| Prof. Kishore Mahbubani |
Dean and Professor in the Practice of Public Policy, |
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, |
National University of Singapore |
A student of philosophy and history, Prof. Kishore Mahbubani has had the good fortune of enjoying a career in government and, at the same time, in writing on public issues. With the Singapore Foreign Service from 1971 to 2004, he had postings in Cambodia (where he served during the war in 1973-74), Malaysia , Washington DC and New York , where he served two stints as Singapore 's Ambassador to the UN and as President of the UN Security Council in January 2001 and May 2002. He was Permanent Secretary at the Foreign Ministry from 1993 to 1998.
Currently, he is the Dean and Professor in the Practice of Public Policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY SPP) of the National University of Singapore. He is also a Faculty Associate for the LKY SPP's Centre on Asia and Globalisation (CAG). Concurrently, Prof. Mahbubani continues to serve in Boards and Councils of several institutions in Singapore, Europe and North America, including the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Council, the Asia Society's International Council, the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), the Yale President's Council on International Activities (PCIA), the Research Advisory Council of The Global Markets Institute at Goldman Sachs and the Singapore-China Foundation - Scholarship Committee.
In the world of ideas, he has spoken and published globally. His articles have appeared in a wide range of journals and newspapers, including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Washington Quarterly, Survival, American Interest, the National Interest, Time, Newsweek and New York Times. He has also been profiled in the Economist and in Time Magazine. He is the author of the forthcoming book The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East (to be published in New York , early 2008), as well as Can Asians Think? (published in Singapore , Canada , US, Mexico , India , China and Malaysia ) and of “ Beyond The Age Of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust between America and the World ” (published in New York ). More information on his writings can be found on www.mahbubani.net .
Prof. Mahbubani was awarded the President's Scholarship in 1967. He graduated with a First Class honours degree in Philosophy from the University of Singapore in 1971. From Dalhousie University , Canada , he received a Masters degree in Philosophy in 1976 and an honorary doctorate in 1995.
He has been conferred The Public Administration Medal (Gold) by the Singapore Government in 1998. He was also listed as one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the world by Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines in September 2005.
