by Kishore Mahbubani | May 29, 2015 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
With Xi Jinping in charge, we now know what the new strong China looks like. With Narendra Modi in charge, we are finally getting glimpses of what the new strong India will look like. It will be a radically different India from the one that the world has got used to....
by Kishore Mahbubani | May 23, 2015 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
When great men die, great changes follow. Lee Kuan Yew, who has died aged 91, will undoubtedly go down as one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century. Will Singapore outlive him? Some may challenge his greatness. He ran only a tiny city-state. Many dismissed him...
by Kishore Mahbubani | May 9, 2015 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
Like all great men, Mr Lee Kuan Yew left behind many legacies. Some are obvious. The transformation of Singapore from Third World to First World is one of them. So, too, is the strong multiracial and multicultural fabric of Singapore. But some of his legacies are not...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Apr 24, 2015 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
Let me begin with three incontrovertible facts. First, China will become the No. 1 economic power in the world. Second, most Americans, like most Westerners, view China’s rise with great foreboding. Third, the role that China will play as the No. 1 economic...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Apr 11, 2015 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
A favourite story used by management consultants to explain how workers can be motivated to perform better is the story of three bricklayers. When the first bricklayer is asked “What are you doing?”, he replies, in a somewhat grumpy fashion,...
