by Kris Kong | Apr 26, 2020 | By Kishore Mahbubani
One thing is certain. The geopolitical contest that has broken out between America and China will continue for the next decade or two. Although President Donald Trump launched the first round in 2018, it will outlast his administration. The president has divided...
by Kris Kong | Apr 22, 2020 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Kishore Mahbubani on the dawn of the Asian century The West’s incompetent response to the pandemic will hasten the power-shift to the east HISTORY HAS turned a corner. The era of Western domination is ending. The resurgence of Asia in world affairs and the global...
by Kris Kong | Apr 14, 2020 | By Kishore Mahbubani
COVID-19 pandemic may accelerate America’s declining status with traditional allies, former diplomat says To understand the post-COVID-19 world that is coming, there is one important human statistic we must bear in mind: 330 million people live in the U.S.; 1.4...
by Kris Kong | Apr 10, 2020 | By Kishore Mahbubani
At a dark moment of World War II, in August 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill flew to Moscow to have dinner with Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. The ideological gap between them was far greater than the gap between the U.S. and China today. Yet...
by Kris Kong | Apr 9, 2020 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The coronavirus pandemic has underlined the importance of supporting multilateral organisations like the World Health Organisation, rather than progressively weakening them Humanity is supposed to be the most intelligent species on planet Earth. This species has just...
by Kris Kong | Mar 31, 2020 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Behind “Has China Won?” (which it hasn’t) lurks a more important question: “Can America lose?” This question seems inconceivable. But future historians will be puzzled: a young republic, barely 250 years old, with one quarter the population of China, is taking on the...
