by kris@corpus.sg | Jun 7, 2018 | About Kishore Mahbubani
Veteran diplomat and philosophical provocateur Kishore Mahbubani in his new book asks a question that has crossed many minds of late: “Has the West lost it?” If “it” is the dominant position of Europeans and North Americans in the world, then yes. The rest of the...
by kris@corpus.sg | May 30, 2018 | About Kishore Mahbubani
In the past half century, humanity has made extraordinary progress. This is unquestionable. This consists of more than higher incomes. It consists also of longer and better lives. We know this has happened. We also know why. But achievements bring new challenges....
by kris@corpus.sg | May 4, 2018 | About Kishore Mahbubani
As a child in Singapore in the 1950s and 1960s, I had direct experience of the poverty that was prevalent throughout most of Asia in the period. When I started primary school, I was put on a special feeding program because I was undernourished. Our home had no flush...
by kris@corpus.sg | Jan 17, 2018 | About Kishore Mahbubani
The invitation extended to the leaders of the 10 ASEAN nations to be chief guests at the forthcoming Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi is a powerful signal of India’s increasing engagement with the region, but it must build on it and add substance, said Prof....
by kris@corpus.sg | 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@corpus.sg | Jun 2, 2017 | About Kishore Mahbubani
Kishore Mahbubani is a former diplomat from Singapore and is currently dean and professor of public policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School at the National University of Singapore. He spoke to the The WorldPost from Singapore in a wide-ranging interview about globalization,...
