The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) will organise a Symposium on the newly published book, The New Asian Hemisphere, by Prof. Kishore Mahbubani.  The Symposium will be held on 3rd July 2008 at the premises of ASEF from 9:30 – 11:00 am.

 The perspective of Prof. Mahbubani's global  partnership between Asia with the West, as highlighted in the book, will be discussed with three Singaporean scholars specifically focusing on:

• the examination of Western wisdom that Asia has inherited, by Asst. Prof. Alan Chong,Assistant Professor of Political Science, National University of Singapore (NUS)
• the importance of global institutions in mediating between the West and Asia, by Amb. Jørgen Ørstrøm Møller, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
• the prospects of a rising Asia, Mr Shafqat Munir, Research Analyst, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)

Professor Mahbubani will respond to the commentators, Ambassador Rodolfo Severino will moderate the Question-and-Answer session with the audience.