How to play the game of cultural diplomacy
I've been asked as the founder and organizer of Singapore Unbound to participate in a round table discussion in Singapore on cultural diplomacy. Immediately I wondered what I could contribute to thinking about the projection of a country's soft power, one definition of cultural diplomacy. Singapore Unbound is, after all, a very...
Will populism affect the economy badly?
Someone asked me - Mr. Tan, I see the trend towards populism in many countries. I am afraid that this trend will be bad for the economy and for the social cohesion. I gave him this reply. Over the past three decades, the world has grown to be more unequal. Most of the wealth has gone to the super rich - the top 1% of the population....
Lack of diversity and hard questions
At an NUSS dialogue some of the notable comments came from a veteran journalist. "Mr Han [Fook Kwang] said that Singapore has a long-standing process in selecting its leaders through the government scholarship system... While this system has many advantages, such as stability and a certain level of competence, Mr Han said that...
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