by Kris Kong | Aug 24, 2021 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
If the United States fails to understand its mistakes, it will continue to repeat them. Why does the United States, arguably the world’s most successful society, expend so much blood and treasure on foreign ventures—from Cambodia and Vietnam to Afghanistan and...
by Kris Kong | Aug 14, 2021 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
The Biden administration’s commitment to strengthen the rules-based order is laudable and it has no better partners than the EU and Asean. All three parties need to act fast. Bus rides can provide settings for great conversations, especially bus rides at major...
by Kris Kong | 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 Kong | 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 Kong | 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 Kong | 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...
