About the event

As economies are re-opening, the lack of clarity over the depth of the slump and speed of the recovery remains a concern. Fears of a second wave are adding to the uncertainty.
How should investors navigate an already tenuous landscape, often made more challenging by geopolitics? How can we understand US-China dynamics to adequately assess risk/reward and the implications for trade, technology and the capital markets?

This July, Bank of Singapore is pleased to introduce our new Talk Show format, “The New Normal”.  Inspired by the lively repartee characteristic of the Talk Show genre, this session features our very own celebrity political commentator Kishore Mahbubani, Singapore’s former ambassador to the United Nations, in a wide ranging discussion with former CNBC anchor Mark Laudi.
Together they will dissect the many dimensions of East-West relations and provide a glimpse into the shape of the new Asian century. His latest book, Has China Won?, offers a thought-provoking conclusion where Mahbubani contends that a “geopolitical contest between America and China is both inevitable and avoidable.