Dean and Professor in the Practice of Public Policy of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. He previously served for 33 years in the Singapore Foreign Service and was Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry (1993-1998). He was included in the list of Top 50 individuals who would shape the debate on future capitalism, Financial Times, 2009, and was named as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers, Foreign Policy, 2010. He is the author of Can Asians Think? published in Singapore, Canada, US, Mexico, India and China and his articles have appeared in a wide range of journals and newspapers, including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Time, Newsweek and The New York Times. He graduated in philosophy from Singapore and Canada.
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