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...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Jan 20, 2021 | By Kishore Mahbubani
In the aftermath of arguably the most divisive election in US history, a new White House Administration seeks to usher in an era of change. But what does it spell for the relationship between the world’s two biggest powers — and the countries in our region? Professor...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Jan 9, 2021 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
The “great game” in the 21st century is an economic contest. India needs to open up to global competition—It leads to short-term creative destruction, but long-term economic strength. As usual, Shakespeare was right. As he said, “There is a tide in the affairs of men,...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Nov 24, 2020 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Nov 24, 2020 This week in Say More, PS talks with Kishore Mahbubani, a distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore. Project Syndicate: You’ve warned that “the international order has lagged dangerously behind shifting...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Nov 19, 2020 | By Kishore Mahbubani
India is entering a geopolitical sweet spot. What does this mean? In a world crying out for a strong, independent voice to provide moral guidance to a troubled planet, the only realistic candidate is India. None of the three other obvious candidates – the United...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Nov 10, 2020 | By Kishore Mahbubani
THE first American president to enter my personal consciousness was John F. Kennedy. It wasn’t his stirring rhetoric that reached me as a child in Singapore. It was the news of his assassination. The sense of loss was globally palpable. History has been kind to him....