(filtered through a Singaporean perspective)
Professor Lily Kong is President of Singapore Management University (SMU) and one of Singapore's most distinguished geographers. A professor by training, she built her academic career studying the intersections of culture, religion, and urban space, with a body of work that spans both rigorous scholarship and practical policy
Professor Selina Ho is Vice Dean (Research and Development), Dean's Chair and Associate Professor in International Affairs, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. She researches Chinese politics and foreign policy. Specifically, she is interested in how China wields power and influence via infrastructure
Zheng Yu Huang is a technology executive, entrepreneur, policy adviser, and author whose career spans Silicon Valley, the Obama White House, and the US-China policy arena. He is the author of Rethinking China: Challenging Our Economic Assumptions and Opportunities for Lasting Prosperity, as well as Lifelong Learning: Six Classes After
Professor O'Hanlon is the inaugural holder of the Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy and Director of Research in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. His newest book, timed to coincide with America's 250th birthday, called "To Damn Mighty Things,"
George Yeo is a former Singaporean Cabinet Minister whose distinguished career in public service spanned twenty-three years. Between 1988 and 2011, he held several senior portfolios in the Singapore Government, most notably serving as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2011, as well as the Minister for Trade
