Can Americans Think (Strategically)?
Kishore Mahbubani speaks about U.S. foreign policy and where the United States stands as China and the Islamic world rise in global influence.
Speaker: Kishore Mahbubani, Dean and Professor in the Practice of Public Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Presider: The Honorable Winston Lord, Chairman Emeritus, International Rescue Committee; Former President, Council on Foreign Relations
October 22, 2010
Dean Kishore Mahbubani discusses the relations of the United States with the ASEAN countries, China, and India as well as strategic geopolitical contradictions and opportunities for the United States in Asia.
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Kishore Mahbubani speaks about U.S. foreign policy and where the United States stands as China and the Islamic world rise in global influence.
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