"The authors, a team of eminent strategy thinkers, took the opportunity of recording his views on the world, and the way it's likely to take shape over the next quarter century. The result is this concise, but important book, that looks at the futures of China, the US and India, as well as important contemporary issues, from globalisation and democr­acy to Islamic extremism—all delivered in Lee's characteristically incisive, and occasionally politically incorrect manner." (Anvar Alikhan, Outlookindia.com)

"In a new book released in February, Kuan Yew – now a passive 89-year-old Member of Parliament – voices worries about China's rise in power.

'Many small and medium countries in Asia are concerned (and are) uneasy that China may want to resume the imperial status it had in earlier centuries,' Kuan Yew says.

'They have misgivings such as being treated as vassal states.'

'China tells us that countries big or small are equal, that it is not a hegemon,' Kuan Yew writes.

'But when we do something they do not like, they say you have made 1.3 billion people unhappy. So please know your place.'"

(Seah Chiang Nee, The Star)

"I found myself engrossed this week by the calm, incisive wisdom of one of the few living statesmen in the world who can actually be called visionary. The wisdom is in a book, 'Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States and the World', a gathering of Mr. Lee's interviews, speeches and writings....He is now 89, a great friend of America, and his comments on the U.S. are pertinent to many of the debates in which we're enmeshed." (Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal, subscription required)

"Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World sets down the thoughts of an 89-year-old veteran of 20th century history with much to say about the future. The book is densely packed with Lee's characteristically blunt assessments of issues, countries and people. The text has been deftly assembled and extensively footnoted. The editors have not offered their own views, letting the former Singaporean leader speak for himself." (Stephen Minas, LSE Review of Books)

"[An] artfully synthesized collection of statements by Lee—long and short, written and spoken … Where Lee excels is in his pithy evaluations of regional and national strengths and weaknesses. At his best, the man is a cross between Confucius and Machiavelli." (Aram Bakshian Jr., Washington Times)

"In the following conversation, Lee trains his sights to the most prominent geopolitical issue of our time: the rise of China. Rather than attempt to thwart China's emergence as a global superpower, Lee argues, the United States should find ways to work constructively with China in forging a new global order." (Atlantic)

"Readers will find themselves entertained and challenged by Lee Kwan Yew's lucidity, powerful arguments and acerbic tongue." (Anchalee Kongrut, Economic Observer)

"Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World forms a kind of last testament of the ailing, 89-year-old Mr. Lee…. The book focuses forward on Mr. Lee's prognostications, not backward on his accomplishments. Allison and Blackwill refrain from commentary on the man and his ideas, letting readers interpret for themselves." (Karen Elliott House, Wall Street Journal)

"We talk about China's rise, its surging wealth and power, but the U.S. has been Number One for so long it's hard to really picture what it means, or will mean. Hard to really know what to think.

Lee Kwan Yew knows. Asia's most senior statesman. A longtime friend of the US. A grand master of global strategy out of little Singapore. And here's what he sees.

Does China want to be Number One? Of course. Will they be? Pretty likely. Will we fight? We'd better not."

Tom Ashbrook speaks with Robert Blackwill and Graham Allison about the collected wisdom of grand master Lee Kuan Yew during this February 13 broadcast of NPR's On Point.

"Lee's powerful intellect is captured in a new book, Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World. Now 89, officially retired and somewhat frail, Lee has mellowed with age — not unlike his creation Singapore, governed today with a lighter touch even as its citizens grow more vocal. Yet, as the book, and the adaptation here of the China chapter, reveal, Lee is as sharp, direct and prescient as ever." (Zoher Abdoolcarim, Time Magazine)

Lee Kuan Yew, founding father of modern Singapore, is currently one of the world's most sought-after elder statesmen. Widely praised for helping make Singapore the economic powerhouse it is today, Lee, who was the citystate's PM from 1959 to 1990, has also been criticised for leaving a distinctly authoritarian stamp on its polity. Now, a new book, 'Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World' , by Graham Allison, Robert D Blackwill and Ali Wyne, features the statesman's views on a range of global issues. (Times of India Crest Edition)

"The question of whether nations can learn from history nag policymakers around the world. Part of the problem is that history is handed down through a variety of interpretations that do not reflect reality. But contemporary history, if genuine presented, can offer policy makers with lessons they can learn from.

This is the central message in the newly released book, Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World, by Graham Allison and Robert Blackwill, with Ali Wyne....His central message is that history can repeat itself in a positive way if the world community pays attention to contemporary lessons." (Calestous Juma, Technology+Policy Innovation@Work)

"While the United States and Russia are exactly on the same accord on a number of foreign policy issues, including Missile Defense System in Eastern Europe and the International community's handling of violent situations in Libya and Syria, the Obama administration touts a reset of relations with Russia amongst its foreign policy achievements. The Task Force on Russia and US interest have released a report detailing why Americans still need to care about Russia." (Voice of Russia)

"A new study from a Washington think tank supportive of ties between America and Israel is seeking to rebut growing sentiment among military experts who question Israel's value as a U.S. strategic asset." (Nathan Guttman, Jewish Daily Forward)

"Written after a telephone interview with Ambassador Blackwill regarding his November 2011 report Israel: A Strategic Asset for the United States, coauthored with Walter B. Slocombe and published by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Contrary to Washington wisdom, Israel is a clear strategic asset to the United States, says a new study by a bipartisan pair of veteran diplomats" (Lee Smith, TabletMag)

"The statesman finds opportunity," even in adversity, notes Robert Blackwill, a Republican foreign policy expert who worked for Kissinger and both Bushes. That's a good prescription for Obama. He's in damage-limitation mode — sensible enough in a time of uncertainty but not really a strategy. What's the opportunity — in Pakistan, in India, in Turkey, in Syria — and yes, in the Palestinian state that inevitably will be declared? (David Ignatius, Washington Post)

"As former Bush administration Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill wrote in 2007, "the alignment between India and the United States is now an enduring part of the international landscape." It is cemented, Blackwill notes, by our democratic systems, by the growing, highly successful community of Indian-Americans in this country and by a wary eye on China.

The last factor will never be explicit. "There is no way to clear a drawing room in India quite like saying we're going to 'contain' China," Blackwill says. But no one knows how China will evolve. If the US has strong relationships with Japan, South Korea, Australia and India, it can raise a barrier to China's seaward expansion." (Rich Lowry, New York Post)

"I don't have any doubt that President Obama is going to wow the Indian masses," former Bush-era U.S. Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill told journalists on a call organized by the Council on Foreign Relations on Wednesday. "He is in Indian eyes an extraordinary example of the diversity and pluralism of American democracy, being the first African-American president. At the most basic level, the Indian people are going to find him extremely attractive and charismatic and so forth." (Laura Rozen, Politico)

"Robert Blackwill, former U.S. ambassador to India and later New Delhi's lobbyist in Washington, has stirred up a heated debate with his now famous Plan B for Afghanistan. This involves effectively partitioning the country, with Pashtun-predominant southern Afghanistan ceded to the Taliban and, by proxy, to Pakistan. (Ajai Shukla, Business Standard)