by Kishore Mahbubani | Mar 15, 2016 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
Is Beijing being belligerent in the South China Sea? Or is it being assertive? And is there a difference between the two? Yes, there is — and China is being assertive, but not belligerent. The world is convinced China is being belligerent. Pictures of new military...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Mar 12, 2016 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
March 23 will mark the first anniversary of the passing of Mr Lee Kuan Yew. On that day, the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy will be organising a forum, The Enduring Ideas of Lee Kuan Yew. The provost of NUS,...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Feb 24, 2016 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
SINGAPORE — The rise of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in American politics has shocked the world. America has consistently projected itself as the country that could be trusted for political predictability and stability. While extremist or fringe movements might...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Feb 20, 2016 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
One of the small privileges of my life is being invited, from time to time, to attend the annual Davos meetings of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Hence, from Jan 19 to 23 this year, I found myself wandering through the corridors of the WEF Congress Centre. I learnt a...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Jan 18, 2016 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
It is now January 2016. Singapore’s jubilee year SG50 is over. SG51 has begun. We must now begin preparing for SG100. To do so, we must switch gears, going from celebration to reflection. We must think hard about new approaches and policies we need to adopt to...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Dec 25, 2015 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
SINGAPORE • Today, the United Nations Security Council has more sanctions regimes in place than at any time in its history. During the 1990s, the maximum was eight; in the 2000s, the peak rose to 12; now, it stands at 16. And these totals do not include sanctions...
