Insights | It's 'sheer folly' that we are bankrupting the UN when needing it more, says Kishore Mahbubani

“We are bankrupting the UN at a time when we need it more," said Kishore Mahbubani, distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, during the Boao Forum for Asia 2026 Annual Conference.

"I mean that again is sheer folly on the part of the human species." (Lin Zhuowei)