by Kris Kong | Jul 28, 2017 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Kishore Mahbubani explores the prospects of a joint Chinese-Indian defence of globalisation. The biggest contradiction in global governance can be described succinctly. We live in times of massive change, with enormous shifts of power. Yet, our Global Governance...
by Kris Kong | Jul 22, 2017 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) is part of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School) at the National University of Singapore. It is probably Singapore’s best-known think-tank. It was set up in 1988 by then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, who said...
by Kris Kong | Jul 17, 2017 | About Kishore Mahbubani, Articles
The US public rarely gives Indonesia, the most populous country in Southeast Asia, more than passing thought, and even then might be thinking about nothing more than a vacation in Bali. Yet, the world’s fourth most populous nation, home to more Muslims than any other...
by Kris Kong | Jul 1, 2017 | By Kishore Mahbubani
As a long-time student of geopolitics (for over 46 years), I am rarely surprised by geopolitical developments. There is an almost inevitable logic to them. Let me cite an example. Many Western observers reacted with shock and horror when Russia seized Crimea in...
by Kris Kong | Jun 26, 2017 | Book Reviews
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, founded on 8 August 1967, famously holds more than 1,000 meetings a year. Some say 1,400 would be a more accurate figure. Undoubtedly, a lot of time is wasted at these meetings, and a lot of vital focus that could be aimed...