by Kishore Mahbubani | Jul 11, 2015 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
In a month’s time, we will have massive public celebrations to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Singapore’s independence. Let us complement these public demonstrations of affection with personal moments of reflection. What Singapore deserves today is 3...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Jul 9, 2015 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
REMARKS BY DEAN KISHORE MAHBUBANI AT THE LAUNCH OF GEORGE YEO ON BONSAI, BANYAN AND THE TAO ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL, SINGAPORE, 9TH JULY 2015 Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me begin by joining KK and George in welcoming you to this event, since the Lee Kuan Yew School of...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Jun 23, 2015 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
In our rapidly changing world, new global contradictions are emerging rapidly. Today, the biggest global contradiction is this: the demand for global leadership has never been greater but the supply seems to be diminishing. Why is the demand increasing? I use a simple...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Jun 13, 2015 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
One of my recent big regrets is that I was unable to attend a single one of the five S R Nathan lectures delivered by Ho Kwon Ping as the first S R Nathan Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS). His lectures were brilliant. I wish I could have been there. I...
by Kishore Mahbubani | Jun 8, 2015 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
2015 will be a year of global conferences: the Financing for Development (FfD) Conference in Addis Ababa in July, the UN Summit on the post-2015 development agenda in September and the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in December. It is too early to tell whether...
by Kishore Mahbubani | May 29, 2015 | Articles, By Kishore Mahbubani
With Xi Jinping in charge, we now know what the new strong China looks like. With Narendra Modi in charge, we are finally getting glimpses of what the new strong India will look like. It will be a radically different India from the one that the world has got used to....
