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In this podcast episode, Dr Brian Wong (HKU; OXGS Fellow) interviews the distinguished writer and historian Dr Thant Myint-U on the legacy of his grandfather, U Thant, the first Asian to serve as the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Dr Thant’s latest book, Peacemaker: U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World (W. W. Norton & Company, 2025), examines his grandfather’s role in driving world peace amidst the turbulent events that defined the 1960s.

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