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From a former president of the United Nations Security Council, an authoritative look at the US, China, and the defining geopolitical contest of the twenty-first century. “An excellent and important book on the biggest question in international affairs: how will the relationship between the US...

Penguin Audio presents Has the West Lost It? by Kishore Mahbubani, read by Jonathan Keeble. The West's centuries-old status as the centre of global wealth and power is coming to an end. As the new powers - China and India from Asia and others from Africa and Latin America - rise to the top of...

In this stirring memoir, a preeminent politician and diplomat traces the transformation of the Republic of Singapore from a poor colony into an Asian powerhouse Growing up in poverty in the 1950s, Kishore Mahbubani expected to become a common textile salesman after finishing high school. Instead...

The mood of much of the world is grim these days. Turmoil in the Middle East, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of refugees; random terrorist attacks across the globe; geopolitical tensions in eastern Europe and Asia; the end of the commodity supercycle; slowing growth in China; and economic stagnation in many countries - all have combined to feed a deep pessimism about the present and, worse, the future.

The 'Asian Peace Talks' is a podcast series brought to you by the Asian Peace Programme (APP), a programme dedicated to putting forth ideas for peace and conflict amelioration in Asia. Hosted by eminent Singaporean intellectual, Kishore Mahbubani, the 'Asian Peace Talks' features interviews with prominent academics, policy practitioners and newsmakers. We will be discussing various regions and causes of conflict across Asia and try to come up with small steps to promote peace and reduce conflict.The APP is housed in the Asia Research Institute (ARI), the National University of Singapore (NUS),...

The 21st century has seen a rise in the global middle class that brings an unprecedented convergence of interests and perceptions, cultures and values. Kishore Mahbubani is optimistic. We are creating a new global civilization. Eighty-eight percent of the world's population outside the West is rising to Western living standards, and sharing Western aspirations. Yet Mahbubani, one of the most perceptive global commentators, also warns that a new global order needs new policies and attitudes.