PM Lee urges small nations to team up to amplify their influence
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The countries represented are part of the Forum of Small States (FOSS), an informal grouping started by Singapore almost 30 years ago to make common cause together. From an initial headcount of 16 states, the club has grown to 107 members, well over half the membership of the United Nations.
"Our economies are smaller and more exposed to fluctuations in the global economy. More importantly, our margin of error is much narrower than for big states, which can absorb multiple hits...."If there is a war, we lack the strategic depth to defend ourselves. If we suffer an extreme weather event, we can take years to rebuild and recover."
can respond more nimbly and adapt more easily to changing circumstances..."Our sense of insecurity and even paranoia are also constructive as they motivate us to deal more decisively with challenges and threats
less hampered by regional interests and differences, or multiple levels of government, that bigger countries must grapple with
small states were a source of stability for the international system. "When we look at current geopolitical calculations, the voice of calm really comes from smaller states
Qn: ‘Being a small country is as much a good thing as a bad thing.’ Discuss. (MJC Prelim 2015)
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The countries represented are part of the Forum of Small States (FOSS), an informal grouping started by Singapore almost 30 years ago to make common cause together. From an initial headcount of 16 states, the club has grown to 107 members, well over half the membership of the United Nations.
"Our economies are smaller and more exposed to fluctuations in the global economy. More importantly, our margin of error is much narrower than for big states, which can absorb multiple hits...."If there is a war, we lack the strategic depth to defend ourselves. If we suffer an extreme weather event, we can take years to rebuild and recover."
can respond more nimbly and adapt more easily to changing circumstances..."Our sense of insecurity and even paranoia are also constructive as they motivate us to deal more decisively with challenges and threats
less hampered by regional interests and differences, or multiple levels of government, that bigger countries must grapple with
small states were a source of stability for the international system. "When we look at current geopolitical calculations, the voice of calm really comes from smaller states
Qn: ‘Being a small country is as much a good thing as a bad thing.’ Discuss. (MJC Prelim 2015)
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