Has the West Lost It?: A Provocation

Posted on 02 January 2018 by Kishore Mahbubani

A compelling warning It is hard to disagree with this advice from such a well informed friend of the west Martin Wolf, Financial TimesThe West s two century epoch as global powerhouse is at an end A new world order, with China and India as the strongest economies, dawns How will the West react to its new status of superpower in decline In Kishore Mahbubani s timely polemic, he argues passionately that the West can no longer presume to impose its ideology on the world, and crucially, that it must stop seeking to intervene, politically and militarily, in the affairs of other nations He examines the West s greatest follies of recent times the humiliation of Russia at the end of the Cold War, which led to the rise of Putin, and the invasion of Iraq after 9 11, which destabilised the Middle East Yet, he argues, essential to future world peace are the Western constructs of democracy and reason, which it must continue to promote, by diplomacy rather than force, via multilateral institutions of global governance such as the UN Only by recognising its changing status, and seeking to influence rather than dominate, he warns, can the West continue to play a key geopolitical role Kishore Mahbubani might well be the most intelligent, friendly and doggedly persistent critic of the West In this brief book, he delivers some of his trademark analysis and pungent observations We should all think of it as the cold shower that is urgently needed to revive the West Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post American World Best Download Books Has the West Lost It?: A Provocation author Kishore Mahbubani – kino-fada.fr Has the West Lost It is definitely the worst written book I read this year The simplistic, narrow view of the author made me shake my head in disbelief that a respectable publisher decided to waste money and paper to print this collection of delusions, incoherent ramblings and unfounded statements the author presents as facts e.g writing about Americans as the best educated society on Earth , whereas in fact Americans rank 27th in general education and 38th in math, according to the Has the West ...A strange book by one of our local public intellect It mocks the West s myopic vision while at the same time fails to see that Singapore is in an equally precarious position due to the leadership s inability ...In the future, historians will lament that America s long term policy toward China was not a result of calm calculation Instead, they are likely to focus on how America s political polarization and simplistic ideology shared by many who should know better drove it into a highly damaging and utterly pointless conflict Kishore, May 2018 , , , Sir, it s not a fair milking trade policy, China s No, Mr Kishore, the West will be GREAT AGAIN I In the future, historians will lament that America s long term policy toward China was not a result of calm calculation Instead, they are likely to focus on how Ameri...I found this a powerful and challenging read and a welcome change of perspective from our own bubble of national concerns He reminds his readers of how the world in general is improving, becomingpeaceful, safer and richer Meanwhile the West s flailing a very appropriate word, I d say is not furthering either world stability or the narrow interests of the US and Europe Founding his ideas on the teachings of Niccol Machiavelli, he advises America to focus on competing with China I found this a powerful and challenging read and a welcome change of perspective from our own bubble of national concerns He reminds his readers of how the world in general is improving, becomingpeaceful, safer and richer Meanwhile the West s flailing a very appropriate word, I d say is not furthering either world stability or the narrow interests of the US and Europe Founding his ideas on the teaching...Interesting to read and see some fresh point of view, yet some of the ideas seemed not to be well developed yet I also have a feeling it s a writing made in the atmosphere of Trump presidency hate which I understand , but I am not sure if it is not influencing this ...Provocative thought provoking Bracing like a cold shower Prof Danny Quah, who succeeded Kishore Mahbubani as Dean LKY School of Public PolicyA love letter to the West 1 Why does the West matter 2 Why the West has lost its way 3 What can be done West as role model inspiration for the human condition Re Steven Pinker global violence has declined 3 critical strategic mistakes committed by the West 1 1990 end of Cold War Francis Fukuyama s essay The End of History Provocative thought provoking Bracing like a cold shower Prof Danny Quah, who succeeded Kishore Mahbubani as Dean LKY School of Public PolicyA love letter to the West 1 Why does the West matter 2 Why the West has lost its way 3 What can be done West as role model inspiration for the human condition Re Steven Pinker global violence has declined 3 critical strategic mistakes committed by the West 1 1990 end of Cold War Francis Fukuyama s essay The End of History complacency vs China India waking up Was the West caught sleeping 2 9 11 war in Afghanistan, in Iraq vs China s ascension to WTO Rise of populism in USA and the rise of Trump 3 Not adjusting with the times Arrogance Lost the art of listening Lost t...Reading Kishore Mahbubani s book, Has the West lost it it s like taking a cold shower It is intelligent, thoughtful, creative and provocative.The West s two century epoch as global powerhouse is at an end, he says A new world order, with China and India as the strongest economies, dawns How the West will respond to the new world order Has the West lost it Is a call to the West to wake up and pay attention to the Rest Kishore Mahbubani says that the Western intell...An anti American, anti Trump pamphlet equals The West United States reminiscent of the not aligned movement of the seventies It lacks depth of thoughts and only scratches the surface of the issue Expectedinsights on economic, cultural, political and managerial differences between two ordiffe...I really wanted to like this book but I couldn t With a title like Has the West Lost It I do think they did, look at Trump I thought that a book written by a diplomate from the South would give a view that is different from the Western view that one can benefit from It doesn t, it is written with a tone that swings back and forth between advise and something that is a little too subdued for my taste.More importantly, Mahbubani has made some arguments that are infuriating, and inaccurate I really wanted to like this book but I couldn t With a title like Has the West Lost It I do think they did, look at Trump I thought that a book written by a diplomate from the South would give a view that is different from the Western view that one can benefit from It doesn t, it is written with a tone that swings back and forth between advise...This book has a simple insightful East Asian perspective on where the economics powers will shift in the new future, and the inspiration of the West in terms of globalization had on Asia s Success stories such as Singapore and Malaysia. EtcI think I can sum up the book with this quote As long as liberal Americans believe that they have the most liberal minds in the world, they will never wake up and understand the closed mental universes they have boxed themselves into Liberalism has This book has a simple insightful East Asian perspective on where the economics powers will shift in the new future, and the inspiration of the West in terms of globalization had on Asia s Success stories such as Singapore and Malaysia. EtcI think I can sum up the book with this quote As long as liberal Americans believe that they have the most liber...

02 January 2018

Kishore Mahbubani