(filtered through a Singaporean perspective)
Jamus Lim is an Associate Professor of Economics at ESSEC Business School and a Member of Parliament in Singapore. With a PhD from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and experience at the World Bank and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority , his work spans international economics, political economy, and development. 01:
I recently interviewed Professor Joseph Liow, the former Dean at the Rajaratnam School of International Studies. The full interview is already out on my podcast. I spent some time reading and understanding American engagement in Southeast Asia following the end of the Cold War. And obviously, you can't
Professor Elizabeth Ingleson is a historian of capitalism, US foreign relations, and US–China relations — a timely and critical intersection she explores in her acclaimed first book, Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade, published by Harvard University Press in 2024. In the book, she unpacks
Professor Joseph Chinyong Liow is one of Singapore’s leading scholars on international affairs, known for his incisive analysis of Southeast Asian politics. He serves as the Dean of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), where he currently holds the prestigious Tan Kah
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