Topics

Hong Kong's evolving role as a financial center, its integration with the Greater Bay Area, and structural economic challenges.

Singapore's strategic economic positioning, regulatory innovation, and competition with regional financial centers.

Systemic risks arising from interstate competition, conflict escalation, and the fragmentation of the international order.

Demographic aging, longevity economics, and the restructuring of societies around older populations.

Fertility decline, population aging, and the structural shifts reshaping labor markets and social contracts worldwide.

The impact of aging populations on labor supply, productivity, and the future of work across developed and developing economies.

Regulation, safety frameworks, and the institutional architecture for governing artificial intelligence.

How artificial intelligence is transforming employment, skills requirements, and labor market structures.

Urban economic positioning, talent attraction, and the factors that determine which cities lead in the next decade.

How cities govern themselves, innovate in public services, and adapt institutions to emerging challenges.

Cross-border integration mechanisms, policy harmonization, and economic development across the Greater Bay Area.

Great power rivalry across technology, trade, military posture, and institutional influence.

The geopolitics of chip manufacturing, export controls, and the race for semiconductor self-sufficiency.

Alliance architecture, military posture, and strategic competition across the Indo-Pacific region.

Cross-strait tensions, deterrence dynamics, and the economic implications of Taiwan contingencies.

China's infrastructure diplomacy, debt dynamics, and the evolving geography of global development finance.

Economic statecraft, sanctions enforcement, and their impact on global trade and financial flows.

The global race for AI supremacy between nations and corporations, and its strategic implications.

How institutions adapt, restructure, and modernize in response to technological and demographic pressures.

Succession planning, generational change in leadership, and the governance implications of leadership transitions.