The death of the founding father of Singapore, and its prime minister for its first three decades, is an occasion for reflection. Not only did Lee Kuan Yew raise a poor, notoriously corrupt port from the bottom rungs of the third world to a modern first world nation in a single generation. He was also one of two certifiable grand masters of international strategy in the last half century (Henry Kissinger being the other), and a wise counselor to the world.
Here, Belfer Center experts reflect on the legacy of the “Grand Master,” Lee Kuan Yew:
The Lee Kuan Yew Conundrum
The Atlantic | March 30, 2015
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
Lee Kuan Yew: Lessons for leaders from Asia’s ‘Grand Master’
CNN.com | March 28, 2015
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
“3 Lessons from Lee Kuan Yew”
The National Interest | March 27, 2015
By Jeremy Schwarz, Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy, International Security Program
“The Sayings of Lee Kuan Yew, the Sage of Singapore”
Los Angeles Times | March 25, 2015
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
“Africa Can Still Learn Important Lessons from Lee Kuan Yew’s Work in Singapore”
The Daily Nation | March 24, 2015
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa
What Would Lee Kuan Yew Do?
The New York Times | March 23, 2015
By Ali Wyne, Former Research Assistant, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Lee Kuan Yew: Graham Allison Reflects on the Man and His Impact
March 23, 2015
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
The World Will Miss Lee Kuan Yew
The Washington Post | March 23, 2015
By Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977.