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At the 10th China Global Think Tank Innovation Forum, hosted by the Centre for China and Globalization (CCG), Danial Rahman, CEO of the Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI), joined the thematic roundtable “The Rise of the Global South — Is a Multipolar World or a Divided World in the Making?”
In this sharp and insightful intervention, Danial shares how ASEAN is evolving into a confident and pragmatic force in a shifting global order. Highlighting economic upgrades, growing regional leadership, and ASEAN’s unique “pragmatic multipolarity,” he argues that the region is no longer passive but actively helping shape global dynamics.
He also emphasizes that true power in a multipolar world will belong to nations that can uplift their people — reducing poverty, driving innovation, and ensuring equitable prosperity.
At the 10th China Global Think Tank Innovation Forum, hosted by the Centre for China and Globalization (CCG), Danial Rahman, CEO of the Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI), joined the thematic roundtable “The Rise of the Global South — Is a Multipolar World or a Divided World in the Making?”
In this sharp and insightful intervention, Danial shares how ASEAN is evolving into a confident and pragmatic force in a shifting global order. Highlighting economic upgrades, growing regional leadership, and ASEAN’s unique “pragmatic multipolarity,” he argues that the region is no longer passive but actively helping shape global dynamics.
He also emphasizes that true power in a multipolar world will belong to nations that can uplift their people — reducing poverty, driving innovation, and ensuring equitable prosperity.
