Geopolitics
Obama and the march of western civilization
I followed the recent US elections at an intellectual as well as at an emotional level. At the intellectual level,...
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Dick Kovacevich came to Asia
In the month of April 2012, I had the opportunity to host Dick Kovacevich, the highly regarded chairman emeritus and...
Read moreDetailsOn Emilio Botin and entrepreneurs in family-run banks
I had the pleasure of having breakfast with Emilio Botin, the chairman of the Spanish Grupo Santander, at his beautiful...
Read moreDetailsOn “diversity” in a “post-meritocratic” world
In the past year, a dear friend of mine, not a Singaporean, but deeply involved in a movement to see...
Read moreDetailsChoose your leaders wisely – A preamble
When I first started writing a blog in 2006, it was the beginning of a journey in discovering how my...
Read moreDetails…and helplessness in Singapore
My blog entry on “the rich and powerless of Sentosa cove” last week received almost universal condemnation, by rich and...
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