by Kris Kong | Mar 17, 2020 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Kofi Annan, the late UN Secretary-General, often said the world was a “global village.” He was right. Our world has shrunk. The recent spread of COVID-19 worldwide, affecting both rich and developing countries, confirms that all 7.5 billion people of the...
by Kris Kong | Jan 19, 2020 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The Covid-19 outbreak is occurring at a time when global organisations, including the WHO, are weakened, making it imperative for world powers to step up Just as they did for the global financial crisis, the US and China should convene a special G20 summit to form a...
by Kris Kong | Jan 19, 2020 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The world stands at one of its most important crossroads in human history. As we move inexorably away from the brief era of Western domination of human history, societies from the East and the West will have to find a new balance. And there are two clear paths that...
by Kris Kong | Dec 26, 2019 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The international order has lagged dangerously behind shifting global power dynamics. If leaders do not start addressing the contradictions soon, the most likely result is crisis – or even conflict – and even more dangerous contradictions. SINGAPORE – The world turned...
by Kris Kong | Dec 8, 2019 | By Kishore Mahbubani
ASEAN should have begun to crack and fall apart from the strain of the rising geopolitical rivalries in Asia between the United States and China, if what critics say about its fragility were true. But ASEAN steadily marched through another difficult and challenging...
by Kris Kong | Jul 31, 2019 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Murat Yesiltas In recent years, Turkey, in particular, has faced a complex security environment in the Middle East. The country has endured a wide range of challenging situations – from cross-border counter-terrorism operations to multidimensional tensions with...
