by Kris Kong | Jan 15, 2014 | About Kishore Mahbubani
Could the word “Khobragade” soon become a part of the English language? “Khobragade (kho-braa-guh-dey): Noun. A person whose situation or predicament exposes the gulf in understanding between two cultures. Also, one who seeks relief from a charge...
by Kris Kong | Jan 1, 2014 | About Kishore Mahbubani
Until Christmas, Shinzo Abe’s eponymous Abenomics programme to rescue Japan from decades of deflation and low growth was an important success, according to most economic commentators. Among their ranks were the International Monetary Fund, investors on the Tokyo...
by Kris Kong | Dec 29, 2013 | Book Reviews
Excerpts from the ten best books in our library this year. By The Globalist, December 29, 2013 1. The Thistle and the Drone: How America’s War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam by Akbar Ahmed (Brookings) Excerpt: How U.S. Drones Miss Their Target...
by Kris Kong | Dec 29, 2013 | Book Reviews
By Martin Wolf, The Financial Times, 29 November, 2013 Loading... Taking too long? Reload document | Open in new tab Download [2.15 MB] Source: Books of the Year | Financial...
by Kris Kong | Dec 16, 2013 | About Kishore Mahbubani
Kishore Mahbubani, author of The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World, posed two questions to four U.S. politicians—two Republicans and two Democrats—who were part of a panel discussion that he chaired at the Davos World Economic Forum in...
