{"id":315639,"date":"2026-02-05T21:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-west-is-an-emperor-with-no-clothes-ex-un-security-council-boss\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T21:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:00:07","slug":"the-west-is-an-emperor-with-no-clothes-ex-un-security-council-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-west-is-an-emperor-with-no-clothes-ex-un-security-council-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"The West is an \u2018emperor with no clothes\u2019 &#8211; ex UN security council boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/beHVDcE_L_0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The West is an \u2018emperor with no clothes\u2019 - ex UN security council boss\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/beHVDcE_L_0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>For decades veteran Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani has challenged what he sees as Western complacency, warned of the irreversible rise of Asia, and argued that the global order must adapt to a world no longer dominated by Europe and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>And now it appears Western leaders have caught up with him as a new world order is declared in the wake of the \u201crupture\u201d, as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called it, of President Trump\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n<p>Born into poverty in Singapore, he rose through the country\u2019s foreign service to become its ambassador to the United Nations and then president of the UN security council.<\/p>\n<p>He joined Krishnan Guru-Murthy on this episode of Ways to Change the World.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades veteran Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani has challenged what he sees as Western complacency, warned of the irreversible rise of Asia, and argued that the global order must adapt to a world no longer dominated by Europe and the United States. 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