The revolution in technology over the last twenty years has made the world a far less stable place, with events and information travelling at a speed unheard of in the last century. This has presented enormous political challenges around the globe with societies more volatile and potentially dangerous than at any time since the Cold War. Our political leaders can no longer promote isolationists policies and need to adapt to many different dimensions from a changing environment to radical extremism. Members of society can no longer opt out of the political debate: listening to former and current politicians who have operated on the global stage is a good way to understand some of the debates and contribute to them.
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Abhisit VejjajivaPrime Minister of Thailand (2008-2011)
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Rafidah AzizMalaysia's Longest Serving Minister of International Trade and Industry; Former Chairman of AirAsia X
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Helen ClarkFormer Prime Minister of New Zealand, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2017 & Co-Chair of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR), World Health Organisation (WHO)
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Nassim Nicholas TalebBusinessman-trader, philosophical essayist and academic researcher
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Dr. Veerathai SantiprabhobGovernor, Central Bank of Thailand (2015 – 2020)
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Christoph HeusgenChairman of the Munich Security Conference, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations (2017-2020), Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (2005-2017)
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Chris HolmesBritain’s Most Successful Paralympic Swimmer Winning A Total Of 9 Golds, 5 Silvers And 1 Bronze; Director Of Paralympic Integration, Responsible For The Organisation Of The 2012 Paralympic Games In London
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Nina SchickGenerative AI Expert
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DJ GRIBBINFormer White House Infrastructure Guru - Where He Led the Development of the Administration’s $1 Trillion-dollar Infrastructure Plan
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Tony TraversExpert On Regional and Local Government and Public Service Reform; Director of LSE London, A Research Centre at the London School of Economics
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Alex YoungerFormer Chief Of The Secret Intelligence Service (Also Known As MI6); Longest-serving MI6 Chief In 50 Years; Expert On International Security, Cybersecurity, Geopolitics
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Curtis S. ChinFormer US Ambassador to the Asian Development Bank; Chairman of Milken Institute Asia Center
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Prof. Terence T.L. ChongExecutive Director, Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance; Associate Professor of Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Director of the Financial Markets Program, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies; Ranks top 37th worldwide in theoretical econometrics and top 2% authors worldwide in terms of the Number of Distinct Works
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Khairy JamaluddinFormer Minister of Health, Malaysia; Visiting Senior Fellow, ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore; Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (2020 - 2021); Host of Southeast Asia's No.1 Current Affairs Podcast, ‘Keluar Sekejap’
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Tarisa WatanagaseFormer Governor of the Bank of Thailand (2006–2010)
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DeAnne JuliusA former intelligence analyst for the CIA and an American-British economist, notable as a founder member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England
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MICHAŁ KURTYKAPresident, COP 24 of UNFCCC. Secretary of State, Minister Of Climate And Environment of Poland
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Tshering TobgayFormer Prime Minister of Bhutan
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Laurence KotlikoffWilliam Warren Fairfield Professor, Boston University; Professor of Economics, Boston University; President, Economic Security Planning, Inc.
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Rüdiger von FritschAmbassador of Germany to Russia (2014-2019)
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Samantha de BendernAssociate Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House, with deep knowledge on Ukraine, Russia, NATO, and the EU
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Kylie Moore-GilbertBritish-Australian academic and writer, and former Iran hostage
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Jason SchenkerFinancial Market Futurist
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H.E. Jusuf KallaVice President of Indonesia (2004–2009; 2014–2019)
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Anindya GhoseGlobal Expert On The Mobile Economy
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Paul JohnsonDirector of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK’s leading economic research institute; Board member of the Climate Change Committee, of the Office of Tax Simplification, and of the Banking Standards Board
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Professor Benjamin HortonDirector, Earth Observatory of Singapore Professor, ASEAN School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Jim RogersGlobal Investment Guru