by Kishore Mahbubani | Nov 2, 2023 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The path from political prisoner to political power is by no means well-trodden, but those who have made the arduous journey in recent decades include luminaries such as Nelson Mandela, Jawaharlal Nehru, Aung San Suu Kyi, Michelle Bachelet, and Václav Havel. To this...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Oct 16, 2023 | By Kishore Mahbubani
We live in surprising times. Many short-term shocks continue to surprise us: the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ukraine war and the latest Hamas attack. Yet, what makes our world truly hard to understand and grasp in totality is that we are also experiencing simultaneously...
by Tony Chan, Ben Harburg, Kishore Mahbubani | Sep 16, 2023 | By Kishore Mahbubani
There’s little doubt that the American government has decided to slow China’s economic rise, most notably in the fields of technological development. To be sure, the Biden administration denies that these are its goals. Janet Yellen said on April 20, 2023, “China’s...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Jun 12, 2023 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Since the end of the Cold War, Europe has constantly had to manage violent conflicts on its doorstep, whereas most of Asia has been free of major wars. The reason is relatively simple: Asia has benefited from a culture of pragmatism that treats political division as...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Apr 12, 2023 | By Kishore Mahbubani
It is understandable that Australian leaders may feel insecure, even paranoid, about Australia’s future in the Asian twenty-first century. As Western power recedes from the world – especially from East Asia – Australia and New Zealand will be left stranded as lonely...
by Kishore Mahbubani | 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...
