by Kishore Mahbubani | Aug 2, 2017 | By Kishore Mahbubani
SINGAPORE – We live in troubled times, with pessimism clouding even the most prosperous parts of the planet. Many are convinced that the international order is falling apart. Some fear that a clash of civilizations is imminent, if it has not already begun. Yet, amid...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Jul 28, 2017 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Kishore Mahbubani explores the prospects of a joint Chinese-Indian defence of globalisation. The biggest contradiction in global governance can be described succinctly. We live in times of massive change, with enormous shifts of power. Yet, our Global Governance...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Jul 22, 2017 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) is part of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School) at the National University of Singapore. It is probably Singapore’s best-known think-tank. It was set up in 1988 by then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, who said...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Jul 1, 2017 | By Kishore Mahbubani
As a long-time student of geopolitics (for over 46 years), I am rarely surprised by geopolitical developments. There is an almost inevitable logic to them. Let me cite an example. Many Western observers reacted with shock and horror when Russia seized Crimea in...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Jun 21, 2017 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Try imagining a world where the Middle East is at peace. The thought seems almost inconceivable. Imagine a world where Israel and Palestine, two nations splintered from one piece of territory, live harmoniously. Impossible? This is what Malaysia and Singapore...
by Kishore Mahbubani | May 30, 2017 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Few countries can match the scale and speed of institutional reforms in Kazakhstan. In the last four years, we have seen the roll out of the Kazakhstan 2050 strategy, the Five Institutional Reforms, anti-corruption measures and the recent Constitutional reforms and...
