There is a great global demand for an authoritative voice on Asias resurgence. - Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Fortune telling from the man who has proven intellectually incapable of thinking beyond the binary of Asia and the West. The late Edward Said, one of the giants of the Civilization - east, west, mid-east and what have you - would be turning in his grave. Do Foreign Ministry functionaries attempt at fortune telling when their careers no longer advanced within their chosen structures of power. Remember Francis Fukuma and his End of History? Now Mahbubani, former bureaucrat in Singapore MOFA, with A Golden Age Looms for Asia. Alas, if this man is a specimen of an Asian who is perceived to be a thinker, I must conclude that Asians cant think! But fortunately, there are many Asians who think and think deeply. There is a great global demand for an authoritative voice on Asias resurgence. When the British Empire reigned supreme, the Times of London served as the newspaper of record. When the American century began, the New York Times emerged as the newspaper of record. As the Asian century unfolds, The Straits Times is well poised to be the newspaper of record for the Asian century. - See more at: straitstimes/news/opinion/more-opinion-stories/story/golden-age-looms-asia-20141122#sthash.KfYWaHOf.dpuf
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 21:30:33 +0000
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