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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Tom FletcherPrincipal of Hertford College, Oxford University; Former UK Ambassador; Foreign Policy Adviser to three Prime Ministers; Bestselling Author; Oxford University’s Youngest Head of House
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Daniel E. HoSenior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI); Serves on the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC), advising the White House on A.I. Policy Senior Advisor on Responsible AI at the U.S. Department of Labor, on the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
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Bill BrowderFinancier, Economist and Human Rights Defender
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Keyu JinProfessor of Economics at the London School of Economics
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Robert ReichFormer US Secretary of Labor, Economist and Author
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Tan Sri Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus9th Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia; Former Assistant Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC
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Shahril HamdanFormer Visiting Fellow at the Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore; Former Economic Director at the Prime Minister’s office; Co-host of SouthEast Asia’s No.1 current affairs Podcast, ‘Keluar Sekejap’; World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (2023-2026)
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Dominic RaabDeputy Prime Minister Between 2021 and 2022; Held Six Cabinet Posts Including Foreign Secretary, Brexit Secretary and Justice Secretary; International Lawyer Who Trained in the City and Practised at the Foreign Office, Advising on Shipping, Investment Protection and War Crimes
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Ong Kian-MingFormer Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI), 2018 - 2020
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Dian Triansyah DjaniSpecial Senior Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Former Ambassador of Indonesia to the United Nations
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María Fernanda EspinosaFormer President of the UN General Assembly (2018-19); Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defense of Ecuador; Leading Authority on Global Governance, Climate change, and Gender equality
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Florence ParlyMinister for the Armed Forces of France from 2017 to 2022; Trustee of the IISS and Member of the Advisory Council, IISS
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Carmen ReinhartProfessor at Harvard Kennedy School and Former Senior Policy Advisor and Deputy Director at the IMF
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Michel BarnierEuropean Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom (2019-2021); French Minister of Foreign Affairs (2004-2005)
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James A. FokSenior executive at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) from 2012 until 2021; Financial and Strategic Advisor to Corporations and Governments
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Yves MerschMember of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (2012-2020); Governor of the Central Bank of Luxembourg (1998-2012)
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Sir Christopher PissaridesWinner of the 2010 Nobel Prize for Economics
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Desiree FixlerESG and Sustainability Advocate for Change; Trusted Advisor to Financial Institutions and Regulators, Including the UK's FCA and Monetary Authority of Singapore; Whistleblower on Greenwashing
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Dr. Marty NatalegawaForeign Minister of Indonesia (2009 – 2014)
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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