Keith Yap

Did Singapore Become The Israel Of Southeast Asia?

90K views · 1w ago · 24:08

For 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 1965, Israeli advisers, introduced to the public as "Mexicans", helped build the SAF from scratch. Sixty years on, it is worth asking whether the label is more projection than reality.

Topics: Singapore As The Odd One Out · The Poison Shrimp Doctrine · Singapore's "Friend To All Approach" · Why ASEAN Is Not The Middle-East · The Enduring Question

What To Do With Your Money In 2026 (From a $10B Investor) - Samuel Rhee

24K views · 3w ago · 1:04:21

Guest: Samuel Rhee

Thank you for checking out The Front Row Podcast and my interview with Samuel Rhee This is the 98th episode Of The Front Row Podcast Samuel Rhee is Co-Founder, Chairman, and Group Chief Investment Officer of Endowus, the Singapore-headquartered digital wealth platform.

Topics: The Mistake Even The Best Investors Make · What Risk Actually Means · Taking Risk Without Being Paid For It · Why We Never Learn From Bubbles · Is AI A Bubble? · Walking Away From Morgan Stanley

OCBC Chief Economist Explains How AI And Geopolitics Is Re-Wiring The Global Economy (Selena Ling)

6.9K views · 1mo ago · 57:13

Guest: Selina Ling

Thank 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 she leads the team responsible for the bank's macroeconomic insights, forecasts, and trading recommendations across foreign exchange, interest rates, corporate credit, and macroeconomic commentary.

Topics: The External Conditions Behind Singapore's Rise · Why Singapore Never De-Industrialised · The Trading Order We Took For Granted · From Just-In-Time To Just-In-Case · Is This Just Trump? · How Wars Drive Inflation

How Singapore Stays Relevant In An Age of Disruption - Keith Magnus

5.9K views · 1mo ago · 1:21:58

Guest: Keith Magnus

Thank you for checking out The Front Row Podcast and my interview with Keith Magnus. Keith Magnus is Chairman of Evercore Asia, Founding Chairman of The Kallang Group, and Chairman of the Families for Life Council. Keith Magnus was first appointed as the Chief Negotiator for the takeover of the Sports Hub following the Government’s decision under Minister Edwin Tong to take back the Sports Hub and unlock its full potential.

Topics: Sick, On a Drip, Fighting for a Job · Leading Through the Chase–JP Morgan Merger · Who Are You Without Your Name Card? · What 2008 Taught Him About Security · Building Evercore Asia From Scratch · Taking Back the Sports Hub

Will America and China End Up In Conflict? - Professor Wang Gungwu

67K views · 1mo ago · 1:31:57

Guest: Professor Wang Gungwu

Thank you for checking out The Front Row Podcast and my interview with Professor Wang Gungwu. Wang Gungwu is an internationally renowned historian famed for his scholarship on the history of the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia, as well as the history and civilisation of China and Southeast Asia.

Topics: Why China Never Built a Navy · Zheng He and the Fleet China Burned · Why China's Enemies Always Came by Land · How America Inherited Britain's Oceans · Is China Still a Civilisation? · Make America Great, Make China Great

Yale Professor Explains Why We Need To Rethink Meritocracy

17K views · 1mo ago · 58:44

Guest: Professor Daniel Markovits

Thank you for checking out The Front Row Podcast and my interview with Professor Daniel Markovits Daniel Markovits is the Guido Calabresi Professor of Law at Yale Law School and the founding director of Yale's Center for the Study of Private Law.

Topics: What Meritocracy Actually Means · The Original Promise · Michael Young's Warning Nobody Heard · Training: The Ingredient Everyone Ignores · Why Merit Is A Sham · The Education Arms Race

Former UK Secretary of State : "The West Needs To Engage With China and India Rationally"

8.2K views · 2mo ago · 52:29

Sir 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 Chief Economist at Shell in the 1990s, he built the scenario work that helped shift one of the world's largest companies towards serious investment in China and India — at a time when both were regarded internally as too risky to touch.

Topics: Inside Shell: Seeing Asia's Rise Early · Persuading Shell to Bet on China and India · Selling Britain to Beijing and Delhi · Was the Coalition Naive? · Superstates, Not Superpowers · What China and India Have in Common

Counter-Terrorism Expert : This Is Why More People Are Self-Radicalized (Dean Kumar Ramakrishna)

8.1K views · 3mo ago · 1:00:02

Guest: Counter-Terrorism Expert

Thank you for checking out my episode with Prof Kumar Ramakrishna. For more information on the school and its programmes see here Professor Kumar Ramakrishna is one of Southeast Asia's foremost authorities on terrorism, extremism, and national security. He is Dean of the S.

Topics: What the Pre-9/11 Security Mindset Missed · The Paradigm Shift After Ground Zero · Communists vs Jihadists: Two Kinds of True Believers · The Rational Logic of Suicide Bombing · Why Educated People Join Terrorist Groups · The Threats We Have Stopped Watching

Are Asians Still Mentally Colonised? - Chandran Nair

13K views · 3mo ago · 1:14:43

Guest: Chandran Nair

Chandran 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 relationship between business, society, and the state, and to reshaping the rules of global capitalism.

Topics: What The West Gets Wrong About China · China As A Civilisational State · Lee Kuan Yew's Warning Against Westernisation · The Capture Of The Elite Minds? · Decolonising The Mind · How China Shapes The International Order

The Untold Story of Singapore's Contribution In China's Rise - Professor Tan Kong Yam (4K)

47K views · 3mo ago · 1:12:52

Guest: Professor Tan Kong Yam

Thank you for checking out The Front Row Podcast and my interview with Professor Tan Kong Yam. For show notes and information on our collaboration, please go to GUEST DESCRIPTION Professor Tan Kong Yam is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Nanyang Technological University and NTUC Endowed Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.

Topics: Dr Goh's First Visit to China · The Chinese Psyche In PRC's Early Days · Dr Goh's Verdict On China's Potential · What China Was Like Post Revolution · Deng Visits Singapore · China As Yao Ming?