The Front Row Podcast #63- Parag Khanna: Why The Future Is Asian
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Nov 21, 2025 
Join Parag Khanna, a global strategy advisor and bestselling author, as he explores Asia's rising significance in the world. He challenges the China-US narrative, emphasizing a multipolar Asia instead. Parag rewrites Asian history to highlight its current centrality in economics and governance. He advocates for technocracy, citing successful models like Singapore and Switzerland. Additionally, he discusses the accelerating pace of migration and its implications for future demographics, urging graduates to embrace mobility in their careers.
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Asia Is Multipolar, Not A US–China Duel
- Asia is a multipolar region within a multipolar world, not reducible to a US–China binary.
- Asian countries will avoid being dominated by a single external hegemon and act in their own interests.
A History Told From Asia's Angle
- Parag Khanna rewrote history from an Asian point of view to show continuous intra-Asian flows across millennia.
- That perspective reframes Asia as a self-contained civilizational actor, not merely a response to Europe.
The Present — Not Just The Future — Is Asian
- The present already is Asian: most people, GDP, trade, savings and infrastructure investment are in Asia.
- Accepting that fact requires a mental shift away from Eurocentric narratives.
