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...
by kris@corpus.sg | Oct 18, 2022 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Personal relations matter, and face-to-face meetings between leaders are more important than ever when bilateral ties are bad. We live in dark times. There are at least three major dark clouds hovering above our world. The first is inflation. It is roaring rapidly...
by kris@corpus.sg | Jul 1, 2022 | By Kishore Mahbubani
There is no perfect solution for the Ukraine situation. So let Putin come to the G-20 meeting in Indonesia, and find a compromise with him. Travel is back! I say this with confidence because I have been to Europe on three separate trips (Davos in May, Venice and...
by kris@corpus.sg | Mar 21, 2022 | By Kishore Mahbubani
By Kishore Mahbubani, a distinguished fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Asia Research Institute The lesson for U.S. strategy from Russia’s war in Ukraine is simple: Geopolitical pragmatism is better at keeping the peace than the morally absolutist view...
by kris@corpus.sg | Mar 19, 2022 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The tragedy of war in Ukraine shows the need for globally respected statesmen who could act in the cause of peace. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is illegal and has to be condemned by the international community. And it has been condemned. As a former ambassador to...
by kris@corpus.sg | Feb 12, 2022 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The figures point clearly to the shift, so what explains the disconnect between data and discourse? I am writing this column to give you a free copy of my latest book, The Asian 21st Century. Seasoned readers of my Straits Times columns will be surprised by this...
