Kishore Mahbubani

Professor in the Practice of Public Policy at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Kishore Mahbubhani is dean and professor in the practice of public policy in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS. A former diplomat with more than 30 years’ service, he was included in Foreign Policy’s list of Top 100 Global Thinkers in 2010 and 2011. His fourth book, The Great Convergence: Asia, the West and the Logic of One World , will be launched in 2013. He has three children with Anne King Markey

Mahbubhani was previously a member of the 21st Century Council and The WorldPost Advisory Council.

By Kishore Mahbubani

Social Cohesion Must Be Engineered

Why Singapore Is the World’s Most Successful Society