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CNA Explains: What are subsea cables and why are they important?
What’s at stake for Southeast Asia? Undersea cables have become increasingly valuable – and vulnerable – for countries in Southeast Asia,…
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PAP must adapt to evolving societal needs, while Singapore navigates ‘far more dangerous world’: Lawrence Wong
Ideally, major powers should come together to coordinate their positions and work together to stop conflict, as well as tackle…
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Amid ‘new Cold War’, Singaporeans need to brace for turbulent, difficult phase of global development: PM Wong
VIENTIANE: Singaporeans need to brace themselves and be mentally prepared that things may go wrong in this “turbulent and difficult…
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ASEAN must grow with less emissions, look to external partners to finance regional power grid: PM Wong
“Unfortunately, there has been no political progress and in fact the fighting in Myanmar has worsened,” said Mr Wong. Noting…
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Commentary: When everything is viewed from the lens of national security in China, even adoption isn’t safe
ESCALATING CHINA-US TENSIONS To the extent that the Russian case illuminates the political underpinnings of programme termination, a more plausible…
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China’s warships gift and funding naval base in Cambodia: Could it put regional dynamics in choppy waters?
Beijing claims almost all of the South China Sea as embodied in its so-called nine-dash line, although it has never…
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China’s new global charm offensive: vocational training for the world, but is there a catch?
Several Chinese-funded programmes, similar to the nature of GIPU’s Qinggong workshops in Singapore, have been introduced in recent years. These…
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Courting spurned neighbour tops Beijing’s agenda from visit of Vietnam’s Communist party chief, say analysts
International relations expert Chong Ja Ian of the National University of Singapore said both sides are expected to discuss a…
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Commentary: Once enemies, Japan and US strengthen their alliance
WILL AUKUS ALLIANCE BECOME JAUKUS? Thursday’s first trilateral summit between the US, Japan and the Philippines adds to the trend…
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Biden or Trump? ‘Between rock and a hard place’ for China as US presidential rematch beckons, say analysts
Under Mr Trump, this floor in the bilateral relationship will be in question due to his relative unpredictability, observers say.…
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