In this interview, Mr John West discusses the future of Asia in the 21st century with AIIA WA’s Flavia Bellieni Zimmermann.
Mr John West is adjunct professor at Tokyo’s Sophia University and executive director of the Asian Century Institute. His recent book “Asian Century … on a Knife-Edge” was reviewed in Australian Outlook.
President Donald Trump embarked on his first tour of Asia to reassure the world about US commitment to the region. Yet it will take more than a good presidential tour to convince the skeptics.
With many of India’s rural farmers affected by the government’s mismanagement of the economy and the agricultural sector, their votes could be a decisive factor in determining the outcome in the country's elections.
In 2017 we finally realised that the four decades of geopolitical stability enjoyed by Asian countries and societies had come to an end. In 2018, the major patterns that will come to dominate the region will become increasingly clear.
