Public lecture by Anwar Ibrahim at the London School of Economics, March 18, 2010. Click 'play' to listen to the audio recording of the speech (which includes a Q&A session). The speech transcript is available below.
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Public lecture by Anwar Ibrahim at the London School of Economics, March 18, 2010. Click 'play' to listen to the audio recording of the speech (which includes a Q&A session). The speech transcript is available below.
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In a parliamentary speech last week, Nominated MP Calvin Cheng pointed out that it is a common misconception that imitation of the West is the same as being global and modern. This would indeed be the case if modernisation is narrowly defined as catching-up. He went on to say that there is no point...
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In our increasingly digitalized world, it is not that difficult to implement such a naming conventions generator. Either that or something which allows for recognition of names straddling different cultural boundaries has to be implemented. Yes, our names do matter a lot, especially how we read and interpret them. And it is about time...
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This post examines three issues: the "old" social compact, the "new" social compact as characterised by ISEAS Sociologist Terence Chong, and the misunderstanding of the role that globalisation plays in the wealth divide.
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