On a lovely evening in Singapore, June 29th, 2020 our Society President Dato Paul Supramaniam hosted political scientist and academic as well as former speech writer under the George W. Bush administration, Adam Garfinkle, in a fireside chat called ‘Have the Americans Gone Crazy’.

Adam has seen it all, from behind the podium of American politics. In this special fireside chat we explored the biggest issues unfolding in the Land of the Free and their impact on foreign relations. We considered the challenges of racism, the Black Lives Matter movement, a fragmented response to Covid-19 and asked, who’s in control of the US election? Due to Covid 19 safeguarding restrictions, this chat was hosted as a webinar, live from our President’s home. Near 100 people joined us for this most thought provoking conversation.