Coronavirus Singapore-style public health communications: A ‘victor’ of the pandemic? March 30, 2020 0 Image Credit: Photo by Andy Inakhto/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Richard Selwyn. The plane stopped, the engine off, and in the relative quiet, there…
Business Sanitising and scrutinising social media in Singapore – fake news or just politics? March 13, 2019 2 Written by Howard Lee and Terence Lee. Singapore seems ready to add another feather to its cap as the ‘hub capital’ of ASEAN after Facebook…
Identity politics Chinese ethno-nationalism in Singapore: Demography, culture and power March 7, 2019 3 Image credit: Skyscapers, Singapore by Cegoh/Pixabay; Licence: Simplified Pixabay Licence. Written by Michael D. Barr. Ethnic Chinese have formed a demographic majority in Singapore since the census of…
Globalisation Asian inequality: A model country with a growing problem September 18, 2018 0 Written by Niyati Pingali What does poverty feel like? What does it sound like? And more importantly, what does it look like? For many, the…
China Back to the future: Old friends and rivals returning in Malaysia’s ‘new’ foreign policy direction? August 1, 2018 0 Written by Scott Edwards. A change in regime always raises questions over future directions for foreign policy, and this is especially true for Malaysia’s first…
Taiwan What’s at stake in the Xi-Ma meeting? November 4, 2015 0 Written by Michael Reilly. Not surprisingly, the general international reaction to the announcement that Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou will meet in Singapore this weekend…
Australia in East Asia Australia-Singapore strategic partnership: The view from Indonesia July 15, 2015 0 Written by Kiki Verico. The signing of a comprehensive strategic partnership by Indonesia’s closest neighbours, Australia and Singapore, prompts some questions around how it may…
US in the Asia-Pacific U.S. Rebalancing Towards the Asia-Pacific: The Defence-Security Dimension January 26, 2015 1 Written by Carlyle A. Thayer. The United States' policy of rebalancing towards the Asia-Pacific is a multidimensional strategy. This article focuses on the defence-security dimension.…
Elections GE13 – The view from Singapore April 30, 2013 0 Written by Derek da Cunha. Malaysia’s 13th General Election is being observed with a great deal of interest and fascination by its southern neighbour, Singapore. This…