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• Partner, Reed Smith LLP
• 15^th U.S. Ambassador to Singapore
• Part-Time Professor of International Relations at New York University

• Former Georgia State Senator

• Diplomat in Residence at the Asia Society Policy Institute
• Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
• Former Special Assistant to President Obama
• Former National Security Staff Senior Director for Asian Affairs

• Former CNN Beijing Bureau Chief and Correspondent
• Dean of foreign correspondents in China with 30-year media experience 
• Founding President, Peking University Overseas Students’ Alumni Association (2012-Present)    

• Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, NUS
• Founding Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS
• Former President, UNSC (Jan 2001 and May 2002)
• Former Permanent Secretary (CEO), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
• Honorary International Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Visiting Fellow, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

• The 26th Prime Minister and former Foreign Minister of Australia
• A leading voice on global politics and the economy
• President of the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)
• Co-Chair of The International Finance Forum (IFF)
• Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University

Alex WONG served in senior positions at the U.S. Department of State overseeing high-stakes negotiations and initiatives at the forefront of U.S. strategy in the Indo-Pacific region. Alex was nominated by the President and unanimously approved by the Senate Foreign … Continued

• Current Chief International Advisor to former President Barack Obama
• President Obama’s National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speech Writing (2009-2017)