Michael Riches and Dennis Riches share some thoughts on the 2026 Penang Peace Dialogue, organized by the Commonwealth of World Chinatowns. Recorded in Penang, Malaysia on September 8, 2026.
Organised by the Commonwealth of World Chinatowns, the gathering included Kishore Mahbubani, Victor Gao, Joanna Lei, Jomo K. Sundaram, and even former Indonesian president Joko Widodo. Jeffrey Sachs joined remotely. These were people familiar with governments, universities, and international institutions, hence their criticism of Pax Americana came with considerable experience of how that order operates.
