Kishore Mahbubani
The Strategist
The long view, patient, analytical, playing several moves ahead.
Kishore Mahbubani reads as The Strategist because he navigates by historical pattern, not ideological loyalty. Schooled on Kennan and Kissinger and tempered by 33 years of active diplomacy, including a term presiding over the UN Security Council, he maps the structural shifts others resist naming: the West's eroding leverage, Asia's pragmatic coexistence model, China's rational self-interest. From his Southeast Asian vantage point, he prescribes course corrections before crises compound, which is the Strategist's essential discipline.
“The Ukraine war was eminently avoidable. George Kennan said this in 1999 — it's just plain common sense. 85% of the world's population didn't impose sanctions on Russia. What message does that send to Europe?”
“You cannot solve any problem unless the two sides sit down and talk to each other openly, candidly. I practised diplomacy for 33 years — that's how you make progress.”
“By 2050, Europe will be half the size of China. These are the fundamental structural changes happening within Asia — a very, very different world we have to deal with.”
Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy: “How Europe can end the Russia-Ukraine war - Kishore Mahbubani”
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