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Singapore's Foreign Policy: Coping with Vulnerability (Politics in Asia Series)

By Michael Leifer

Book information

Year
2000
ISBN
0415233526, 9780415233521, 9780203171479, 9780415233538, 0415233534
LCC
DS610.7 .L44 2000
Open Library ID
OL59837M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
914 kB (935519 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
192\193
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In the years following its traumatic separation from Malaysia, Singapore has risen to become one of the leading economic powers in Southeast Asia. This economic strength has carried it through the recent East Asian economic crisis, as well as providing the resources for an excellent defence capability. Singapore's diplomatic achievements include relationships with countries across Asia and Europe, and ensure its interantional status, Yet, despite this success, Singapore's foreign policy has continued to be influenced by a deep seated sence of its own vulnerability. Politicians from the first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, onwards have focused on Singapore's limited physical size, potential domestic and international frailty due to racial tension and confirmed geographical location. These factors have combined to create a powerful nation-state which has never allowed itself to take its sovereign status for granted.Singapore's Foreign Policy is the first full-length English-language study of this subject and is an essential resource for all those interested in Singapore's international role.

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