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It's the "last hurray of colonialism", as my guest today, Dr. Ooi Kee Beng, puts it. The wars inUkraine and Iran are left-overs of a time that has already passed and is currently being supplanted by the realities of the Multipolar Order.Dr. Ooi, executive director of Penang Institute, discusses why Southeast Asia feels more hopeful than Europe, how China’s rise shapes decolonization and multipolarity, and why Western thinking still treats the world as a contest. He examines colonial history, the Middle East, ASEAN neutrality, and keeping the Strait of Malacca open.The Penang Peace Dialogue SIGN UP: https://commonwealthofworldchinatowns...Links:Wikibeng: https://wikibeng.comPenang Institute: https://penanginstitute.orgISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute: https://www.iseas.edu.sgNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.comMerch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Introduction00:01:09 Europe and Southeast Asia’s outlook00:06:13 China’s rise and regional history00:11:44 Decolonization and a multipolar world00:23:21 Bandung, Africa, and sovereignty00:26:39 Orientalism and the colonial world order