Singapore's foreign policy : the search for regional order / Amitav Acharya.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Acharya, Amitav

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Singapore--Foreign relations.

Singapore.

Physical Description:

viii, 205 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, [2008]

Summary:

The conventional understanding of Singapore's foreign policy can be summarized in three main propositions: first, it is dictated by the imperatives of being a small state; second, its primary purpose is to ensure Singapore's survival, given its small size; and third, this logic of survival dictates a realpolitik approach to foreign policy and national security.

This book argues that an exclusively realist view of Singapore's foreign policy is inadequate. Singapore's foreign policy is also shaped by the positive effects of economic interdependence and regional institution-building - instruments that realists tend to dismiss, but which Singapore has self-consciously tried to promote as instruments of regional order. The book first looks at the evolution of Singapore's foreign policy, before analyzing Singapore's international relations and national security in the context of economic growth and terrorism. It concludes with an interesting chapter on the impact of the rise of China and India on the regional landscape. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: Rethinking Singapore's Foreign Policy 1

1 The Evolution of Singapore's Foreign Policy: Challenges of Change 13

2 The Economic Foundations of Singapore's Security: From Globalism to Regionalism? 33

Part II Adaptations 59

3 Diplomacy in Hard Times: Singapore Confronts Global Terrorism and Regional Regression 61

4 Waging the War on Terror: Singapore's Responses and Dilemmas 81

5 Singapore and Southeast Asia in a Fast-changing Landscape: Coping with the Rise of China and India 97

1 Statement of H. E. S. Rajaratnam, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore, at the Opening Ceremony of the Inaugural Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of ASEAN, Bangkok, August 8, 1967 123

2 Address by S. Rajaratnam to the Singapore Press Club, February 6, 1972, "Singapore: Global City" 126

3 Talk by Mr S. Dhanabalan, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the NUS Forum at Lecture Theatre No. 11, Singapore, November 27, 1981 135

4 Speech by Tommy Koh at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA, November 18, 1987, "Can Any Country Afford a Moral Foreign Policy?" 148

5 Address by Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew at the 2nd International Institute for Strategic Studies Asia Security Conference, Singapore, Shangri-La Hotel, May 30, 2003, "After Iraq" 158

6 Keynote Speech by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew at the Official Opening of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore, Shangri-La Hotel, April 4, 2005, "Managing Globalization: Lessons from China and India" 165

7 Speech by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew at the 37th Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture, New Delhi, November 21, 2005, "India in an Asian Renaissance" 178.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-201) and index.

ISBN:

9789812708595

9812708596

9789812778888

9812778888

OCLC:

166388178