2025 State of Asia Address with Pita Limjaroenrat

About this episode

Pita Limjaroenrat discusses the transition period in global politics and its implications for Asia during the 2025 State of Asia Address.

Pita Limjaroenrat, former Prime-Minister Designate of Thailand and current Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, delivers the fourth annual State of Asia Address, hosted by Asia Society Switzerland and the University of Zurich. In a packed Aula, he spoke about the period of transition the world finds itself in, with the post-post Cold War era having ended, but a new chapter yet to be written. He laid out what this means for power, progress, and peace in Asia. The full A...

People in this episode

Host: Asia Society Switzerland

Guest: Pita Limjaroenrat

Topics covered

• Asia
• politics
• international relations
• power dynamics
• peace
• transition period

Keywords

• State of Asia Address
• Pita Limjaroenrat
• Thailand
• politics
• Asia Society
• Harvard Kennedy School
• University of Zurich
• power
• peace

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard Kennedy School of Government, University of Zurich

Places: Thailand

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