by Kris Kong | Jul 28, 2021 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
The ghost of racism has long haunted Singapore. This is not surprising. It’s normal in multiracial societies, although it spikes from time to time, as it has recently with the episodes of the Indian woman being kicked by a Chinese man for not wearing her mask,...
by Kris Kong | Jul 3, 2021 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
Despite the tensions that arise occasionally, the symbiotic synergy between the two identities is what makes Singapore truly special. Barely 20 months ago, in December 2019 before Covid-19 surfaced, if you had told me that the most densely populated country in...
by Kris Kong | Jul 1, 2021 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
The real danger of the demonization of China is that it leads even thoughtful Americans to believe that an open society like America has many natural advantages over a closed autocratic system like China’s. By framing it in this way, Americans cannot even conceive of...
by Kris Kong | Jun 25, 2021 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
Dear Friends, Many Western minds believe that Western societies are inherently peaceful while East Asian societies (including China) are more belligerent. There’s some realistic basis for this assumption: prospects of war between any two Western societies are...
by Kris Kong | Jun 22, 2021 | Interviews
Editor’s Note: Washington today lacks “sophisticated, long-term thinking on geopolitical issues,” said Kishore Mahbubani, Singaporean political scientist and distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. He...