Perspectives on the Security of Singapore: The First 50 Years explores the security of Singapore in the last 50 years and its possible trajectories into the future. This volume brings together the diverse perspectives of a team of academics with diff... Read more

Perspectives on the Security of Singapore: The First 50 Years explores the security of Singapore in the last 50 years and its possible trajectories into the future. This volume brings together the diverse perspectives of a team of academics with different expertise, ranging from history to political science to security studies with a common interest in Singapore. The book is further boosted by the recollections of key civil servants involved with foreign affairs and defence, such as S R Nathan, Peter Ho, Bilahari Kausikan and Philip Yeo. Contents: Introduction; Part 1: Singapore's Conception of Security (Ang Cheng Guan); National Security and Singapore: An Assessment (Norman Vasu and Bernard Loo); Deliquescent Security Threats: Singapore in the Era of Hyper-Globalisation (Alan Chong); Singapore and Global Governance: Free-Rider or Responsible Stakeholder? (Tan See Seng); The Challenge of Strategic Intelligence for the Singapore Armed Forces (Kwa Chong Guan); Desecuritisation and after Desecuritisation: The Water Issue in Singapore–Malaysia Relations (S R Joey Long); Singapore's Security in the Context of Singapore–Malaysia–Indonesia Relations (Bilveer Singh); Singapore's Relations with Malaysia and Indonesia (Theophilus Kwek and Joseph Chinyong Liow); International Missions of the Singapore Armed Forces: How Far Would You Go? (Katie Tan and Ong Weichong); Why the FPDA Still Matters to Singapore (Ralf Emmers); Singapore in ASEAN's Quest toward a Security Community (Mely Caballero-Anthony); Singapore and the Great Powers (Khong Yuen Foong); The Changing Terrorist Threat Landscape in Singapore (Rohan Gunaratna); Managing Religious Diversity in Singapore: Context and Challenges (Mohammad Alami Musa and Mohamed Imran Mohamed Taib); Part 2: Personal Reminiscences: Safeguarding Singapore's Security: Defence and Diplomacy (S R Nathan); Organising for National Security — The Singapore Experience (Peter Ho); Pragmatic Adaptation, Not Grand Strategy, Shaped Singapore Foreign Policy (Bilahari Kausikan); Dr Goh Keng Swee and the Building of Singapore's Defence Industrial Capability (Philip Yeo); Conclusion: Strategic Certainties Facing Singapore in 2065 (Barry Desker). Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and academics, and general public interested in security studies in general and in Singapore. Less