Interviews

AS he rattles on about the geopolitical issues of the region and the world, it is hard to picture this urbane cosmopolitan as an impoverished, young boy in 1950s Singapore. And that was one reason why he decided to talk about his humble past in his latest book, says...

Veteran Singapore envoy on what the West gets wrong about China, Asean as a bellwether region and why the US should prepare for No 2 status Seasoned former diplomat Kishore Mahbubani is a distinguished fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Asia Research...

On a good Saturday morning, unencumbered by phone calls or text messages, Mr Kishore Mahbubani can churn out 3,000 words on paper – by hand. But the 75-year-old former diplomat, who recently published his autobiography, Living The Asian Century: An Undiplomatic...

This week in Say More, PS talks with Kishore Mahbubani, a distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore and the author of Living the Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir. Project Syndicate: Last year, you suggested that a...

I was delighted to be featured on Lunch with Sumiko, which is one of the best-read columns in Singapore. When Sumiko invited me to lunch, I chose a coffee shop next to my childhood home, where my father would get caught in drunken fights. Sumiko’s story brings out...

Geopolitical wrangling risks turning the meeting into a mere ‘photo opportunity,’ argues former Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani. The leaders of the world’s largest economies will gather this weekend in New Delhi, India, for the G20 summit. The meeting comes at...

  Editor's Note: In his book, The Asian 21st Century, Kishore Mahbubani (Mahbubani), a former diplomat who served as Singapore's permanent...