by Kishore Mahbubani | May 14, 2018 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Napoleon was only half-right when he warned more than two centuries ago that, “China is a sleeping lion. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will shake the world.” China has woken up and is indeed shaking the world. But it is shaking the world gently. Why? Chinese...
by Kishore Mahbubani | May 4, 2018 | About Kishore Mahbubani
As a child in Singapore in the 1950s and 1960s, I had direct experience of the poverty that was prevalent throughout most of Asia in the period. When I started primary school, I was put on a special feeding program because I was undernourished. Our home had no flush...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Feb 1, 2018 | By Kishore Mahbubani
When Donald Trump became US president on Jan. 20, 2017, the world could and should have seen a downturn in Sino-American relations. During his election campaign, Trump had criticized China fiercely: “We can’t continue to allow China to rape our country, and that’s...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Jan 25, 2018 | By Kishore Mahbubani
Contact between India and Southeast Asia go back 3,000 years. In geographical terms, Southeast Asia is closer to India than China. Many Indian strategic thinkers have embraced the Trump administration’s idea of an Indo-Pacific community. Why is Donald Trump pushing...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Jan 17, 2018 | About Kishore Mahbubani
The invitation extended to the leaders of the 10 ASEAN nations to be chief guests at the forthcoming Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi is a powerful signal of India’s increasing engagement with the region, but it must build on it and add substance, said Prof....
by Kishore Mahbubani | Sep 23, 2017 | By Kishore Mahbubani
The election of Madam Halimah Yacob as the eighth President of Singapore offers all non-Malay Singapore citizens a unique learning moment. All of us need to ask ourselves a simple question: How much do we know about Malay culture and customs? The answer to this...
