by Kris Kong | May 15, 2018 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The world’s most important bilateral relationship – between the United States and China – is also one of its most inscrutable. Bedeviled by paradoxes, misperceptions, and mistrust, it is a relationship that has become a source of considerable uncertainty and,...
by Kris Kong | May 14, 2018 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Napoleon was only half-right when he warned more than two centuries ago that, “China is a sleeping lion. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will shake the world.” China has woken up and is indeed shaking the world. But it is shaking the world gently. Why? Chinese...
by Kris Kong | Feb 1, 2018 | By Kishore Mahbubani
When Donald Trump became US president on Jan. 20, 2017, the world could and should have seen a downturn in Sino-American relations. During his election campaign, Trump had criticized China fiercely: “We can’t continue to allow China to rape our country, and that’s...
by Kris Kong | Jan 25, 2018 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Contact between India and Southeast Asia go back 3,000 years. In geographical terms, Southeast Asia is closer to India than China. Many Indian strategic thinkers have embraced the Trump administration’s idea of an Indo-Pacific community. Why is Donald Trump pushing...
by Kris Kong | Sep 23, 2017 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The election of Madam Halimah Yacob as the eighth President of Singapore offers all non-Malay Singapore citizens a unique learning moment. All of us need to ask ourselves a simple question: How much do we know about Malay culture and customs? The answer to this...
by Kris Kong | Sep 13, 2017 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The global spread of democracy, a Western gift to the world, was meant to result in the election of liberal, pro-Western leaders. Instead, a wave of strongmen rulers has been elected, many of whom have clear non-Western identities. This list includes Shinzo Abe of...
