The Socio-Economic Dimension in Singapore's Quest for Security and Stability

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ID2881869
AuthorsHussin Mutalib (National University of Singapore, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume75
Issue1
Pages39
Publication date2002-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePacific Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/4127240
OpenAlexW2320421967
LanguageEN
Citations received4

ingapore may have received kudos from the international community for charting many firsts, particularly on the economic front, but the fact remains that the republic is indeed a very small island-state and a state perpetually haunted by its sense of vulnerability. The country is merely 640 sq. km. in size and has a population of only 4 million people. Having no natural resources and comprising a predominantly ethnic Chinese populace in a region of the Malay world further constrains the republic's domestic and foreign policies.' Hence, the PAP (People's Action Party) government has adopted a pragmatic ideological culture since independence in 1965 as a way of quickly adapting to changing challenges and thereby mitigating such limitations and other anxieties confronting the city-state. Such is also its predisposition and mindset when dealing with the new security environment post-cold war and this is even more pronounced against the backdrop of globalization, in which Singapore has immersed itself fully. Evidently, there has been some perceptible change in the republic's management and approach in dealing with defence and security issues, particularly in more recent years. Perhaps this was precipitated by a similar shift in the international arena from the traditional state-centred and

Dimension (graph theory) · Political science · Pure mathematics · Stability (learning theory) · Asian Studies and History · Computer Science · Mathematics · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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