Kishore Mahbubani is Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He is the author of The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World.
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Kishore Mahbubani
Commentaries by Kishore Mahbubani
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America’s Blinders
SINGAPORE – The time has come to think the unthinkable: the era of American dominance in international affairs may well be coming to an end.…
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Dynastic Asia
SINGAPORE – To the extent that culture matters in politics, the recent spate of leadership changes in Northeast Asia suggests that Asian soc…
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Is China Losing the Diplomatic Plot?
SINGAPORE – In 2016, China’s share of the global economy will be larger than America’s in purchasing-price-parity terms. This is an earth-sh…
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From Cairo to California
SINGAPORE – Egypt and California are headed in opposite directions politically. Egypt has had too little democracy and is moving towards mor…
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The Paradox of Blinking
SINGAPORE – The world has recently witnessed two major diplomatic blinks. Japan, facing mounting pressure from China, unconditionally releas…
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Can Asians Resolve Global Problems?
DAVOS – Is there an “Asian way” to resolving global challenges? The conventional answer is no. But elements of an Asian way are gradually em…
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Asia’s Energy Future
SINGAPORE – Asia’s rise is unstoppable. What is stoppable is the steep rise in Asia’s reliance on fossil fuels. Indeed, the decisions to be …
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An Asia Strategy for Iran
SINGAPORE − When the ongoing turmoil surrounding the Iranian elections finally ends, the West is likely to walk away with a simple black and…
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India’s New Path to Greatness
SINGAPORE – It is unwise to underestimate the near-metaphysical significance of the recent Indian elections. The Indian electorate decisivel…
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The Audacity of Hope for Palestine
SINGAPORE – The world will be enveloped in a heavy cloud of gloom and doom this year. Economies will sputter, governments will fall, and com…
America’s Blinders
Frank O'Callaghan: The idea that a century "belongs" to a particular country is crude at best and risible in general. The thought that history comes in such precise packages that start and end on convenient says much ab…
America’s Blinders
Ken Fedio: "The US should recognize that Asian countries are seeking not to dominate the West, but to emulate it." I'm not sure how this "model" can duplicated in Asia. Granted, I know nothing about Asia, bu…