Experts
Kishore Mahbubani
Dean & Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Long before the colonial powers arrived, Asia had its own centers of civilization, Mahbubani says. Read More
The West cannot imagine a world in which it isn't the dominant power. Read More
Mahbubani's Sindhi family was part of a small minority in the Singaporean melting pot. Read More
If living standards are high and risk of ethnic violence low, why not loosen press restrictions? Read More
Buying up U.S. currency was the smartest move China ever made, Mahbubani says. Read More
Should they be transparent to the world? To the citizens of their own countries? Read More
Wars, Mahbubani says, are a sunset industry. Read More
Everyone wants to be green, Mahbubani says. It just has to be done fairly. Read More
Only if you see the world through a 1945 lens, says Mahbubani. Read More
With the Asian model as an example, moderate Muslims can take a middle path to modernity, Mahbubani says. Read More
America shouldn';t run away from new competition, Mahbubani says. Read More
America should stop seeing multi-lateralism as a threat to its power, Mahbubani says. Read More
His book, Mahbubani says, brings good news. Read More
Mahbubani says Asians have rejected the West as a cultural ideal. Read More
Give Asia time, Mahbubani says. Progress is coming. Read More
The U.S. has squandered its intellectual honesty, Mahbubani says. Read More
Why is the West becoming the most close-minded corner of the world, Mahbubani wonders? Read More
Mahbubani adapts the old East-West narrative. Read More
When looking at Asia, Mahbubani thinks its important to distinguish between inter and intrastate tensions. Read More
In the West, it has a cultural connotation, but in the East, Mahbubani says, it only means achieving material success. Read More
About Kishore Mahbubani
Kishore Mahbubani was appointed Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy on 16 August 2004 after having served 33 years in the Singapore Foreign Service (with postings in Cambodia, Malaysia, Washington DC and twice as Ambassador to the UN, during which he also served as President of the Security Council). He was the Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry from 1993-1998.
He is the author of Can Asians Think? published in Singapore, Canada, US, Mexico, India and People’s Republic of China and of Beyond The Age of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust between America and the World. His new book entitled The New Asian Hemisphere: the Irresistible Shift of Gobal Power to the East was published in New York in February 2008. He was also listed as one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the world by Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines in September 2005.