Is the Asian Century over?

Fragmentation of rules-based order could give rise to an AI-driven 'Pax Technologica'

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Thitinan Pongsudhirak is professor at Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Political Science and a senior fellow at its Institute of Security and International Studies in Bangkok.

A quarter into the 21st century, the "Asian Century" seems to have lost its momentum.

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