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Ambassador
Mahbubani has enjoyed a remarkable career in government,
while at the same time writing prolifically on
public issues. As a diplomat in the Singapore
Foreign Service from 1971 to 2004, he was posted
to Cambodia (where he served during the war in
1973-74), Malaysia, Washington, and New York,
where he served two stints as Singapore's ambassador
to the United Nations, and as president of the
UN Security Council in January 2001 and May 2002.
He was permanent secretary at the Foreign Ministry
from 1993 to 1998.
He is
also the author of Can Asians Think? (published
in Singapore, Canada, US, Mexico, India, China
and Malaysia) and of Beyond the Age of Innocence:
Rebuilding Trust Between America and the World
(published in New York). His articles have appeared
in a wide range of journals and newspapers.
He has also been profiled in the Economist and
in Time magazine. Many of his shorter writings
can be found on www.mahbubani.net.
Mr. Mahbubani
was awarded the President's Scholarship in 1967.
He graduated with a first class honors degree
in philosophy from the University of Singapore
in 1971. He received a master's degree in philosophy
in 1976 and an honorary doctorate in 1995, both
from Dalhousie University, Canada. In 1991-92,
he spent a year as a fellow at Harvard's Center
for International Affairs.
He is the receipient
of numerous honors and awards, including Singapore's
Public Administration Medal (Gold) and the Foreign
Policy Association medal, for which the citation
called him, "A gifted diplomat, a student
of history and philosophy, a provocative writer
and an intuitive thinker." In September
2005, Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines
named him one of the top 100 public intellectuals
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