Ex-Singaporean diplomat warns Taiwan remains Asia's most dangerous flashpoint

Kishore Mahbubani, a former UN Security Council president, told the inaugural Penang Peace Dialogue that Taiwan remains Asia's most dangerous issue, framing it within a critique of 'mental colonisation' in Asian strategic thinking. The statement is an opinion from a respected diplomat, not a policy shift, but it underscores persistent regional tensions over Taiwan. It matters as a signal of elite Southeast Asian concern about cross-strait stability.