Kishore Mahbubani: A Nuanced View of Asia & China's Rise — Manifold Podcast #15

 

Kishore Mahbubani is Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. 

Kishore enjoyed two distinct careers: in diplomacy (1971 to 2004) and in academia (2004 to 2019). He is a prolific writer and speaker on geopolitics and East-West relations. He was twice Singapore’s Ambassador to the UN and served as President of the UN Security Council in January 2001 and May 2002. Mr. Mahbubani joined academia in 2004, when he was appointed the Founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School), NUS. He was Dean from 2004 to 2017. 

In this episode Steve and Kishore discuss: 

0:00 Introduction 

2:52 Upbringing in Singapore and Asia's rise 

11:35 How western thinking influences China-U.S. relations 

23:05 Is China a threat to U.S. hegemony in Asia? 

25:52 The United States' long-term strategy for China 

32:13 How trade with ASEAN influences U.S.-China relations 

40:58 Can ASEAN countries play a diplomatic role between U.S. and China 

43:05 Xi Jinping's leadership and the zero-sum view of China 

Links: 

Can Asians Think? - https://mahbubani.net/can-asians-think/ 

The Asian 21st Century - https://mahbubani.net/the-asian-21st-century/ 

Has China Won? - https://mahbubani.net/has-china-won/

Transcript.

This Dutch documentary, which also features Mahbubani, is an excellent complement to our conversation.