Kishore Mahbubani, a Professor in the Practice of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, has had two distinguished careers, 33 years in diplomacy and 15 years in academia, when he was the Founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. He lived in New York for over ten years as Singapore's Ambassador to the UN. In 2019, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is globally recognised as Asia's leading public intellectual. He has authored several books, among them Can Asians Think?, Has the West Lost It? The New Asian Hemisphere, The Great Convergence, and Beyond the Age of Innocence (the last 3 all PublicAffairs). He travels extensively and lives in Singapore.
Praise for Has China Won?
"Americans should heed Kishore Mahbubani's astringent advice,
unwelcome as it may be: Cast away illusions about eternal U.S.
primacy and exceptional virtue protected by high walls. Instead,
Washington should adopt a long-term international strategy anchored
in balance and cooperation; reestablish sound internal leadership
and governance; win friends abroad instead of driving allies away;
avoid over-commitment; and express moral modesty. Military power is
not the most important weapon in the Arsenal of Democracy."--David
M. Lampton: Oksenberg-Rohlen Fellow at the Freeman Spogli
Institute, Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University;
Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins-SAIS.
"Has China Won? is a provocative title. In his latest book, Kishore
Mahbubani explains why this is in fact the wrong question to ask.
Despite rising resentment and mutual misperception, both the United
States and China ultimately know that war between them will be
cataclysmic. In this revelatory new book, Mahbubani appeals to the
deeper rationality of both great powers, arguing that the greatest
challenge of our times will be to answer the question of whether
humanity has won. Both American and Chinese readers will benefit
from Mahbubani's wisdom."--George Yeo, former Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Singapore
"China and the US are locked in a struggle for international
primacy, and the result of this contest will shape the world order
for generations to come. Kishore captures the complexity of this
battle with the measured nuance and clear insight it deserves. Not
to be missed."--Ian Bremmer, author of Us vs. Them and president,
Eurasia Group
"Kishore Mahbubani has a remarkable ability to see through the
complacent orthodoxies that lead great nations astray. Has China
Won? identifies the myths and mistakes that are undermining Chinese
and American relations with each other and the world, and it offers
both countries candid and clear-eyed advice for how to do better in
the future. Leaders in Beijing and Washington will not like
everything he has to say, but they would do well to pay close
attention to it anyway. And so should you."--Stephen M. Walt is the
Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs at
Harvard University
"Kishore Mahbubani has deep experience in diplomacy and
international relations, an highly-developed relatively rare
ability to think strategically in complex settings, and a unique
capacity (by virtue of his life story) to connect with and respect
multiple civilizations and their values. These skills, insights and
experience are on full display in his new book, "Has China Won?" A
provocative title, but a little misleading. In fact, he analyzes in
an even-handed way the scenarios that could play out in the
emerging rivalry between China and the USA. His assessment of the
biases and mistakes on both sides is both brutal and crucial. It
will take most readers out of their comfort zone, and that is part
of its strength. There are many insights, but at the core, is the
proposition that the outcome over time will depend mainly on the
capacity (or its absence) on both sides, to understand and respect
deep differences in civilizations that are built over hundreds and
even thousands of years, ones that lead to varying governance
structures and relative values with respect to individual freedoms,
social and political stability and more; in other words seeing the
worlds through the eyes of the other. That said there is a wide
range of common interests on which to build. Notwithstanding the
title of the book, it is fairly clear by the end that in
Mahbubani's view, either everyone (not just China and the USA) wins
or no one wins. It is an important book at a crucial moment in
history."--Michael Spence was conferred the Nobel Memorial Prize in
Economic Sciences in 2001
"Kishore Mahbubani has long extolled what the West taught the rest
of the world and how many parts of Asia, including China and India,
have benefitted from what they have learnt. Yet no one seems more
surprised at what China has learned from the US than the United
States itself, which now sees China purely as a rival that
threatens its global primacy. Mahbubani asks pointedly: what did
China do to deserve this? He has gone further than ever before to
challenge his readers to think of the consequences if the rivalry
is allowed to grow unchecked."--Wang Gungwu, University Professor
at the National University of Singapore
"Kishore Mahbubani has written an excellent and important book on
much the biggest question in international affairs: how will the
relationship between the US and China evolve? Humanity desperately
needs these superpowers to co-operate. It seems more likely to have
ceaseless friction between them. If it is the latter, argues
Mahbubani, it is quite likely that the US will end up at a severe
disadvantage, not so much because of China's inherent superiority,
but rather because of US mistakes, not least a failure to grasp the
Chinese reality."
--Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial
Times
"Kishore Mahbubani's Has China Won? is a serious contribution:
reviewing strategic wisdom from Kennan to Kennedy, asking
provocative, even heretical questions about China's rise, and
counseling a world safe for diversity."--Graham Allison, author of
Destined For War: Can America and China escape Thucydides's Trap,
is the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard
University
"We need to know how China thinks and sees itself in the world,
whether we see them as our friends, our adversary, or somewhere in
between. There is no better guide for westerners to the Asian world
view than Kishore Mahbubani. He shares the wealth of his knowledge
and experience in this vitally important book."
--Lawrence H. Summers is a former President of Harvard University
and a former Treasury Secretary
"With his usual lucidity and provocativeness, Kishore Mahbubani has
written yet another cool-headed analysis of a subject of great
importance for the world's future."--The International Institute of
Strategic Studies
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