Most of Asia has been in peace for the past four decades, since the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979. However, peace is not a given and cannot be taken for granted. Many threats remain or could emerge suddenly, like the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. On 1 July, Asia Research Institute (ARI), NUS, will be launching the Asian Peace Programme …
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Groups supporting #migrant workers in #Singapore during #COVID-19 saw a surge in interest from volunteers in May reports The Straits Times. Associate Professor Elaine Ho, from the Asia Research Institute, and Department of Geography at National University of Singapore (NUS), says: “Immigrants may see volunteering as a way of anchoring themselves and helping themselves to understand the norms of the community, …
Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at NUS and former Dean of the NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, discusses in his latest book “Has China Won?”, the geopolitical contest between China and America which, in recent years has become a theme of feverish speculation among strategic thinkers. The …
Professor Wei-Jun Jean Yeung from the Department of Sociology and Founding Director of the Centre for Family and Population Research at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, shared insights from a longitudinal study in Singapore that COVID-19 and home-based learning could exacerbate socio-economic inequalities, leading to wider learning gaps in children’s development. The Straits …
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Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at NUS, in an excerpt from his book, “Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy”, discussed 10 areas that provoke questions the US should address, when formulating their long-term strategy on relations with China. The Sunday Times, 26 April 2020, Insight, pB8
Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, NUS opined that the coronavirus pandemic has underlined the importance of supporting multilateral organisations like the World Health Organisation, rather than progressively weakening them. The Straits Times, 9 April 2020, Opinion, pA19
Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow of the NUS Asia Research Institute, joined other global thought leaders in sharing their insights with Foreign Policy magazine on how the COVID19 pandemic will change the world.
Prof Kishore Mahbubani has opined that Covid-19 outbreak is occurring at a time when global organisations, including the WHO, are weakened, making it imperative for world powers to step up. Just as they did for the global financial crisis, the US and China should convene a special G20 summit to form a coordinated response to …
Why China and the US must set aside their differences to tackle the coronavirus crisis Read More »
Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Professor in the Practice of Public Policy at Asia Research Institute, NUS, noted that the world order has not kept pace with some shifting economic dynamics and opined that if world leaders do not start addressing the contradictions plaguing the world order soon, the likely result is crisis and even more dangerous …
An article by Drs Eric Kerr and Malini Sur about the lack of legal and policy frameworks for bushfire smoke. The Conversation online, 24 January 2020
