Session 1: World Projection for Year 2021: Critical Issues that will Shake, Shift, Shape the World in 2021
This panel session will explore critical factors which will be shaking, shifting, and shaping the global landscape, which to some extent constrain choices and shape opportunities for nation-building, in the context where there will be leadership transition in the US, continuity of COVID-19 pandemic, global economic recession, rise of nationalism and inward-looking policies, and US-China confrontation. How will these factors be changed and impact nation-building in 2021?
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anumongkol Sirivedhin, Former President of National Institute of Development and Administration (NIDA)
Speakers:
1. Hon. Yang Berhormat Dato’ Sri Mustapa Bin Mohamed,
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) of Malaysia
2. H.E. Dr. Olarn Chaipravat,
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, Former President of Thailand Trade Representative, Former Managing Director of the Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited.
3. Prof. Kishore Mahbubani,
Former Singapore’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, President of the United Nations Security Council, Dean of the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy