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when dad Norman died 2010 , as biographer of von neumann and The Economist entrepreunerial revolution sub-editor of commonwealth goals end poverty and end hunger, and 2025report as deadline for raising all UN dreams, and what we now call the sdgs, he left small foundation funds for under 25s to go interview people all over the world starting moocwho
you can see many tech intel-good - examples at www.economislearning.com flowing up 73 years since dad met von neumann in princeton in 1951- von neumann asked Economist journalists wherever they went to trach what goods people united whenever they had first access to at elast 100 times more tech per decade
however i believe dad's favs might have been the wmoen empowerment students who quizzed fazle Abed on his 50 years of supporting billion bottom of pyramid asian village girls; the opportunity to mooc this came about because the japan ambassador to Bangladesh kindly invited fazle abed to chair 2 brainstorming dinners both to remember dad and to prepare for abeds's 80 th birthday wish party
we were inspired to revisit bangladesh 16 times when abed said while i understand your intention to value massive open online - dont ever moc me unless c=cooperation - so that's why our Abedmoon.com tribute is nicknamed 30 greatest cooperations of all time - if you think who can help update these please mail me chris.macrae@yahhoo.co.uk - especially if you see an opportunity to blend abed alumni and humans ai alumni and asian nations millennials
1961: dad was delighted when his frst 10 years of applying von ewumann question identified hisd war time enemy the japanese as not only doing good for themselves with hi tech 1960s but the world over- eg without a japanese calculators bigeset ever chip order, moores law and programmable chips would not have started compounding as early as 1965 and who knows siliicon valley might not have been able to inspire 1970s youth onwards the way jfk hoped moon shots would inspire every decade from 1960 on
by the way if you audit in usa who are the hi tech people there are as many asians as ahites - amazing when you compare population sizes and the fact that most of this is a west coast network- or perhaps not : pacific coastlines determines 70% of human beings lives - the atlantic coastlines are those we need to prevent risks from ending us all but otherwise not going to lead solutions- well not until translation ai is empowering cooperation ofmillennaials everywhere there is clean air to breathe
Exciting that Japan is hosting G7 next month and inviting indonesia to represent asean and vietnam to represent asia south
Asia's 3 most extrodianry stories for all milennilas and supporters of UN sdgs
what above zero sumetrades connected hi-tech japan krea s taiwan hk singapre - arguably the first n-s good news world has ever sustained
how asean developed until the ghastly happening in myanmar
how billiin rural women ended poverty buy building on rice and local health - the greatst economic miracle that bangaldesh and tropical inland china built since 1970
asean now has a lot of problems beyond myanmar -what does usa even mean by a comprehesice partnership across 10 natiosn of asean - I have yet to0 see 21st C usa help unite even 2 neigboring countriesd but welcome new cases if usa truly support the sdg generation
watch thisd space in may - not only japan g7 but indonedia hosting asean
----i am extremely worried about india or have bene until the chance of ex mastercard banga leading world bank- in dc i havent heard a sensible briefing on india since 20008 subprime so hope that banga tear up all the fame news stories of india and then we can also enjoy india hosting g20
more on understanding asean
According to the ASEAN Secretariat, the total merchandise trade between ASEAN and the seven countries I listed amounted to approximately USD 1.8 trillion in 2020. Here's a breakdown of the trade percentages between ASEAN and each of these countries for that year:
and of course asean is many things the first 2 countries in asia i visited in 1982 (start of 60 asian work epxpereibces) were indoensia tahnks to unilevever and singapire - i love them bot a slow rising giant and teh fastest development of any 6 million people - I also love hong kong and sort of wish it had been eligible to be in asean - nb in what follows brunei is an outlier rich for its people while cartbon rules the world Brunei is a small country with a population of around 460,000 and a land area of only around 5,700 square kilometers. However, it is one of the richest countries in the world on a per capita basis due to its significant oil and gas resources.
I was privileged to live in Oxbridge for about 5 years and to treat myself to lifetime membership of oxford and cambridge unions which host the debates. I love these because I have never heard a debate where I agree wholly with one side or the other (not even when my dad led a motion)
but experiencing these debates keeps students more open minded than elderly profs and added bonus by 1976 confirmed my father's 1976 survey entrepreneurail revolution in the economist - before we get globally and locally connected we need media to help us rid ourselves of bipolar left-right arguments as being the only solutions to anything
In this regard I find singapore's mahbubani fascinating - i dont agree with everything he says but when he proposes the motion that the west has been racist to asians implying they have less brainpower than the west and worse has tried to play off asian nations separately instead of help unite them - I vote aye with mahbubani - here's a mail that he sent me this month; I assume its ok to replicate;
AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS
12 APRIL 2023
WITH KISHORE MAHBUBANI
https://www.australianforeignaffairs.com/afamonthly/the-view-from-singapore
It is understandable that Australian leaders may feel insecure, even paranoid, about Australia’s future in the Asian twenty-first century. As Western power recedes from the world – especially from East Asia – Australia and New Zealand will be left stranded as lonely Western outposts in Asia.
But it’s fatal to find emotionally comfortable solutions to difficult geopolitical challenges. This is the fundamental problem with AUKUS. It provides comfort by creating new bonds with one’s old Anglo-Saxon brothers. It doesn’t address Australia’s strategic dilemmas.
Since Australia’s friends and allies are far away, it makes sense for Australia (unlike Canada) to develop a strong domestic defence capability for deterrence. Similarly, it makes sense for Australia to preserve its alliance with the US. But the UK? In 1950, the UK was the third-largest economy in the world. By 2050, it will struggle to be in the top ten. And when Britain feels that its domestic needs are more important than distant alliances, it drops those allies. It’s no secret that both Australia and Singapore were abandoned in World War II. And that Britain shut down its naval base in Singapore in 1968 when budgetary pressures increased. It’s always a mistake to bet on the past. Better to bet on the future.
There’s no question that Australia’s most important neighbour for the next hundred years will be Indonesia. Australia will have to develop a close relationship with Indonesia (and its other ASEAN neighbours). And this is what makes the AUKUS decision so dangerous – Australia has sent a signal that it’s not going to work on enhancing its security by working more closely with its neighbours. Indonesia clearly felt that Australia was poking it in the eye. In response to the AUKUS deal, it used diplomatic language such as, “Indonesia stresses the importance of Australia’s commitment to continue meeting all of its nuclear non-proliferation obligations” and “Indonesia calls on Australia to maintain its commitment towards regional peace, stability and security in accordance with the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.” Since the Javanese are always understated in expressing their concerns, such clear statements register the extent of Indonesia’s unease over AUKUS.
Many Labor leaders in Australia, in the past, have understood that it would be unwise for the country to emerge as an Israel in its region. By doing so, Australia would be militarily strong but politically isolated and psychologically insecure for the long term. Hence, for several decades, Australia has wisely cultivated close relations with ASEAN and tried to swim in the same direction. I experienced this personally in the mid-1990s when I served as the permanent secretary of the Singapore Foreign Ministry. At that time, we were working on the idea of a community of twelve, including the ten ASEAN countries and Australia and New Zealand. This would have brought Australia closer to South-East Asia, providing a gentle geopolitical buffer for Australia. Since then, Australia and ASEAN have drifted further apart in their management of geopolitical challenges. While most ASEAN countries have generally improved their relations with China, Australia’s ties with China, despite recent improvements, remain fraught with tension.
AUKUS isn’t designed to protect Australia today. It is designed to protect Australia in the middle of this century. And what will the world look like in 2050? In one possible scenario, the US could still be the number one power in the world, with the strongest military capability in East Asia. If this happens, Australia will be well-protected. In a second scenario, which seems more likely, China will emerge as the leading economic power in the world, with the strongest military capability in East Asia, and the US will reduce its foreign entanglements and diminish its presence in East Asia.
This is the fundamental problem with AUKUS. For $368 billion, Australia will be more secure in a favourable world in which the United States is still number one. Yet, for the same amount of money, Australia will feel less secure in a world in which China emerges as number one. China need not project its power militarily. Its political and economic influence will be enormous. In symbolic terms, Australia could well become like Cuba: a fiercely independent country that refuses to bend to the will of the dominant regional power but is politically isolated from most of its neighbours. The ASEAN states have carefully tried to maintain good ties with both the United States and China. But the approach taken by ASEAN states doesn’t mean they are destined to kowtow to Beijing. For example, they have stood firm on their draft of a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea. At the same time, they have been enhancing their economic ties with China and working to develop a mutually beneficial relationship.
It’s unlikely that Australia will only have extreme choices, such as becoming an Israel or Cuba in East Asia. Fortunately, Australia is well integrated into the region’s economy. It has wisely joined all the major regional trading arrangements, including the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. Yet, if Australia continues to swim in a different geopolitical direction from others in the region, it will be perceived to be drifting away from its neighbourhood and will become psychologically isolated.
What’s truly shocking about Australia is that its knowledge and understanding of its immediate neighbourhood is remarkably poor. Australia has no idea what a powerful partner ASEAN could be. Many in Canberra, for example, celebrate Australia’s current closeness with Japan in the Quad. Japan’s economy was eight times bigger than ASEAN’s in 2000. However, it’s now only 1.5 times bigger. By 2030, ASEAN’s economy will be bigger than Japan’s.
By working with AUKUS partners, such as the UK, or with Japan, Australia is betting on the past. It’s certain that the future will be different. The time has come for Australia to make cold and rational calculations on how to adapt to this Asian century, which will bear no resemblance to the American century. AUKUS is a walk back to the past, not the future.
Kishore Mahbubani is a distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, whose books include The Asian 21st Century and Has China Won?
in this case hk- henry kissinger and the 100 chniese americans to learn most with - a network started nearly 40 years ago by begun by louvre architect designer the late great Pei and current silk road ensemble director yo yo ma
2018's annual event in santa clara was one of 5 fav conferences of all time - it was the first time i had seen aiib leader on american soli after his wonderful hosting of aiib korea 2017 and I had never understood everything jerry yang and fei-fei li have given the world until their fireside talk
