Mr Lawrence Wong will be steering the Republic through an increasingly complicated world. The Straits Times examines what lies ahead for Singapore’s ties with the US.
Competition between the US and China will not subside, Professor Chan said, although the two sides are trying to find a new equilibrium after“There’s a slight stabilisation because it suits both sides to make sure that the relationship doesn’t go over the cliff,” she said. “Quite apart from the uncertainty over the election outcome, Wong takes the reins at a time when issues ranging from trade to defence are highly politicised in Washington,” said Mr Russel, who served as assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs in the Obama administration.
Professor Graham Allison, Professor of Government at Harvard University, noted that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had been very clear in explaining to both American and Chinese leaders that they should not attempt to force Singapore to choose between its economic relationship with China and its military relationship with the US.
The trap, he says in the book, refers to a build-up of stress that results when a rising power challenges a ruling one. PM Lee Hsien Loong meets US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington DC, on March 29, 2022. PHOTO: ST FILE Although Singapore is much smaller than the US, it is the third-largest Asia investor in the US, behind only Japan and South Korea. More than 200 Singapore companies operate in around 40 of the 50 American states.The two nations have launched new platforms, like the Partnership for Growth and Innovation in 2021, to secure inclusive growth in areas like the digital economy, smart cities, advanced manufacturing and healthcare.
“Lawrence Wong is not particularly well known in Washington and certainly has big shoes to fill,” said Mr Russel. At the same time, under his watch, the Singapore-China bilateral relationship saw a “double upgrade”, first to an “All-Round Cooperative Partnership Progressing with the Times” in 2015, and then to an “All-Round High-Quality Future-Oriented Partnership” in 2023.
“A question came from the audience: Why is Singapore introducing casinos? Don’t you feel introducing casinos is introducing sin to Singapore?”
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