by Kris Kong | Mar 16, 2022 | Media
As the war in Ukraine rages on, and a second U.S. administration pursues “strategic competition” with China, U.S. foreign policy appears to have found its new guiding mission: global confrontation between “democracies and autocracies.” Central to Washington’s plans...
by Kris Kong | Feb 12, 2022 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The figures point clearly to the shift, so what explains the disconnect between data and discourse? I am writing this column to give you a free copy of my latest book, The Asian 21st Century. Seasoned readers of my Straits Times columns will be surprised by this...
by Kris Kong | Jan 4, 2022 | Books
We live in hugely paradoxical times. We will see greater change in the twenty-first century than we have in any previous human century. Huge leaps in science and technology, accompanied by huge economic and social advances in many societies around the world,...
by Kris Kong | Jan 4, 2022 | Books
(Updated 4 Jan 2022) This book poses the question that Singaporeans must wrestle with: can we survive as an independent city-state? Kishore Mahbubani believes that Singaporeans must always ask the question because constant reflection and self-examination should be a...
by Kris Kong | Dec 25, 2021 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Tied economically to the optimistic East but mentally to the pessimistic West, Singaporeans are blessed with many big existential questions to answer. Kishore Mahbubani For The Straits Times Should we Singaporeans feel optimistic or pessimistic about the...
