The Asia-Pacific Century Explained | Jeffrey Sachs | HORIZONS DISCUSSION

00:00 Opening remarks and welcome 02:40 Introducing the Asia-Pacific Century and the guest 03:38 Jeffrey Sachs: Horizons is the best foreign affairs journal in the world 05:50 Jeffrey Sachs on his long connection to Belgrade 06:45 Is the future Asian? Europe, America, and Asia across history 08:35 Jeffrey Sachs: The end of 500 years of Western dominance 11:30 How Europe rose to global power and destroyed itself 15:20 Colonial empires, technology, and global inequality 18:30 From Western dominance to a multipolar world 22:00 Why this is not only the Asian century 24:10 Why the rise of China should not be feared 26:00 Zero-sum geopolitics vs shared global prosperity 28:10 China’s long-term planning and effective governance 31:00 Taiwan and the risk of great-power conflict in East Asia 33:10 Nuclear weapons, hypersonic missiles, and leadership failure 36:20 The war in Ukraine and its deeper origins 39:05 The 2014 Ukraine crisis and Western responsibility 43:30 NATO expansion and broken post-Cold War promises 47:30 U.S. dominance over peace after the Cold War 49:00 Jeffrey Sachs on his White House warning before the war 52:00 Ukraine neutrality and why diplomacy failed 54:30 Europe’s strategic crisis and loss of leadership 58:40 Serbia, EU enlargement, and Europe’s credibility 01:02:30 U.S. national security strategy and Europe’s future 01:06:30 Trump, American decline, and global instability 01:09:20 Small states like Serbia in great-power politics 01:12:10 Lessons Jeffrey Sachs learned advising governments 01:15:30 Missed chances for peace with Russia 01:20:40 China vs Russia: Two different reform paths 01:22:40 Energy sanctions and Serbia’s economic challenges 01:25:30 Closing remarks and audience discussion Horizons presents a full recording of a high-level public discussion marking the launch of the 32nd issue of Horizons, titled “The Asia-Pacific Century.” The event features Jeffrey Sachs, University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, in conversation with Vuk Jeremić, President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development and Editor-in-Chief of Horizons. In a wide-ranging and candid dialogue, Professor Sachs reflects on the end of five centuries of Western dominance and the emergence of a multipolar world. The conversation explores the strategic rise of Asia, the role of China and India, the limits of zero-sum geopolitics, and the importance of long-term planning and cooperation.