by kris@corpus.sg | Mar 6, 2023 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Some memories never fade. Exactly forty years ago, in 1983, I called on the then-editor of Foreign Affairs, Bill Bundy, a legendary figure. He was tall and patrician in demeanour, but he couldn’t have received me more warmly, even though I was a young nobody from a...
by kris@corpus.sg | Jan 14, 2023 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The days of a unipolar world order are over, and we are on the cusp of a genuinely multilateral one. India has a unique opportunity to project itself as a truly independent global power India is entering its best geopolitical sweet spot since its independence 75 years...
by kris@corpus.sg | Dec 27, 2022 | By Kishore Mahbubani
India, Indonesia and the United States will chair three key multilateral groupings in 2023. Which of them will make the biggest global impact? The race is on! Soccer’s World Cup in 2022 is over. The final game could not have been more exciting. Next year, be prepared...
by kris@corpus.sg | Dec 9, 2022 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Culture matters for diplomacy, and Indonesian President Joko Widodo embodies the “soft” and sophisticated elements of Indonesia’s dominant Javanese values, which emphasize consultation and consensus. The rest of the world would benefit by learning a lesson or two from...
by kris@corpus.sg | Nov 21, 2022 | By Kishore Mahbubani
I think I may have made President Emmanuel Macron blush a little. This happened at the Paris Peace Forum on November 11. Macron had invited me to join a panel discussion with him, the presidents of Argentina and Guinea-Bissau, the prime minister of Albania, and other...
by kris@corpus.sg | Oct 20, 2022 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The Western media have done Xi a great favor: they have bestowed upon him low expectations. Many Western observers, including thoughtful ones, believe that the great China growth story is over, because China is now ruled by an incompetent and isolated leader. Xi will...
