The Front Row Podcast
by Keith Yap
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Is Singapore The Israel of Southeast Asia? [Commentary]
Is Singapore The Israel of Southeast Asia? [Commentary]
About this podcast
Front Row Interviews with experts to expand your mental map of the world.
Made in Singapore.
For Asia and the World.
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- Is Singapore The Israel of Southeast Asia? [Commentary] · 24 minFor decades, Singapore was called the Israel of Southeast Asia, and the reasons lay in the oddity Singapore approached foreign relations, especially with regards to Israel. In…
- #98 - Samuel Rhee : The Secret To Financial Security in 2026 · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 98Samuel Rhee is Co-Founder, Chairman, and Group Chief Investment Officer of Endowus, the Singapore-headquartered digital wealth platform. He heads the Endowus Investment Office…
- #97- OCBC Chief Economist Explains How The Global Economic Order Is Changing · 57 minThank you for checking out The Front Row Podcast and my interview with Selina Ling. Selena Ling is Chief Economist and Head of Global Markets Research & Strategy at OCBC, where…
- #96- Chairman Of Evercore Asia & Kallang , Keith Magnus On Leadership Lessons, Bringing Taylor Swift & Singapore's Reinvention · 1 h 21 min · Season 1 Episode 96Keith Magnus is Chairman of Evercore Asia, Founding Chairman of The Kallang Group, and Chairman of the Families for Life Council. In this conversation, filmed live at an event in…
- #95- Professor Wang Gungwu : How China and America Emerged As Superpowers · 1 h 31 minThank you for checking out The Front Row Podcast and my interview with Professor Wang Gungwu. Wang Gungwu is an internationally renowned historian known for his scholarship on…
- #94- Prof Daniel Markovits on Why Meritocracy Is Broken · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 94Thank you for checking out The Front Row Podcast and my interview with Professor Daniel Markovits. This is the 94th episode of The Front Row Podcast. Daniel Markovits is the…
- #93-Former UK Secretary of State, Vince Cable On Why The West Needs To Engage With China and India Rationally · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 93Sir Vince Cable is one of Britain's most experienced observers of Asia's rise, having tracked China and India for over three decades from inside both business and government. As…
- #92 -Professor Kumar Ramakrishna Explains The Rise Of Self-Radicalization · 1 h 0 min · Season 1 Episode 92Thank you for checking out my episode with Prof Kumar Ramakrishna. This episode is brought to you in partnership with the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies. For more…
- #91- Chandran Nair - Southeast Asia's Wake-Up Call Has Arrived - · 1 h 14 minChandran Nair is the founder and CEO of the Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT), an independent pan-Asian think tank based in Hong Kong committed to understanding the dynamic…
- #90 - How Deng Xiaoping's Visit To Singapore Changed China Forever - Professor Tan Kong Yam (In Partnership with RSIS) · 1 h 12 min · Season 1 Episode 90Thank you for checking out The Front Row Podcast and my interview with Professor Tan Kong Yam. This episode is brought to you in partnership with the S Rajaratnam School of…
- #89- Founder of Trip.Com on The Most Existential Challenge Of Our Time - James Liang · 1 h 11 min · Season 1 Episode 89Thank you for checking out The Front Row Podcast and my interview with James Liang. James Liang is the co-founder and executive chairman of Trip.com Group, the online travel…
- #88 : Why The US Chip Ban On China Backfired - Robert Wu · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 88Thank you for checking out The Front Row Podcast and my interview with Robert Wu. You can check out his awesome Substack here! https://www.baiguan.news?r=8th0v Robert Wu is the…
- #87- Ex Straits Times Chief Editor on LKY's Ideas, Singapore's Literacy Paradox And Why You Must Read · 1 h 2 minThank you for checking out The Front Row Podcast and my interview with former Chief Editor of Straits Times- Warren Fernandez. Warren Fernandez is a journalist, editor, and…
- #86- Ha-Joon Chang : Why We Need A New Global Economic Order · 1 h 6 minThank you for checking out The Front Row Podcast and my interview with Hajoon Chang. Ha-Joon Chang is a South Korean economist and one of the most widely read critics of…
- #85- GovTech CTO on The Secret Behind Singapore's World Class Digital Infrastructure · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 85Thank you for checking out The Front Row Podcast and my interview with Chang Sau Sheong. Sau Sheong Chang is the Chief Technology Officer of GovTech Singapore, the government…
- #84- Kishore Mahbubani: How The Future Of Global Order Will Look Like · 1 h 14 min · Season 1 Episode 84Kishore Mahbubani is one of Asia's most prominent public intellectuals — a former diplomat, academic, and author whose career spans decades at the intersection of geopolitics…
- #83- Expert Investor : "This Is Southeast Asia's AI Endgame" (Dimitra Taslim) · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 83Thank you for checking out The Front Row Podcast and my interview with Dimitra Taslim.Dimitra Taslim is seasoned tech investor and currently, serves as a Venture Partner at…
- #82- NUS Longevity Expert : The AI Revolution in Healthcare Has Arrived · 30 minDr. Dean Ho is currently Provost’s Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the College of Design and Engineering, Director of The Institute for…
- #81- Obama White House Fellow : America Must Rethink Its China Strategy Now. Here's How - Zhengyu Huang · 1 h 13 min · Season 1 Episode 81In this episode, I sit down with Zheng Yu Huang — technology executive, White House Fellow, and author of Rethinking China — to examine what he argues are dangerously flawed…
- #80- SMU President, Lily Kong: Why Singapore Must Reinvent Universities Now - · 55 minProfessor Lily Kong — President of Singapore Management University — is one of Singapore’s most distinguished geographers. Trained as an academic, she built her career studying…
