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.

After the Pandemic — The Rebirth of Big Government? State Capacity, Trust and Privacy in the Post-COVID-19 Era

After the Pandemic — The Rebirth of Big Government? State Capacity, Trust and Privacy in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Speakers: Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Mr John Micklewait, and Ms Rana Foroohar, 22 Jul 2020

In a recent session of the Asia Thinker Series, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies; Mr John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief at Bloomberg; and Ms Rana Foroohar, Global Business Columnist at the Financial Times, discussed the need for greater state power to monitor public health, and how this balances against concerns about individual privacy.

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Why Singapore’s climate policies are likely to be durable and effective

Why Singapore’s climate policies are likely to be durable and effective

Speaker: Prof Benjamin William Cashore 20 May 2024

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