✨The Great Convergence

About the book: the great convergence mahbubani shows that in global institution after global institution power is skewed in favor of the west, and argues that it is no longer just or sustainable. Moreover, he sees the main risks to the globe in the twenty-first century in the unresolved contradictions between the need for a one-world view and the ever more local, and locally shrill politics of national self-interest. There are the grounds for disunity, incomprehension and even disaster about the author: kishor mahbubani kishore mahbubani is dean of the lee kuan yew school of public policy at the national university of singapore. 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 serves on 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 yale president's council on international activities (pcia), and the singapore-china foundation - scholarship committee. 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. Prof mahbubani was also listed as one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the world by foreign policy in november 2011. Reviews: "kishore mahbubani has done it again. He has written a book that is provocative, engaging, and always intelligent.