by Kris Kong | Jun 20, 2014 | About Kishore Mahbubani
The 100th anniversary of August 4, 1914—the disastrous day on which the SPD (Social Democratic Party) faction voted in the Reichstag for the Kaiser’s war credits to finance World War I—is only weeks away. The SPD is preparing for the anniversary by pressing for...
by Kris Kong | May 27, 2014 | About Kishore Mahbubani
On 15 May 2014, Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of NUS’ Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School) was conferred an Honoree award by the World Policy Institute (WPI), an eminent centre for global thought leadership and publisher of World Policy Journal. The...
by Kris Kong | May 16, 2014 | About Kishore Mahbubani
In his commentary (“Prepare for a political crisis”; last Saturday), Professor Kishore Mahbubani said “we defend our home because it has many sacred objects and sacred memories”. This brings back the question: If Singapore comes under attack in...
by Kris Kong | May 10, 2014 | About Kishore Mahbubani
CAN Asian Think is a provocative book written in 1998 by the dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, Kishore Mahbubani, a prolific and brilliant thinker. The book is a combative rebuttal of the idea that the dominant...
by Kris Kong | Apr 7, 2014 | About Kishore Mahbubani
SINGAPORE – Corruption, insufficiency of adequate infrastructure and geopolitical risks are some of the major challenges Southeast Asian nations face in their aim to create an integrated community and sustain their growth momentum, analysts said in a forum. “The...
by Kris Kong | Apr 7, 2014 | About Kishore Mahbubani
By Tan Bah Bah If not for a fortuitous early awakening to the beauty of philosophy on his part, the Kishore Mahbubani that we know would have been a different one. Whether or not he would gone to have made a name for himself in foreign affairs and even be cited a top...
