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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Thomas Trikasih LembongIndonesian Minister of Trade (2015 to 2016)
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Philip HammondChancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019
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Abhisit VejjajivaPrime Minister of Thailand (2008-2011)
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Helle Thorning-SchmidtFormer Prime Minister of Denmark ; CEO of Save the Children (2016-2019)
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Peter FrankopanBestselling Author and Professor of Global History at Oxford University
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Richard KooChief Economist of Nomura Research Institute
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Johan JaaffarFormer Chairman of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel; Former Chairman of Media Prima
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Dr. Andrew SentanceSenior Economic Adviser at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Author of Rediscovering Growth: After the Crisis; Former external member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England
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Ong Keng YongAmbassador-at-Large at the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Kirk WagarU.S. Ambassador to Singapore (2013 - 2017)
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Francois HollandePresident of France (2012-2017)
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Rafidah AzizMalaysia's Longest Serving Minister of International Trade and Industry; Former Chairman of AirAsia X
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Winston Wenyan MaExpert on Global AI-Digital Economy; Adjunct Professor at NYU School of Law; Author of The Hunt for Unicorns & The Digital War; Former Managing Director and Head of North America Office for China Investment Corporation (CIC)
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Michael LiebreichChairman of the Advisory Board at Bloomberg New Energy Finance
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Jeremy RifkinEconomic and Environmental Thought Leader
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Amitabh KantCEO National Institution for Transforming India
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Ed VaizeyUK’s longest-serving Minister for Technology, Communications & Culture; Chairman of UK-ASEAN Business Council
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Ranjit Ajit SinghChair of ASEAN Capital Market Forum (ACMF)
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Robert HanniganFormer Director of GCHQ, the UK's largest intelligence and security agency.
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David DavisSecretary of State for Exiting the European Union from July 2016 to July 2018
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Herman Van RompuyFormer First President of the European Council and Former Prime Minister of Belgium
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Anders Fogh RasmussenRecent Secretary General of NATO and former Prime Minister of Denmark
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Nurul IzzahMember of Parliament, Malaysia; Advocate of Human and Civil Rights
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Clare Rewcastle BrownBritish investigative journalist who founded Sarawak Report