January 25, 2018
Backed by phenomenal economic growth, China has its ‘panda diplomacy’, Xi’s growing voice in global affairs and a flow of higher-education students into and out of China are powering this.… Read More
January 22, 2018
The growing threat from natural disasters has led to a call for action to improve the planning of resilience measures, but many places are still unprepared in terms of flood disaster prevention. One of the few regions in the world that has taken significant steps to address the risk of flooding is the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, or Greater Tokyo.
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January 19, 2018
Membaiknya kesejahteraan manusia adalah salah satu keberhasilan terbesar era modern. Zaman yang serba berkecukupan juga telah menyebabkan krisis kesehatan global yang tak terduga: dua miliar orang kini kelebihan berat badan (obesitas).
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January 8, 2018
Soft power is the ability of a country to shape other countries’ views, attitudes, perceptions and actions without force or coercion. Its importance has been acknowledged for centuries, though the term was only coined by American political scientist and author Joseph Nye in the late 1980s.… Read More
January 3, 2018.
Constrained by space and population size, Singapore has had to think smart to meet its challenges.… Read More
December 31, 2017
To go from Third World to the top of the world, Singapore went for ‘soft’ options – like changing mindsets – and hard rules, such as the Land Acquisition Act and congestion pricing.… Read More
December 20, 2017
Delhi is home to 20 million residents, and the city’s more than 10 million vehicles are a major contributor to air pollution. Industrial emissions are also to blame. Thirteen coal-fired power stations operate within a 300 kilometre radius of the city.… Read More
December 6, 2017
In resource-scarce Singapore, the mentality of providing resources ad infinitum, even if they are efficiently used, has to change.… Read More
December 5, 2017
Improved human well-being is one of the modern era’s greatest triumphs. The age of plenty has also led to an unexpected global health crisis: two billion people are either overweight or obese. Developed countries have been especially susceptible to unhealthy weight gain, a trend that could be considered the price of abundance. However, developing countries are now facing a similar crisis.… Read More
December 4, 2017
A decade ago water was not even in the list of 10 major global risks of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Recently, it has been consistently one of the most important global risks identified by WEF. The question then arises: how is it that water transformed itself from a bit player on the world stage to become one of the most urgent issues within a short period of only 10 years?… Read More