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Blackwill is a diplomat and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Known for: Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World

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Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World

Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World

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This book presents a collection of insights and reflections from Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding Prime Minister, on global affairs, leadership, and the future of nations. Drawing from extensive interviews and speeches, it captures his pragmatic worldview and strategic thinking on China’s rise, U.S. power, and the dynamics of international relations.

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Lee Kuan Yew’s Worldview

My perspective on politics is rooted in survival. Having led Singapore from a poor tropical backwater into one of the world’s most prosperous societies, I learned that success begins with realism. Nations do not survive by wishful thinking; they survive by adapting to shifting power realities. Ideal...

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China’s Transformation

China’s rise in the past four decades is the most remarkable geopolitical event of our era. I watched it closely, from Mao’s ideological fervor to Deng Xiaoping’s opening of the economy. Deng was China’s true revolutionary in practice. He understood that communism without economic growth is unsustai...

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Blackwill is a diplomat and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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