Forward thinking with Dr Parag Khanna
Asian geopolitical risks are rising with China flexing its military muscle and implementing sweeping reforms enabled by its centralised, command economy. China is the region’s largest and most populous economy, but more than three billion Asians are not Chinese.
In this interview of leading global strategist and author, Dr Parag Khanna, Foord portfolio manager Brian Arcese quizzes Khanna on his 2019 best-seller TheFuture is Asian and why he believes “the greatest wave of Asian growth is just getting going.”
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