Insights into Singapore's soft and hard power
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Useful to know:
-A 2015 study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute found Singapore to be among the five countries with the biggest defence budgets.
-Devoting about 6 per cent of Singapore's yearly GDP to defence spending
We want everyone to love MFA and fear Mindef.
love + fear
diplomacy + Deterrence
Deterrence: 'fear MINDEF':
Singapore's defence strategy was to project "the ability to bring firepower on people you want to hit".
Dilomacy: 'love MFA'
the essence of Singapore's foreign policy: to be a friend to as many countries as possible, without aligning itself with any of the major powers. Doing so would help it extend its influence and so expand its political and economic space internationally
Qn: Examine the extent to which expenditure on arms and the armed forces is justified in the modern world. (Cam. 2014)
Useful to know:
-A 2015 study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute found Singapore to be among the five countries with the biggest defence budgets.
-Devoting about 6 per cent of Singapore's yearly GDP to defence spending
We want everyone to love MFA and fear Mindef.
love + fear
diplomacy + Deterrence
Deterrence: 'fear MINDEF':
Singapore's defence strategy was to project "the ability to bring firepower on people you want to hit".
Dilomacy: 'love MFA'
the essence of Singapore's foreign policy: to be a friend to as many countries as possible, without aligning itself with any of the major powers. Doing so would help it extend its influence and so expand its political and economic space internationally
Qn: Examine the extent to which expenditure on arms and the armed forces is justified in the modern world. (Cam. 2014)
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