Kishore Mahbubani (born 24 October 1948) is a Singaporean academic and former diplomat. He is currently Professor in the Practice of Public Policy at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
From 1971 to 2004 he served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was Singapore’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. In that role, he served as President of the United Nations Security Council in January 2001 and May 2002.
On 6 November 2017, Mahbubani announced that he would retire from the position as Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School at the end of 2017.
Books in order of publication:
Can Asians Think ? – 2001
Beyond the Age of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust Between America and The World – 2005
The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East – 2008
The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World – 2013
China–India Relations: Cooperation and conflict – 2015
The ASEAN Miracle: A Catalyst for Peace – 2017
Has the West Lost It?: A Provocation – 2018
Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy – 2020
Can Singapore Survive? – 2022
The Asian 21st Century – 2022
Living the Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir – 2024
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