by Kris Kong | 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 Kris Kong | 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 Kris Kong | 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 Kris Kong | 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...
by Kris Kong | May 13, 2017 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Is the Singaporean mind Eastern or Western? This is obviously an existential question that Singapore has to grapple with. Yet there is amazingly little discussion of it. The big danger that Singapore faces is that if the Singaporean mind remains primarily Westernised,...
by Kris Kong | Apr 25, 2017 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Kishore Mahbubani is a former Singaporean diplomat who served twice as ambassador to the United Nations. Currently, he is the dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He is the author of “The Great Convergence: Asia,...
