The Front Row Podcast

#58- Gita Wirjawan : How Southeast Asia Can Unlock Its Full Economic Potential

In this interview, Keith Yap speaks with Gita Wirjawan, the former trade minister of Indonesia, about Indonesia's economic strategies, particularly during President Yudhoyono's tenure, focusing on pro-growth, pro-equity, and pro-poor initiatives. They discuss Indonesia's rise in FDI, the importance of education, and th...

#57: Inside Singapore's Leading Venture Capital Firm - Chua Kee Lock, CEO of Vertex Holdings

#56- Patrick Mcgee : Apple's Dilemma In The Age of US-China Rivalry

#55: Kyle Chan - Will China Make The US Irrelevant?

In this episode of The Front Row Podcast, Keith Yap interviews Kyle Chan, a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University and adjunct researcher at the RAND Corporation, about China's industrial policy and its implications for U.S.-China competition. They discuss the evolution of China's industrial policy, its succes...

#54- Kishore Mahbubani : New Hard Truths for 21st Century Geopolitics

Keith Yap interviews veteran diplomat and public intellectual Kishore Mahbubani at Bloomberg Singapore, exploring Mahbubani's geopolitical outlook shaped by his experiences in Cambodia in 1973, Cuba in 1979, and New York City in 1984. Mahbubani recounts his early diplomatic missions, the lessons learned from witnessing...

#53- Marc Levinson : Is The Age of Globalization Over?

#52- Tansen Sen : India and China in a Multipolar World: Can their Golden Age Return?

#51- Cheong Yip Seng : Why Singapore Still Needs The Straits Times

#50 - Stephen Witt : How NVIDIA Became The King of AI

#49- Professor Ooi Kee Beng : The Intellectual Legacy of Dr Goh Keng Swee, Singapore's Economic Architect

#48- David Fishman: How China Is Achieving The Holy Grail Of Clean Energy

#47- Chan Heng Chee : How Singapore Adapts In A Changing World

#46- Jamus Lim : Can Singapore's Economy Reinvent Itself?

#45- Professor Elizabeth Ingleson : How America and China Transformed Global Trade

#44- Joseph Liow : Why Southeast Asia Needs America

#43- Cedric Chin: The Secrets Of Asian Business Empires

#42- Karthik Nachiappan- The Rise of India As A Great Power

#41: Professor Euston Quah- How Practical Economics Made Singapore

#40 - Grace Shao: Why China Is Winning In The New Age of AI

#39- Inderjit Singh : Can Singapore Keep Our Economic Miracle Alive?