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Kishore Mahbubani

Kishore Mahbubani

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Kishore Mahbubani, a distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore, is the author of Has China Won? (PublicAffairs, 2020) and the open-access book The Asian 21st Century, which has been downloaded more than 3.3 million times since its release in January 2022.

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  1. Anwar Ibrahim’s Quiet Triumph
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    Anwar Ibrahim’s Quiet Triumph

    Nov 2, 2023 Kishore Mahbubani shows how the Malaysian prime minister could stabilize the country and ensure the continued success of ASEAN.

  2. How Asia Keeps the Peace
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    How Asia Keeps the Peace

    Jun 12, 2023 Kishore Mahbubani considers why the region has avoided the kind of wars that keep exploding on Europe's doorstep.

  3. The Hard-Won Benefits of Soft Diplomacy
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    The Hard-Won Benefits of Soft Diplomacy

    Dec 8, 2022 Kishore Mahbubani praises Indonesia's more consultative and culturally attuned approach to international affairs.

  4. The Lose-Lose Tech War
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    The Lose-Lose Tech War

    May 20, 2022 Kishore Mahbubani & Tony Chan worry that politics is getting in the way of the cooperation needed to advance science and tackle global problems.

  5. The Genius of Jokowi
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    The Genius of Jokowi

    Oct 6, 2021 Kishore Mahbubani argues that Indonesia's president has established a model of good governance for others to follow.

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    Antara Haldar on behavioral economics, development models, global governance, and more

    Antara Haldar advocates a radical rethink of development, explains what went right at the recent AI Safety Summit, highlights the economics discipline’s shortcomings, and more.
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    The New Normal for Central Banks

    Lucrezia Reichlin asks why the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank keep providing liquidity directly to banks.
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    The False Choice Between Palestinian and Jewish Liberation

    Shlomo Ben-Ami

    The prevailing narrative that frames Israel as a colonial power suppressing Palestinians’ struggle for statehood grossly oversimplifies a complicated conflict and inadvertently vindicates the region’s most oppressive regimes. Achieving a durable, lasting peace requires moving beyond such facile analogies.

    rejects the facile moralism of those who view the ongoing war through the narrow lens of decolonization.
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    The Rage of the Outsiders

    Ian Buruma

    The far-right populist Geert Wilders’ election victory in the Netherlands reflects the same sentiment that powered Brexit and Donald Trump’s candidacy in 2016. But such outcomes could not happen without the cynicism displayed over the past few decades by traditional conservative parties.

    shows what Geert Wilders has in common with other ultra-nationalist politicians, past and present.
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    Protecting Gaza’s Children

    Nurul Izzah Anwar & Yolanda Augustin urge the international community to support the young Palestinians bearing the brunt of the war.
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    Loss and Damage as a Common Climate Cause

    Naveeda Khan explains why so many developing countries have not balked at a major oil producer hosting COP28.
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    Putin’s Killer Patriotism

    Nina L. Khrushcheva highlights the Kremlin’s growing dependence on violent criminals to fight its war in Ukraine.
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    The Technologies African Farmers Need

    Hippolyte Fofack urges policymakers to follow Ethiopia’s lead and invest in irrigation, mechanization, and fertilizers.
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    Hard Truths About Green Industrial Policy

    Ilias Alami, et al. warn that win-win narratives obscure the difficult trade-offs involved in state-led decarbonization projects.

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