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Kishore Mahbubani: Has Covid-19 weakened the West?

Kishore Mahbubani: Has Covid-19 weakened the West?

A former Singaporean diplomat says the pandemic has shifted the global balance of power

The Interview · BBC World Service

August 21, 202022m 58s

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Show Notes

Increasing tensions between the US and China have plunged relations to the lowest level for decades. This comes at a time when the world is facing its worst recession in living memory due to the coronavirus. Could this lead to a reshaping of the global order? Zeinab Badawi speaks to former Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani, who believes that Covid-19 has fundamentally weakened the west. Is he right that this is now Asia's century?