by kris@corpus.sg | Aug 12, 2021 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
K R Narayanan was one of India’s most distinguished citizens. After a sterling career as a diplomat, he also served as India’s 10th President from 1997 to 2002. I was truly honoured to be invited to deliver the fifth and final lecture of the K R Narayana Birth...
by kris@corpus.sg | Jul 28, 2021 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
The ghost of racism has long haunted Singapore. This is not surprising. It’s normal in multiracial societies, although it spikes from time to time, as it has recently with the episodes of the Indian woman being kicked by a Chinese man for not wearing her mask,...
by kris@corpus.sg | Jul 3, 2021 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
Despite the tensions that arise occasionally, the symbiotic synergy between the two identities is what makes Singapore truly special. Barely 20 months ago, in December 2019 before Covid-19 surfaced, if you had told me that the most densely populated country in...
by kris@corpus.sg | Jul 1, 2021 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
The real danger of the demonization of China is that it leads even thoughtful Americans to believe that an open society like America has many natural advantages over a closed autocratic system like China’s. By framing it in this way, Americans cannot even conceive of...
by kris@corpus.sg | Jun 25, 2021 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
Dear Friends, Many Western minds believe that Western societies are inherently peaceful while East Asian societies (including China) are more belligerent. There’s some realistic basis for this assumption: prospects of war between any two Western societies are...
by kris@corpus.sg | May 22, 2021 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
Singapore in a world of anxiety By Kishore Mahbubani Published by Straits Times, 22 May 2021 https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/singapore-in-a-world-of-anxiety Having lived most of my 72 years in this tiny island called Singapore and having lived through all...
