Thought Leadership

Some of the world’s leaders, and leading thinkers from NUS and overseas, regularly gather and add to the rich diversity of thoughts and ideas on our campuses, in Singapore and across the globe.
Here’s what they had to share.

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Deconstructing populism

Deconstructing populism

Speaker: Speakers: Mr Jonathan Darby, Acting Deputy High Commissioner at the British High Commission in Singapore; Frank Lavin, former US Ambassador; Assoc Prof Tan Ern Ser, NUS Arts and Social Sciences | 28 February 2017

World Order in the Age of Trump

World Order in the Age of Trump

Speaker: Speaker: Prof Amitav Acharya, Boeing Company Chair in International Relations, Schwarzman Scholars Program, Tsinghua University | 1 February 2017

Looking ahead

Looking ahead

Speaker: Speaker: Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) & Second Minister for Defence, Singapore | 23 January 2017

Putting families first

Putting families first

Speaker: Speakers: Professor Mary C Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology at Harvard University; Mrs Josephine Teo, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State | 19 January 2017

The Challenges Ahead – Europe and the World

The Challenges Ahead – Europe and the World

Speaker: Speaker: Mr Pavlo Klimkin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine | 16 January 2017

Has the game changed?

Has the game changed?

Speaker: Speaker: Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister & Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, Singapore | 7 January 2017

Cultural Transfers in History

Cultural Transfers in History

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Wang Gungwu, Chairman, NUS East Asian Institute | 6 January 2017

Perspectives on the Pacific Century

Perspectives on the Pacific Century

Speaker: Speaker: The Honourable Kirk Wagar, United States Ambassador to Singapore | 3 January 2017

Democracy

Democracy

Speaker: Speaker: Mr Tshering Tobgay, His Honorable Prime Minister of Bhutan | 29 November 2016

Driving Singapore’s War on Diabetes

Driving Singapore’s War on Diabetes

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Paul Zimmet, Monash University’s Professor of Diabetes and Honorary President of the International Diabetes Foundation | 24 November 2016