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I keenly hope that the wise administrators in Singapore will continue their commitment to the humanities and social sciences.
Prasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)
Extraordinarily insightful talk by John Thornton on China and its relations with the US. Truly a must-watch!
Here he explains the "fundamental disconnect" between public statements that China-US is the most consequential relationship in the world and the utter lack of action to actually cultivate the relationship. For... See more
Arnaud Bertrandx.com
Charlie Munger on Singapore and why he thinks Lee Kuan Yew is history’s greatest nation builder (he kept a bust of LKY in his home):
“He had the best record as a nation-builder if you were willing to count small nations in that group…He took over a malarial swamp with no army, no nothing. And pretty soon he turned that... See more
Trung Phanx.comYour annual reminder that Lee Kuan Yew understood your average global south country better than its average democracy loving middle class resident.
And he was completely accurate, Suu Kyi turned out to be a complete disaster for Burma, and ended up a low key ethnic cleanser. https://t.co/s6w1Bo8ke7
OK Thenx.comIf you want to understand Asian geopolitics today, this is an absolute must-watch.
This is George Yeo, who was a Singaporean cabinet minister during 21 years, including Minister for Foreign Affairs during 7 years. In my humble opinion, very few people out there have such a subtle understanding of geopolitics in Asia as... See more
Arnaud Bertrandx.com



