The Tommy Koh reader: favourite essays and lectures
Foreword / Tan Chorh Chuan -- 1. Family and friends. A tribute to my mother. Memories of my father. A toast to President and Mrs Wee Kim Wee. Toasts to President S. R. Nathan on his 80th and 85th birthdays. Eulogy for S. Rajaratnam. Eulogy for David Marshall. Goh Keng Swee: ten lessons from his life. George Yeo: a man for all seasons. In defence of Lim Chong Yah. A tribute to Wazir Singh. Wang Gungwu: friend, mentor and role model -- 2. Milestones of life and career. What RI taught me. A letter from Dean Griswold. A constitution for the oceans. Commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the opening for Signature of the 1982 UNCLOS. Making peace between Russia and the Baltics. My Cambodian story. The ASEF story: the first three years. Reflections on the Institute of Policy Studies. Integrating the business community in the APEC process: genesis of the Pacific Business Forum. Building a better world -- 3. Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew's foreign policy legacy. Goh Chok Tong's foreign policy legacy. The Singapore of my dreams. Don't knock minimum wage yet. Disagreeing with some hard truths. Demystifying the Presidential office in praise of older workers. Opening eyes to guide dogs for the blind. Should Petain Road be renamed? What Singapore can learn from Europe. Reflections on immigration. Are Singaporeans a kind or unkind people? How to be happy. Singapore's foreign policy: unique features. 7 Habits of a happy Singaporean -- 4. Diplomacy. The situation in Grenada. De Tocqueville revisited: American politics viewed from a foreign perspective. Why the US will still be No. 1 in 2039. Can any country afford a moral foreign policy? Size is not destiny. Eight lessons on negotiations. The art of chairing conferences: lessons learnt. Two financial crises: five truths from Asia. Australia must respect Asean's role. In defence of Europe. China and the world. Japan's prospects and challenges: a view from Southeast Asia. China and Japan: frenemies? My faith in India. China and India: Chini Hindi Bhai Bhai? The ICRC at 150: reflections of an Asian admirer -- 5. Law. Reflections on the negotiating process of UNCLOS. The quest for a world order. Will there be a clash of cultures between the US and East Asia? My adventure with international law. The negotiating process of the ASEAN charter. Advice to law freshmen. WTO dispute settlement system: some reflections is there a role for law in a world ruled by power? Mapping out rival claims to the South China Sea. A tribute to Lee A. Sheridan. A tribute to Punch Coomaraswamy. A heartfelt tribute to a remarkable man: Chan Sek Keong. A tribute to Satya Nandan -- 6. Art, culture and heritage. 10 stops along a Singapore historical trail. Karel van Kleef: the man who loved Singapore. Tributes to Jose Rizal and Emilio Aguinaldo. Honouring Deng Xiaoping. The artist, the state and the market. The joy of collecting. A tribute to Ong Kim Seng. A tribute to Lee Hock Moh. A tribute to Kuo Pao Kun. A tribute to Tan Swie Hian. A tribute to Earl Lu. A tribute to Anthony Poon. A tribute to Goh Choo San. A tribute to Pak Neka. A tribute to Iskandar Jalil. A tribute to Joanna Wong -- 7. Nature and the environment. The Earth Summit's negotiating process: some reflections on the art and science of negotiation. The trees of Singapore. Biodiversity and cities. Green thoughts inspired by Stockholm and Rio. The future of water today.