by Kishore Mahbubani | Dec 9, 2022 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Culture matters for diplomacy, and Indonesian President Joko Widodo embodies the “soft” and sophisticated elements of Indonesia’s dominant Javanese values, which emphasize consultation and consensus. The rest of the world would benefit by learning a lesson or two from...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Nov 21, 2022 | By Kishore Mahbubani
I think I may have made President Emmanuel Macron blush a little. This happened at the Paris Peace Forum on November 11. Macron had invited me to join a panel discussion with him, the presidents of Argentina and Guinea-Bissau, the prime minister of Albania, and other...
by Kishore Mahbubani | 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 Kishore Mahbubani | 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 Kong | 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 Kong | 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...
