Policy Unpacked: Nuclear in Southeast Asia - Power, Politics and Public Trust

What's more controversial than coal, harder to build than a dam, and suddenly, back on Southeast Asia's policy agenda? Nuclear. For years, it was too politically sensitive. Too scary and too expensive. But now, demand from industry, data centres and urbanisation is making it necessary for governm…

Policy Unpacked: ASEAN at the Crossroads - Rethinking Economic Security

For decades, ASEAN has largely taken a neoliberal approach to regional economic security, grounded in the belief that economic cooperation and integration among its member states would help ensure peace and stability, while also promoting prosperity for its people. More recently, it has been strai…

Policy Unpacked: Reimagining Regional Resilience - Technology, Global Value Chains & Health Security

Resilience has become a familiar term in recent years, especially after COVID-19, supply chain disruptions, rising geopolitical tensions and rapid technological change. But today, resilience is no longer just about recovery. It is about how countries and regions adapt and rethink how they operate i…

Policy Unpacked: Reimagining Regional Resilience - Emerging Orders & Institutions

Southeast Asia is navigating a far more contested and uncertain strategic environment. Military tensions, major power rivalry and territorial disputes are growing, while transboundary challenges from economic shocks to cyber risks, are testing the region's resilience. For ASEAN, this raises a cri…

ASEAN Amidst US-China Tensions

Southeast Asia now finds itself at the heart of a growing storm. As the geopolitical rivalry between the United States and China intensifies, ASEAN nations are navigating a delicate balance between two competing powers. Today, we speak with LKYSPP Professor Khong Yuen Fong, Li Ka Shing Professor i…

Policy Unpacked: Work, AI, and the Role of Public Policy

Is your job safe from AI? Or is the real question, is your country ready? As artificial intelligence reshapes, Singapore faces a critical challenge. How do we equip citizens to thrive? And how must public policy evolve to redefine the social contract between government, businesses and workers? We'…

Policy Unpacked: Rethinking the Social Contract

In the first episode of our newly launched podcast series, “Policy Unpacked”, we explore Singapore’s “small nation, big journey,” featuring Terence Ho, Adjunct Associate Professor in Practice at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and author of “How Singapore Beat the Odds.” The conversation e…

Foreseeable Podcast: The United Nations at 80: Power, Peace and a Changing World Order

Today we put the spotlight on the United Nations as it turns 80 years old in 2025. Current global crises, such as geopolitical conflicts, climate change, and humanitarian disasters are profoundly testing the UN's existing mechanisms and its capacity to respond effectively. We sit down with Professo…

Foreseeable Podcast: The choice to be honest: Behavioural nudges in policy design

In this episode of the Foreseeable podcast series, Associate Professor Leong Ching unpacks a behavioural experiment that explores how opt-in monitoring affects honesty across nine countries. With insights drawn from behavioural economics and public policy, she discusses how low-cost, non-intrusive …

Foreseeable Podcast: South Korean politics: Impeachment, elections, and international impact

In this episode of the Foreseeable podcast series, Assistant Professor Yongwook Ryu offers an in-depth analysis of South Korea's political upheaval marked by the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. Explore the causes and effects of this dramatic political saga and understand its domestic politi…