Kishore Mahbubani

Kishore Mahbubani

Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Kishore Mahbubani is a distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore (NUS). He has had two distinct careers in diplomacy (1971 to 2004) and in academia (2004 to 2019), and is a prolific writer who has spoken in many corners of the world. He was with the Singapore Foreign Service for 33 years (1971 to 2004).

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