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- “Trump is dramatic, but he is also honest about one thing — the US is overextended,” says Former Singapore foreign minister George Yong-Boon Yeo.
- Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran chaired the lecture. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his wife, Kyoko Jaishankar, were present in the audience.
- Speaking on India-China relations, Yeo said both sides appeared to have realised that prolonged tension was not in their interest.
Donald Trump’s return to the White House is accelerating changes in the global order already underway, former Singapore foreign minister George Yong-Boon Yeo said in New Delhi on Tuesday, arguing that the world is now firmly moving towards a multipolar system and that India is relatively well positioned to manage the transition.
Delivering the 43rd C.D. Deshmukh Lecture at the India International Centre (IIC) on January 14, Yeo said Trump was not creating entirely new trends but accelerating existing ones, particularly the decline of US dominance and a shift towards regional power centres.
“Trump is dramatic, but he is also honest about one thing — the US is overextended,” Yeo said, adding that his focus appeared to be on consolidating American power closer to home rather than sustaining its global role.
Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran chaired the lecture. External affairs minister S. Jaishankar and his wife, Kyoko Jaishankar, were in the audience, along with Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, German ambassador Philipp Ackermann, former finance minister P. Chidambaram, diplomats, and senior officials.
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