🎙️ Ambassador Chan Heng Chee is a prominent Singaporean academic, diplomat, and political scientist, known for her distinguished career in both academia and public service.
She served as Singapore's Ambassador to the United States (1996–2012) and earlier as Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1989–1991), concurrently holding the roles of High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to Mexico.
She currently serves as Ambassador-at-Large with the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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🎧 This is Episode 47 of The Front Row Podcast.
🕒 Timestamps:
00:00 Intro & Trailer
01:25 Singapore In 1965
06:43 Lessons From 1G Leaders
09:40 Would The Merger Have Actually Worked
13:54 Representing Singapore At The UN
21:34 Singapore's National Interests
25:54 Securing Singapore's Interests
29:25 Singapore As Global City
33:13 America's Unipolar Moment
35:57 Remaking Singapore's Image in America
40:38 Luck & Diplomacy
43:10 How America Has Changed
44:44 Will America Swing Back?
47:20 China's Rise and Its Global Implications
50:01 How Does Singapore Play Both Sides
52:15 US-China Decoupling?
55:03 The Role of the UN in Global Conflicts
57:08 Singapore's Relevance to the United States
59:05 The Taiwan Question
01:04:00 Middle East Dynamics: Change and Continuity
01:04:28 What Counts As Political Realism
01:05:39 Making Sense Of The Middle East
01:09:41 New Forms of Diplomacy
01:12:15 Amb Chan's Message To The US
01:19:00 Core Values for Singaporeans in a Complex World
01:19:35 Multiracialism As A Singaporean Ideal
01:20:32 Advice For The Audience
01:22:51 Goh Keng Swee's Final Speech
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