by Kishore Mahbubani | Jan 18, 2016 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
It is now January 2016. Singapore’s jubilee year SG50 is over. SG51 has begun. We must now begin preparing for SG100. To do so, we must switch gears, going from celebration to reflection. We must think hard about new approaches and policies we need to adopt to...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Dec 25, 2015 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
SINGAPORE • Today, the United Nations Security Council has more sanctions regimes in place than at any time in its history. During the 1990s, the maximum was eight; in the 2000s, the peak rose to 12; now, it stands at 16. And these totals do not include sanctions...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Dec 12, 2015 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
“I have a dream.” Martin Luther King made these few words famous. His dream of African-American emancipation seemed impossible in 1963. Yet, a few decades later, Barack Obama became president. Impossible dreams can come true. I hope that my impossible...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Nov 20, 2015 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
Logically speaking, India and Singapore should not be close. The Indian elites, partly as a result of British colonization, have long looked West for inspiration. London and New York were inspirational capitals. For decades, tiny Singapore was not in Indian sights....
by Kishore Mahbubani | Nov 14, 2015 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
Something very dangerous has happened in our neighbourhood. The result may well be a new geopolitical haze over South-east Asia that could be more persistent and more painful than the physical haze we have experienced in recent months. What is this dangerous event? On...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Oct 29, 2015 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
Many Asians are puzzled. How can the British and Chinese governments announce a new “golden era” in their relations? The Chinese have long historical memories. How could they have forgotten that Britain was the first western power to humiliate China in the Opium War...
