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Lynn Kuok

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Lynn Kuok

@LynnKuok

Lee Kuan Yew Chair, Brookings Institution; Senior Fellow, University of Cambridge. Formerly, Visiting Professor at Georgetown, IISS, Yale, Harvard.

Washington, DC

Joined February 2013

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Lynn Kuok
@LynnKuok
May 26, 2024
Congratulations to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on its inaugural World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development last month. The Kingdom is an increasingly important economic and geopolitical player and the Special Meeting -
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Lynn Kuok
@LynnKuok
Jul 10, 2023
As seen in Vilnius, on the eve of the #NATOSummit.
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Lynn Kuok
@LynnKuok
Jun 11, 2024
💫 Career update: I am thrilled to announce that two weeks ago, I joined @BrookingsInst in Washington, DC as Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asia Studies. I am grateful for the opportunity to work alongside wonderful scholars at the Center for Asia Policy and the wider
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Lynn Kuok
@LynnKuok
Dec 18, 2023
China is deploying international law for strategic ends. Countries that fail to boost legal capabilities & integrate legal diplomacy into national security strategy may surrender legitimacy & find themselves at strategic disadvantage. My Survival article: rb.gy/5iznkv
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Lynn Kuok
@LynnKuok
Sep 14, 2018
What are the top issues shaping #Asia's geopolitics? I join #SriLanka's PM, #Vietnam's DPM, FMs of #SKorea & #Japan in plenary session at #wefasean2018 to discuss. Watch: s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wef.videos/ase… My thanks to .@shetlerjones for the invite .@IISS_org .@ChannelNewsAsia .@BrookingsFP
Lynn Kuok
@LynnKuok
Jun 11, 2023
In magical Bali after an art lesson with traditional Balinese fine art and mural artist Sila Purna.
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Lynn Kuok
@LynnKuok
Jun 11, 2022
🇺🇦 President Zelensky delivers a moving speech at #SLD22 highlighting links between events in Europe & Asia: ‘I am grateful for your support of Ukraine. But this isn’t just for Ukraine. It is for you as well - to ensure that our world and your world is safe.’ ⁦@IISS_org⁩
Lynn Kuok
@LynnKuok
Apr 14, 2025
On 20 March, I testified before the @USCC_GOV on #USChina competition in #SoutheastAsia. My message was clear: “#AmericaFirst” cannot mean America alone. If Washington is serious about competing with China and restoring U.S. influence, it must act with urgency and discipline
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Lynn Kuok
@LynnKuok
Dec 31, 2023
Career update: earlier this year I informed the @IISS leadership that I'd be leaving after four years as Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Security & Editor of the Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment (APRSA). In this capacity I have: 🎗Worked on four
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Lynn Kuok
@LynnKuok
Dec 12, 2023
As tensions between 🇵🇭 & 🇨🇳 rise around #SecondThomasShoal, I spoke to @CNBC @asiasquawkbox to discuss China's actions in the #SouthChinaSea & how they might trigger the Philippines-US Mutual Defence Treaty:
Analyst discusses festering tensions between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea
From cnbc.com
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Lynn Kuok
@LynnKuok
Oct 25, 2023
Amid talk of Europe's centre of gravity shifting eastwards, I participated in @WarsawForum & spoke on a plenary session on global rivalry as seen from the #IndoPacific, providing a view from #SoutheastAsia. TY @FundPulaskiego for the invitation! Recording👉youtu.be/0xMhnRmnnFA?t=…
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Lynn Kuok
@LynnKuok
May 6, 2024
‘Speak softly and carry a big stick’, counselled Theodore Roosevelt of foreign policy. At the Royal College of Defence Studies in the UK, I got a chance to do exactly that – carry a big stick that is! At the RCDS, I delivered a two-hour lecture on the South China Sea, the Taiwan
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Lynn Kuok
@LynnKuok
Jun 29, 2023
A bright and early start ☀️ with @BBCWorld @bbcworldservice to discuss the EU Summit in Brussels and the role of China on their morning shows. Many thanks to the team in Singapore for having me on. Particular thanks to the ever lovely Samantha Chan for sending these photos!
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Lynn Kuok
@LynnKuok
Apr 21, 2025
In my latest @ForeignAffairs Affairs piece, I examine the implications of a more coercive US foreign policy for its influence in Asia. I argue that pressuring Asia to align could backfire: the U.S. can force countries to choose – but it might not like their answers. Efforts to
foreignaffairs.com
How Trump’s Coercion Could Backfire in Asia
Forcing the region to choose sides risks pushing it toward China.
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