Singapore Acts Against Foreign Online Content Seeking To Pit Chinese Against Indians
The Singapore Government has moved decisively against a series of foreign-based online posts that sought to stir racial tensions between Chinese and Indians in Singapore. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) recently issued Disabling Directions under the Online Criminal Harms Act (OCHA), requiring YouTube, Facebook and X to block Singapore users’ access to 14 posts assessed […]
Singapore’s foreign policy: neutrality is not indifference
Singapore does not own the world’s conflicts. We did not start these battles, and we cannot shape their outcomes in any meaningful way. What Singapore does is manage our response in a way that protects our sovereignty and secures our future. Neutrality is not indifference—it is about survival. Our geography, size, and economic structure place […]
Thailand’s Land Bridge Project: What It Means for Singapore
Thailand is pushing forward with its $36 billion Land Bridge project which aims to connect the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand via a new overland logistics corridor. The new trade route will bypass the congested Straits of Malacca, where Singapore currently serves as the key maritime chokepoint. In March this year (2025), Thai […]
On the international stage, if you have to put your hand out for assistance, it means you have no say: Vivian Balakrishnan
The global landscape is shifting from unipolarity to multipolarity, from free trade to protectionism, from multilateralism to unilateralism, from globalization to hyper-nationalism, from openness to xenophobia, and from optimism to anxiety. Major powers are increasingly narrowing their focus on national interests, opting for a more transactional and, at times, coercive approach, according to Foreign Affairs […]
PM Lawrence Wong congratulates President-elect Donald Trump on his overwhelming mandate
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong extends his warmest congratulations to President-elect Donald J Trump for the clear mandate that he has received from the people of America. With his landslide victory in a dramatic comeback, Donald Trump will be the second president in U.S. history to serve non-consecutive terms. The only U.S. President to have served nonconsecutive terms was […]
Singapore to join Operation Prosperity Guardian to ensure maritime security in the Red Sea: Ng Eng Hen
In Parliament (9 Jan 2024), Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen announced that Singapore would participate in a multinational operation to ensure maritime security in the Red Sea. The Red Sea, which connects the Suez Canal and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, is the shortest sea route linking Asia and Europe. It is a major Sea Line […]
In trying to avoid the European tragedy in southeast Asia, it is entirely legitimate to consider all views: Vivian Balakrishnan
Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan said in Parliament (8 May 2023) that the statements made by Law Minister K Shanmugam on the Ukraine war in a keynote address at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute Workshop (8 March 2023) reflects the views of the Government of Singapore. The Government’s position has not changed, Dr Vivian said. […]
Labour Day Special: On May Day, others strike, Singapore celebrates
If you have been following international news, you would have heard of the recent strikes in the UK where tens of thousands of doctors, teachers, civil servants, lecturers, London Underground drivers, and Amazon workers took part in. Or the strike by South Korean truckers estimated to have cost more than $1.6 billion in lost shipments. […]
The importance of political stability and why it matters.
Pakatan Harapan (“HARAPAN”) is known as the Alliance of Hope for Malaysia. In 2015, the Pakatan Rakyat coalition was replaced by the political centre-left alliance HARAPAN, initially led by Dr Mahathir Mohamad (“Dr Mahathir”). HARAPAN’s victory in the Malaysian general election in 2018 overthrew the 60-year-old Barisan Nasional coalition government. Among the activists in Singapore […]
US-China relations: we do not take sides as default, we take principled positions in our own national interests, says Chan Chun Sing
Speaking at the 41st IISS-Asia Fullerton Lecture, Mr Chan said that sustained peace and progress are not beyond us if the US and China can arrive at a new modus vivendi that will set boundaries for competition and define areas of cooperation amidst competition, for the sake of the world and for themselves. “But even […]