In part 4 of our global review, Professor Matthew Goodwin will be joined by Singapore-based author and journalist James Crabtree, as they discuss Asia's ongoing fight against the coronavirus, examining how nations like Taiwan and South Korea are managing economic re-opening, and also how the region's fast-growing emerging markets are likely to cope with a looming combination of pandemic aftershocks and hastening de-globalisation.

Matthew J. Goodwin is an academic, bestselling writer and speaker known for his work on geo-political volatility and risk. He is Professor of Politics and Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House. Matthew has advised hundreds of organizations around the world, from the UK Prime Minister's Office to financial institutions and successfully forecast the vote for Brexit, vote for Trump and the 2019 Conservative Party majority. His most recent book, National Populism, was among the 2018 Financial Times books of the year.

James Crabtree is a Singapore-based author and journalist, and Associate Professor of Practice at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. His bestselling 2018 book, “The Billionaire Raj” was short-listed for the FT / McKinsey book of the year. His career has spanned both policy and media, including working at the Financial Times, most recently as its Mumbai bureau chief, and as an advisor in the UK Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He is also a fellow at the Asia-Pacific programme at Chatham House.

Utmost Wealth Solutions Series - Part 4