KISHORE MAHBUBANI

When Congress opens the government’s purse, the benefits flow to special interests rather than the public interest.

In the first phase of economic development you have rising inequality.

The Great Convergence: Asia, the West and the Logic of One World.

To have good government, you often need less, not more, democracy.

Americans do not recognize the effect of American power in the world. … People all over the world ask, “Why can’t Americans see how American power affects us?”

Those Asians who come back with their MBA from America don’t come back to fight with each other. They come back to trade with each other.

The 21st century will be the Asian century. This also means that Asians will be expected to provide greater leadership to solve global challenges, including environmental challenges. Hence, this multi-disciplinary programme from NUS could not be more timely. It meets a pressing need to educate, train and empower leading players in the public, private and civil society sectors in Singapore, Asia and the world.

Each year 70 million Chinese leave China freely—go out to the West and the rest of the world—and freely return to China which some call a prison.

The big question is how do you allow new powers like India and China to emerge without destabilizing the world order?

To have good government, you often need less, not more, democracy.

Americans do not recognize the effect of American power in the world. … People all over the world ask, “Why can’t Americans see how American power affects us?”

The big question is how do you allow new powers like India and China to emerge without destabilizing the world order?

When Congress opens the government’s purse, the benefits flow to special interests rather than the public interest.

Each year 70 million Chinese leave China freely—go out to the West and the rest of the world—and freely return to China which some call a prison.

In the first phase of economic development you have rising inequality.

Those Asians who come back with their MBA from America don’t come back to fight with each other. They come back to trade with each other.

The Great Convergence: Asia, the West and the Logic of One World.

The 21st century will be the Asian century. This also means that Asians will be expected to provide greater leadership to solve global challenges, including environmental challenges. Hence, this multi-disciplinary programme from NUS could not be more timely. It meets a pressing need to educate, train and empower leading players in the public, private and civil society sectors in Singapore, Asia and the world.