opposite

[@maximvsdread1610]

@Petros. Bruh. I have more documentaries on the subject than you can shake a stick at. From the 1950s all the way up to the 2000s. Western Philosophy, Pericles, 12 Tables, Cincinnatus, etc,etc,etc, Would you care to impress me with telling me what the beef between Ovid and Octavian was? There is a correlation with todays problems in the west. Lets see if you can make the connection. Thanks for the advise though I won't be needing it personally.

[@Therealist679]

The Western countries built their economic system and success on the back of African slavery which lasted for the best part of 400 years, by destroying Africa the west rose up, human and mineral resources were stolen on a scale that is unimaginable, next came colonialism, then segregation and apartheid. I hope people never forget this fact.

[@tigerkites]

On the flip side, the west brought modern technology to the rest of the world. As it wakes Asia. While it may seem cruel what the west has done, some of these past events may be unavoidable. The advance in science and technology caused imbalance of power, which leads to many things.

[@rockthecasbah6450]

Those mineral will forever be imbedded in the core of the earth if it was left to the native to extract them. Can you honestly say that the African could've done something with the mineral if it was up to them to extract those resources? Look at what is happening now in Africa, the modern day slavery and child labour in dangerous mine with no safety features and meager wages. Not to mention the rudimentary and pre histori method of extraction

[@hubertusfremerey3385]

@@rockthecasbah6450 what would be the worth of crude without the cars and airplanes invented in the West?

[@hubertusfremerey3385]

This is common rubbish. The West would have strived even without Africa. The fundament of Western dominance was math. sciences, and disciplined labour. These are the goodies that the West brought to Asia and the origins of modern wealth all over the world. Without the Western dominance during 1850-1950 the world would still be poor and ignorant.

[@raymonddon8875]

this is china... oldest surviving civilization, longest uninterrupted history & richest nation 2000 years ago, as well as richest nation on the planet today - well done china!

[@raymonddon8875]

life is good...

[@akashpatel8410]

😂😂😂

[@vancityband6577]

LKY would be proud of this speech.

[@akela1718]

There is an ERROR about Machiavelli, the speaker adapted just a little piece of the Machiavelli's though to his speech. When something is Machiavellian, it means that follow a good goal without be afraid of using immoral tools. If you want to know more, just look at his masterpiece "The Prince"

[@ChristianChua]

i was wondering the same thing

[@PhiloSurfer]

KIshore did mention that Machiavelli is not what most people think he is. This talk is too short for him to elaborate on this point. In his other talks, he did talk about Virtue, and how states, in order to do go, may have to do what appears to be evil.

[@muneebbhat3928]

Mr. Mabhubhani, always a treat to such.

[@cheem5ter]

Great talk and great speech! I was completely engaged. Although, I did think his point on Machiavelli wasn’t very clear.

[@angusmckenzie9622]

@Chee May Kwok Of course you would have thought it was a great speech, he was saying what all you sino simps want to hear.

[@xoho3462]

@@angusmckenzie9622or he’s saying everything that non whities are thinking and have been observing

[@laojiatou5161]

一位智者，良善的老师，有世界格局关怀人类的和平使者！

[@shakeelkunwar3488]

incredible speech

[@bhantechandima]

Thank you so much

[@kidonana6746]

if you like this, watch his interview with Gita Wirjawan. very insightful and enjoyable because the two are good friends

[@soulsfood4354]

果然這個老頭是說客，來頭不凡啊...難怪，都是中國人在此？我說呢，這裡的英語如此蹩腳怪怪？既然都是五毛在這裡招魂聚集？那就潑點冰水，不要再裝老外啦：醒醒，下跪的 膝蓋，沒了髕骨，支人就一輩又一輩下跪吧，不聽就抽！ 抽的你們魂飛魄散--也許就一下跳起來啦！

[@lifestory2223]

I have watched bro

[@zongbaobao4623]

Chinese invest a lot of money in education. That's why we have such brilliant people, people with such credibility to defend us.

[@kimmytran9020]

Can you show the sentence in ted talk to help anybody practice learning english? Thanks

[@sameedaris]

you can turn on subtitles by clicking on button in video player bar.

[@kimmytran9020]

@@sameedaris thank you 😗😗

[@gingermintrose]

We love Kishore Mahbubani! Cogent, balanced, and well thoughtout and well analyzed!

[@nknitinkush]

He is a wise man.

[@Sis-NextDoor]

He is !!

[@thewitcher8658]

no doubt about that.

[@pensieri2596]

very interesting

[@kongkong1364]

this was 2019. it seems to be the west esp the anglosphere and esp the usa has slid further down the slope of exceptionalism mindset and ideological extremism since then. and the reason is clear: it's difficult to convince someone who is holding the biggest guns to think & talk rationally. it's never easy for a nation or people who owns global hegemony to give it up willingly

[@JanineNgthegeek]

US has been struggled in too many wars. These wars has slow down Americans.

[@salmaadel6122]

Do not forget that the East has awakened the West for thousands of years the east has 7000 years civilization

[@generalripper7528]

The West is responsible for 80% of all scientific discoveries and inventions. But yeah the East was eating dust for the last 6950 years, so I guess that's something.

[@1337liteproductions]

@@generalripper7528 source?

[@generalripper7528]

@@1337liteproductions Dictionary of Scientific Biography.

[@asyersathanas666]

@@generalripper7528 mwahahahahaha when the europeans were enjoying their dark ages, China, India, & middle east already have a vibrant civilisations & long list of STEM achievements that the west stole from : astronomy, math, medicine, magnetic compass, seismograph, paper, paper money, movable printing press, gunpowder, cannon, mechanical clock, silk production, porcelains etc.... Even your aplhabet are originated in the middle east and your numerical number originated in india. Why the so called superior west cannot invent their own writing system? 😂

[@1337liteproductions]

@@generalripper7528 you either made that up or used a wholly outdated version because I couldn't find a single reference that states the west is responsible for 80% of all scientific discoveries and inventions. No doubt the west has accomplished some incredible things but there's no need to lie unless you're some fucking weirdo supremacist or something like that. Also your 'source' is a fucking reference book.

[@eklavyadobhal8068]

Rising Nationalistic politics in large Asian economies will only keep the ball in the court of Western countries with their sophisticated military arsenal and Asia's ever expanding need for them. May be it's time that the two largest Asian economies, especially India, shifts it's focus onto economic amelioration rather than the short sighted political infusion tendency into everything they talk about and do.

[@thisiskevin1000]

Which means neither BJP nor the Indian National Congress have this foresight. At least the two factions of Indian Communist parties are

[@RafaelW8]

great talk

[@Everest4Peace]

"Interdependent Relationship" is the core essence of Buddhism because it is based on the Natural Law of Universe which has been there since beginningless time and will be there endless time

[@DanielLiang]

Actually, because of different languages, Asian people have more wisdom in systematic management. But western people good at creative more. It's not absolute. The nature science is mainly developed by materialist.

[@victorsamuel8708]

India will be a super power in the future both militarily and economically of the world

[@charttrakarn3438]

He was born in Singapore not India. The way he thinks and approach thing is totally different.

[@liaquatarain5338]

Excellent Very knowledgeable talk

[@alexgoslar4057]

Obsessed with gaining superiority makes us forget that in commerce, business and politics, a monopole situation does not exist. Ignoring the need to negotiate a balance always results in an implosion.

[@gucciboy6804]

Great speech, hope the MAGA cult listens.

[@Auron_24]

good luck on that lol

[@sayaandyangsaya2756]

If the west can more "respect" everyone, many problems can solve immedially.

[@xiaogeju2011]

Prof Kishore Mahbubani, you are fantastic. I will follow you. In the German official media I´ve never heard your name. In the city that used to be the world city of the car production I only see an incredible deprofessionalisation which lead into amateurism. We don´t have creative destruction but destruction of motivation for people to be creative, the rise of unsane individuality. Regarding Machiavelli, I am not sure. Even during my education, the best know maxim of him was: The end justifies the means. And this is not what we actually should want, shouldn'´t we?

[@yinlong9829]

Thanks, professor! I am grateful for your enlightening wisdoms, yes, 12% needs to learn to work and compromise with 88%, spread your words as wide as possible, people need to hear them, maybe, just maybe, one day, change will happen, slowly but surely!

[@angusmckenzie9622]

@Yin Long "...I am grateful for your enlightening wisdoms, yes, 12% needs to learn to work and compromi..." It's nice to hear someone say what you want to hear, isn't it. Maububani has been running his fairy story about China and India being traditional World Powers whilst the West was a blip. That might have been the case when the Americas and Australasia were inhabited by hunter gatherers and whilst European people were still agricultural but its rubbish now. But for the US, China would still be a Japanese colony and India a British colony. China's in decline both economically and demographically and it's hubristic leaders look like leading it into a war with the US which will return it to a peasant agricultural society - if it survives.

[@yinlong9829]

@@angusmckenzie9622 stay healthy, keep watching!

[@angusmckenzie9622]

@@yinlong9829 I’ve been watching carefully since 2015 when CCP abandoned peaceful growth in favour of wolf warrior diplomacy, bullying of its neighbours, military expansionism, theft of Intellectual Property, annexation of the South China Sea, the Wuhan virus, cyber attacks, the collapse of the real estate and banking sectors and “support” for Putin. The trend is clear, although not to Mahbubani.

[@zenofox8635]

The share of total world GDP by region is obviously really impressive (1:28). However, I am wondering whether it gives an accurate picture because it does not take into account population size. Wouldn't you use GDP per capita by region to evaluate productivity and wealth? If anyone has any further resources on this, I'd appreciate if you shared these.

[@mshanlon94]

The infographic probably should have used GDP per capita but I think the point remains basically the same whether you use GDP, GDP per capita, GDP PPP, or GDP PPP per capita there will be stagnation in the West and great increases in China, India, and Asia since all four graphs would have looked pretty similar, or at least would have shown the same trend. My guess is they simply wanted to show the contrast in growth between the regions.

[@davidcopperfield2278]

what are you talking about ? we are not talking about productivity as such, who gives a crap, we are talking about countries as a whole because indirectly what he s saying is that the west will soon no longer be able to support its military machine

[@IkBenDigio]

@@davidcopperfield2278 which? The us is the only one with an real army

[@emoryotott2055]

@@IkBenDigio sorry, i hope you realize the west only consists of the US. no other nations count

[@Melliniumorder]

It doesn't really matter because most societies back then are monarchies so normal people don't get that wealth.

[@donaldjoseph3903]

Mr Kishore deserves to be China's foreign minister.

[@mawunyomorga8658]

🤣🤣🤣✌️

[@dianapoon9978]

I agree with just about everything he says here. I just want to add one thing. When US 'sleeps' after the publishing of 'The End of Civilization", it does so feeling that as long as other countries adopt US type of 'democratic' political elections, US can always have a trained pro-US candidate, under strong incomparable US support, win the leadership election. Thus US interests will always be guaranteed. So why not continue sleeping peacefully and sweetly !

[@unbiasyoutuber7117]

Man of wisdom !!!

[@RajeshYadav-vi5uf]

Sir, I am also from Madhubani and to say that your mother and her generation beleived that only fate matters, is absolutely wrong. Sir, I know you have got a name to say that you are wrong may hurt you, but better safe than sorry. Sir, you might have benefited a lot due to your stay in west and given that you have certainly earned a name for yourself, I have no right to simply say that you are wrong, I believe you are a bit carried away while describing west. Thank You Sir. God bless you.

[@anneward2066]

Can someone please explain Machiavelli in relation to the topic he’s discussing? Thanks.

[@visheshrao5629]

Try reading 'The originality of Machiavelli' by Isaiah Berlin

[@stevenw2933]

his first two Ms are kinda "naive" in Machiavellian terms because they are on a surface level too accommodating to the "opponents" of the west. His third point contents that, ok lets just assume that the goal of the west is to control, manipulate and contain a rising Asia (the most Machiavellian strategy possible). What would actually be the most effective policy? Well it turns out even in that scenario the best thing to do even if you have a Machiavellian frame is to minimize foreign intervention and engage in multilateral cooperation to attain your objectives.

[@hawkhea7527]

Steven wang read his book for more in-depth.

[@samahirrao]

He avoided giving the full detail because its a dirty thing. He is talking about Machivelli's most famous principle. Those who don't take a side are enemy of both. So west has to take side of one asian country against other.

[@peterkhew7414]

He's saying the West should be BFF with China's competitors.

[@TheRomankopler]

brilliant speech

[@sengheng3870]

So beautiful speech

[@tddunonpar3414]

I think one day the Asia will stand up .

[@soulsfood4354]

hehe, good dream....

[@acharya8959]

@@soulsfood4354 the US is falling

[@soulsfood4354]

@@acharya8959 YES,BUT ,This is just a short process of reflection, and then God will make America rise again

[@swayambhanvadiya8781]

@@soulsfood4354 the same god doomed Spain ,Britain ,Portugal and what not but china and india were historically prosperous even before the birth of any of ur western and middle eastern god . Soon Asia will dominate again .

[@soulsfood4354]

@@tengismunkhbat2854 给想知道的人知道，有些人不配知道，懂？

[@1Arifin]

Hi I from Indonesia, South East Asia...good idea minimalism...thank you TED, I love 95% of your video post....It's Inspiring...

[@lifestory2223]

Mantap

[@ongchinlam4631]

Mr. K. You speak honestly and true.keepgoing

[@alejandropflucker4857]

BRILLIANT.....ABSOLUTLY BRILLIANT.

[@gzpo]

It was "The West" that woke "The East". Actually, We wake each other over time.

[@crystaltan6471]

Yeah but now The West is falling while The East keep rising.

[@Fireballsocal]

Things rarely happen in a linear fashion. It's easy to look at the history of the world in the last 30 years and state that Asia is rising and England/U.S. is falling. Democracy plays a huge part in the success of the West. So does freedom. 2 ideas that aren't common in Asian societies. Chinas success in recent times is truly an amazing thing to behold but how will that success play out over time? Will the lower classes find a leader and revolt as they see the success and excess of their leadership? Will the liberal policies of the West lead to the downfall of the countries involved or will progressive thinking lead to an even more Utopian society?

[@junli6065]

Fireballsocal Actually, if you look further into history. Asia, and China in particular, has had more freedom when it comes to political philosophy, religion and public policy. China, even as an empire, was never as bad as the monarchs of old in Europe. Freedom and democracy became a great thing to modern Western countries because it was so lacking in the Dark ages.

[@ABhattacharya]

@@Fireballsocal India is a democracy, so is most of East Asia.

[@duckcheese123]

Watch on 1.25 speed

[@nick4636]

Lmao

[@tvm73836]

1.5 is better

[@abchernin]

There's something to learn from this man's rhethorical manner: the cadence draws you in, and every sentence has weight. Also helps tremendously as a workaround for a thick accent. But yes, if you only want the content, you can watch him comfortably at 1.25-1.5.

[@barborazemanova8745]

I watch every KZbin video at 2 speed...😂 hate when people speak slow

[@justicejohnson6513]

What a fantastic eye catching lecture .We thank God for the change of guard. White hegemony and superiority must be defeated.

[@theodorlee]

Too smart to be a western politician.

[@cmd2tuts]

Multilateral, the eastern globalism?

[@speedstriker]

Or the Westphalian dream that the West has been to lazy and complacent to realize?

[@ylx4219]

We can also call it pluralism

[@003mohamud]

@Heather Larson That is a huge lie. Asia is not better than the rest of humanity when it comes to "respecting differences". In the modern day you have the oppression and suppression of muslims in China, India, and myanmar, China and tibet and HK, india and pakistan. In the middle ages, you had the endless wars between China and the nomadic societies of the north, the conflict between Dai Viet and china, The Indian states fighting each other, the conflicts between tibet and china, Mainland Indochina fighting amongst each other, and so on and so forth. When there is a difference in culture/lifestyle/language/religion etc, human beings will resort to conflict more often than not. Do not pretend that Asia is some sort of paragon of peace.

[@royk7712]

@@003mohamud you do see western media ofc they feed you with negative image of china india myanmar. see them by yourself. i have a lot of chinese friend also a lot of western friend. they do have their own personalities but i can tell who is better or worse

[@003mohamud]

@@royk7712 First I am not attacking the Chinese lmao I took Chinese history and loved every minute of it. A long history changes nothing. As the saying goes, "the past is a different country". The China of today is not the same as the china 3 centuries ago, and so on. Look at the Greeks. They have just as long a history as the Chinese, and have fallen off a cliff in terms of nearly everything. Second, to judge someone based on their background is wrong. How can you judge someone just because they are Chinese or western? I am someone who dislikes nationalists, and I see this mentality alot among them, that woman above was one of them, her comment litter this comment section. They see the world with blinders on and are thus easily led. Asia is not the paragon of peace, but neither is the West or anywhere else. Even the island nations of Oceania know war and have practiced it. Maybe you should step away from whatever national media you watch and do some searching :)

[@mrsarcasm6885]

Asia always stood on its own but the west stood up by looting asia and africa no way west can beat Asia in fair terms

[@dandankokorohikareteku2620]

True

[@jayy1980]

You are correct. But also bear in mind population size. The real test would be if a white country has the same population, how it would fare, but that requires massive migration which only America and Russia has the land size to do

[@andyng248]

Indian and Singaporean, what a perfect match!!!!

[@Arugula100]

Brilliant insights. Great talk!

[@leky1325]

So what's the old M strategy? Money, media and military?

[@jheksp]

Minimalism, get use to.

[@yolitaquierevlc]

I don't quit understand Why a Rising Asia is a big issue for West?????!!!!!

[@ironturkey]

its not, were just slow to change

[@AlearonTagasgi525]

Cuz the West is hypocrite.

[@jacksonchen7916]

because their perception of chinese gov ruling of its own people... and they fear chinese gonna rule them or force the chinese gov way upon them, which the chinese has no interest lol, chinese might be interested in capitalism tho, but hey, u guys started and i learnt and now lets have fun. and the chinese wont be like usa dominating, they would act as they say more power and wealth needs to be more cautious and responsible in interacting with others during affairs.

[@jamesli1660]

Professor, you just hit on the head of nail !!!! Telling the fact is most powerful evidence to lie from Anglo-Saxon trash cans

[@Hassan_Rajput_PAS]

the West failed to react intelligently and thoughtfully to the new world environment created by the return of Asia, despite the early warning by Napoleon about the impact of China. He further explains how the West was responsible for waking up China and India and making them successful, after being the first civilization to successfully modernize and transform itself, and how it has helped by sharing its gifts of education and reasoning with the rest of the world. The sharing of Western wisdom led to three silent revolutions that led to a significant transformation of Asia. three revolutions. The first one is the economic revolution in which Asian countries have performed well because they adopted free market economics, which was a gift from the West. The second one is the psychological revolution that shifted the belief from fate to taking control and improving lives, which led to a spike in entrepreneurship throughout Asia. The third revolution is the good governance revolution. The speaker notes that the West should have adapted to the new world with the rise of Asia, but instead, the West became distracted with the end of the Cold War and the 9/11 attacks. The West did not adjust or adapt to the rise of Asia and its significance, which caused Western workers to lose their jobs and their incomes to stagnate. Kishore Mahbubani argues that the West should adopt a new "three-m" strategy to recover and come back in strength: minimalist, multilateral, and Machiavellian. Mahbubani recommends adopting a minimalist approach to prevent Western interference in many societies where it generates anger and resentment, accurately risking resources and spirits from Western societies. He then further explains the benefits of multilateralism by emphasizing the importance of working with the remaining 88% of the world's population, with the logical and rational answer being to work with everyone through the United Nations. Multilateralism is not just beneficial to solve problems but is also essential in ensuring global success. Kishore Mahbubani emphasizes the importance of multilateralism as the best approach for the West to constrain the rising powers in Asia and other developing countries, rather than relying on unilateral methods. He believes that the UN, as the only global village council, can play a significant role in promoting multilateral norms and institutions. Mahbubani also notes the West's pessimistic outlook on the future and encourages them not to fear the rest of the world if they adopt a wise strategy of minimalism, multilateralism, and Machiavellianism, stating that a great future lies ahead for humanity if we embrace it together.