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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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…
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Nobel Injustice
SINGAPORE – Martti Ahtisaari is a great man. He deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for his life work. But it was a mistake for the Norwegian Nob…
Is China Losing the Diplomatic Plot?
Peter Anderson: Is there any surprise China would choose to appease Indonesia first? One of the central ideas motivating China's claim to the 'West Philippine Sea' etc is to achieve priority access for its traders a…
Dynastic Asia
Shane Beck: To China's elite corruption is not the problem, they just don't like people exposing it. Witness their fury over the New York Times article detailing Xi Jinping's family accumulation of wealth. I beli…