“Today, the 5.6 billion who live outside the Western universe will nolonger accept decisions made on their behalf in Western capitals.”Kishore Mahbubani 2008

ASIA

•West Asia/Central Asia•South Asia•Southeast Asia•East Asia

West Asia

Central Asia

SOUTH ASIA

East Asia

What is Southeast Asia?

Island (Insular) Southeast Asia

Utang Na LoobPakikisamaHiya

Spring and Autumn Era (750-480 B.C.)

• Confucius (551-479 B.C.)

• Responding to the Chaos: “Were any prince to employ me, even in a single year a good deal could be done, and in three years everything could be accomplished.”

“To have friends coming from afar: is this not a delight.”

“I transmit, I invent nothing. I trust and love the past.”

Rites and Rituals

“Authority without generosity,

Ceremony without reverence,

Mourning without grief,

These, I cannot bear to

Contemplate.” Confucius

Five Relations

• Ruler - Subject• Father - Son• Husband - Wife• Older Brother - Younger Brother• Friend - Friend

Redeeming of Names

• “If the gentleman is careful, accurate, clear and practical in his speech, then others will have a good lead to follow. If he is casual, unclear or unrealistic in what he says, the others will be confused”

Ren—Virtue/Kindness

Mencius (372-289 BC)

• Human Nature

“The tendency of human nature to do good is like that of water to flow downward. There is no man who does not tend to do good; there is no water that does not flow downward.” From the Mencius

People are Good