by Kishore Mahbubani | Apr 22, 2021 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Donald Trump’s hardline policies served only to strengthen Xi Jinping and the communist system In Alaska last month Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, and Jake Sullivan, national security adviser, gave a public dressing down on democracy and human rights to Yang...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Apr 5, 2021 | By Kishore Mahbubani
A major geopolitical contest has broken out between US and China. This is not surprising. Whenever the world’s number one emerging power (today, China), is about to overtake the world’s number one power (today, USA), a geopolitical struggle breaks out between the two,...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Mar 23, 2021 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
I am 72 years old. Like many people my age, I dreaded getting Covid-19. I could have died. As I investigated more, I discovered that even if I survived Covid-19, I could have still suffered if I had got it because I could have been put on a ventilator. If insufficient...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Mar 1, 2021 | By Kishore Mahbubani
THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION that US President Joe Biden’s administration needs to ask in formulating its China policy is a simple one: was Donald Trump right or wrong on China? Right now, the overwhelming consensus in Washington is that even if he was wrong on...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Feb 10, 2021 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The sociologist Max Weber once famously said, “it is not true that good can follow only from good and evil only from evil, but that often the opposite is true. Anyone who fails to see this is, indeed, a political infant”. Myanmar proves the sagacity of his statement....
by Kishore Mahbubani | Jan 22, 2021 | By Kishore Mahbubani
A strong, self-confident America is needed to resume its leadership role. Asia has a role to play – if the US is prepared to listen. “Ask not what America can do for you! Ask rather what you can do for America.” If US President Joe Biden were in a position...
