Living the Asian Century: A Book Conversation with Kishore Mahbubani
The former president of the UN Security Council discusses his new memoir.

Distinguished diplomat, academic, and author Kishore Mahbubani needs no introduction. His decades serving in Singapore’s foreign service – during which he was president of the UN Security Council among other postings – were followed by his authorship of more than ten books charting the story of Asia’s rise, the West’s promise and peril, and ASEAN’s strength and endurance.

In his latest book, Living the Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir, Prof. Mahbubani interweaves the dramatic transformation of Singapore, Southeast Asia, and the world with his own life story. Born in Singapore to working-class immigrant parents, Mahbubani tells us how he transcended a childhood of poverty and traversed his diplomatic and intellectual journey, shaping and being shaped by a fast-rising region, even as Singapore trailblazed a unique model of economic development and leadership in the Global South. Candid and insightful, the book reveals the many facets of the man and the geopolitics of his times.
February 2025

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Kishore Mahbubani

Kishore Mahbubani is a distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Mahbubani worked in the Singapore Foreign Service for 33 years (1971 to 2004). He had postings in Cambodia, Malaysia, Washington DC and New York, where he served as President of the UN Security Council in January 2001 and May 2002. 

Sarang Shidore (Moderator)

Sarang Shidore is director of the Global South Program at the Quincy Institute, and a senior non-resident fellow at the Council on Strategic Risks. He is also a member of the adjunct faculty at George Washington University, where he teaches a class on the geopolitics of climate change. He researches and writes on the geopolitics of the Global South, Asia, and climate change. 
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