by Kishore Mahbubani | Aug 12, 2024 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Imagine the poetic justice if the UK were to cede its UNSC seat in favour of India The writer, a distinguished fellow at the National University of Singapore, is the author of ‘The Asian 21st Century’ Fifteen years have passed since Martin Wolf wrote, “Within a decade...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Feb 2, 2024 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The highest point of Henry Kissinger’s diplomatic career was probably his secret visit to Beijing in July 1971. It set in motion a series of geopolitical shifts that further isolated the Soviet Union and led, two decades later, to the United States’ great victory in...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Jan 4, 2024 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The year 2022 produced a surprise war: Ukraine. And 2023 also produced a surprise war: Gaza. Anyone who believes that 2024 cannot produce another surprise war should have his or her head examined. The world still has many fault lines that could lead to a war. In Asia,...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Dec 12, 2023 | By Kishore Mahbubani
We live in an interdependent world which faces many pressing common challenges It’s no secret that the west captured the imagination and respect of the rest of the world for centuries. However, what is a secret — because it is happening silently and invisibly in the...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Nov 2, 2023 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The path from political prisoner to political power is by no means well-trodden, but those who have made the arduous journey in recent decades include luminaries such as Nelson Mandela, Jawaharlal Nehru, Aung San Suu Kyi, Michelle Bachelet, and Václav Havel. To this...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Oct 16, 2023 | By Kishore Mahbubani
We live in surprising times. Many short-term shocks continue to surprise us: the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ukraine war and the latest Hamas attack. Yet, what makes our world truly hard to understand and grasp in totality is that we are also experiencing simultaneously...
