Can America escape plutocracy?

“Consider the evidence amid the ‘noise’ of the election campaign. Throughout human history, wise men have warned of the dangers of plutocracy.” – Kishore Mahbubani for The Straits Times. The Straits Times, 12 October 2020, Opinion, pA19

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“Consider the evidence amid the ‘noise’ of the election campaign. Throughout human history, wise men have warned of the dangers of plutocracy.” – Kishore Mahbubani for The Straits Times. The Straits Times, 12 October 2020, Opinion, pA19

The West should let China sleep, as Napoleon advised

“Western governments ought to let China sleep – by learning to live and work with the Chinese leadership instead of wishing for its transformation or early demise.” – Kishore Mahbubani for The Straits Times. The Straits Times, 23 September 2020, Opinion, pA17

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“Western governments ought to let China sleep – by learning to live and work with the Chinese leadership instead of wishing for its transformation or early demise.” – Kishore Mahbubani for The Straits Times. The Straits Times, 23 September 2020, Opinion, pA17

The great paradox of Trump’s plan to combat China

“The great paradox about the response of US President Donald Trump’s administration to the challenge from China is that it is both overestimating and underestimating this challenge.” Kishore Mahbubani for The Straits Times. The Straits Times, 13 August 2020, Opinion, pA23

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“The great paradox about the response of US President Donald Trump’s administration to the challenge from China is that it is both overestimating and underestimating this challenge.” Kishore Mahbubani for The Straits Times. The Straits Times, 13 August 2020, Opinion, pA23

Shipping disruptions may fuel spread of harmful alien species

The story of the Asian green mussel Perna viridis, the  invasive mussel that travelled the shipping routes that wired the Caribbean and Atlantic worlds together, offers a sense of how things might go write Dr Stefan Huebner, ARI Research Fellow, and Dr Anthony Medrano from Yale-NUS College in The Straits Times. Research from this article comes from ARI event

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The story of the Asian green mussel Perna viridis, the  invasive mussel that travelled the shipping routes that wired the Caribbean and Atlantic worlds together, offers a sense of how things might go write Dr Stefan Huebner, ARI Research Fellow, and Dr Anthony Medrano from Yale-NUS College in The Straits Times. Research from this article comes from ARI event

Kishore Mahbubani spearheads Asian Peace Programme

Most of Asia has been in peace for the past four decades, since the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979. However, peace is not a given and cannot be taken for granted. Many threats remain or could emerge suddenly, like the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. On 1 July, Asia Research Institute (ARI), NUS, will be launching the Asian Peace Programme

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Most of Asia has been in peace for the past four decades, since the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979. However, peace is not a given and cannot be taken for granted. Many threats remain or could emerge suddenly, like the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. On 1 July, Asia Research Institute (ARI), NUS, will be launching the Asian Peace Programme

Newcomers lend a hand in their adopted home

Groups supporting #migrant workers in #Singapore during #COVID-19 saw a surge in interest from volunteers in May reports The Straits Times. Associate Professor Elaine Ho, from the Asia Research Institute, and Department of Geography at National University of Singapore (NUS), says: “Immigrants may see volunteering as a way of anchoring themselves and helping themselves to understand the norms of the community,

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Groups supporting #migrant workers in #Singapore during #COVID-19 saw a surge in interest from volunteers in May reports The Straits Times. Associate Professor Elaine Ho, from the Asia Research Institute, and Department of Geography at National University of Singapore (NUS), says: “Immigrants may see volunteering as a way of anchoring themselves and helping themselves to understand the norms of the community,

Dissecting the US-China geopolitical contest

Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at NUS and former Dean of the NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, discusses in his latest book “Has China Won?”, the geopolitical contest between China and America which, in recent years has become a theme of feverish speculation among strategic thinkers. The

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Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at NUS and former Dean of the NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, discusses in his latest book “Has China Won?”, the geopolitical contest between China and America which, in recent years has become a theme of feverish speculation among strategic thinkers. The

COVID-19 can widen gaps in children’s development

Professor Wei-Jun Jean Yeung from the Department of Sociology and Founding Director of the Centre for Family and Population Research at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, shared insights from a longitudinal study in Singapore that COVID-19 and home-based learning could exacerbate socio-economic inequalities, leading to wider learning gaps in children’s development. The Straits

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Professor Wei-Jun Jean Yeung from the Department of Sociology and Founding Director of the Centre for Family and Population Research at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, shared insights from a longitudinal study in Singapore that COVID-19 and home-based learning could exacerbate socio-economic inequalities, leading to wider learning gaps in children’s development. The Straits