Lee Kuan Yew

Outline

Lee Kuan Yew (2013) gathers the views of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding prime minister, on China, the United States, globalisation, democracy, and leadership. Drawn from his speeches, interviews, and writings, the book presents his direct assessments of the forces shaping the world. The editors organise his insights into clear themes for leaders and general readers.

• The book collects Lee Kuan Yew's own views, taken from his speeches, interviews and writings rather than from a single narrative.
• Lee Kuan Yew was Singapore's founding prime minister, and his assessments come from that position of long national leadership.
• He gives direct assessments of China, the United States and the forces shaping global power.
• The book also covers his thinking on globalisation, democracy and leadership, not only on foreign affairs.
• The editors sort his insights into clear themes, so leaders and general readers can follow them without prior background.

Lee Kuan Yew, Graham Allison, Robert D. Blackwill and Ali Wyne bring together one of Asia’s most influential statesmen and three experts on international affairs. Lee (1923–2015) led Singapore as prime minister from 1959 to 1990, while Allison is a Harvard professor, Blackwill is a former American diplomat, and Wyne is a foreign policy analyst.