Singapore turned 60 this year — young by the standards of nations, but old enough to face the dangers of middle age. The city-state that once pulsed with hustle now risks slowing into caution and comfort. The society that once thrived on the restless energy of migrants has grown conservative, stable, and afraid to take…
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The images from Gaza are unbearable: the rubble, the children, the grief. The moral horror of starving people is visceral, immediate, and human. And yet, for Israel, the choices ahead are not shaped by what is humane, but by what is necessary to survive. Since the attacks of October 7 — the deadliest day for…
A few days ago I wrote on the cultural gaps I encountered at Davos; on my way back to Singapore, I stopped by Paris and spoke at the The France China Foundation about the cultural gaps in doing business in China. I am a freestyle speaker at such talks, and don’t have a script to…
So I have finally left the ‘Magic Mountain’ and am back in Zurich. The start of the World Economic Forum of Davos 2018 was chaotic, after the heaviest snowstorms in decades. Trains broke down and people started taking to the roads, leading to huge jams going into what is essentially a little village. I however…
President Hollande has finally called the Paris attacks what they really are – an act of war. It is inane to characterise these and similar attacks as mere acts of terror or the acts of religious extremists. ISIS has grown into a state that both operates within a physical, geographical domain in the Middle East,…
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