The COVID-19 pandemic is but the latest event to have “shakened and weakened the very pillars” of the current global system, said Defence minister Dr Ng Eng Hen. But countries should rethink and rework the system without throwing the baby out with the bath water, he added at a virtual dialogue on Friday. Organised by German think-tank Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and RSIS, the hour-long virtual dialogue featured German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Dr Ng as speakers. Mrs Kramp-Karrenbauer also had an exclusive interview with The Straits Times published on 13 November.