Dr. J Scott Younger

Dr J Scott Younger OBE is a professional civil engineer, and spent 42 years in the Far East undertaking assignments in 10 countries for WB, ADB, UNDP. Published many papers and columnist for Forbes Indonesia and Globe Asia. Served on British & European Chamber boards and Vice Chair of Int’l Business Chamber, for 17 years. His expertise is Infrastructure and Sustainable development and he takes an interest in international affairs.

International Law2 weeks ago

What have we learnt in the past century?

It is 100 years since we were supposedly getting over the war to end all wars, World War I, and forming the League of Nations with...
Southeast Asia4 months ago

What next for Myanmar?

I was attracted by a line from an old Japanese poem ‘’If all the world are brothers, why are wind and waves so restless’’. It made...
Europe5 months ago

Brexit and future of trans-Atlantic relations

On the historic date of March 08th – International Women’s Day, a large number of international affairs specialists gathered for the second consecutive summit in Vienna,...
Americas6 months ago

Democracy Or What? – And Then Climate

Most of us were appalled to see what happened in Washington a ten days ago when a ‘mob’, incited by Donald Trump’s address, stormed the Capitol...
Europe7 months ago

Of Brexit and all that

When the Brexit vote was taking place in UK in 2016, I was addressing the Jakarta Foreign Correspondents’ Club at a monthly breakfast meeting. When the...

Modern Diplomacy

Dr. J Scott Younger

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What have we learnt in the past century?

What next for Myanmar?

Brexit and future of trans-Atlantic relations

Democracy Or What? – And Then Climate

Of Brexit and all that