So to use the language from the beginning of my remarks, perhaps there are now more direct routes to the destination of development and prosperity for Asia than there were a decade or two ago.
All of this is tied up with the debate about “global imbalances”, the reorienting of Asia’s growth towards domestic sources, the role and governance of the international institutions, and so on. These are issues worthy of discussion, including in the G20 process as well as in regional fora. But that is a discussion for another day.