Singapore and US to venture into new areas to beef up ties, says DPM Lawrence Wong

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Answering a question on the situation in Gaza, where Israel is preparing to launch “a significant ground operation” in response to an attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas, ....Singapore is watching the situation very closely, and an escalation will impact South-east Asia and Singapore too. “On the economic front, you could have implications for oil, disruptions in supplies of energy, and that will impact the economy,....“On the security front, you could have extremist and terrorist groups who are trying to exploit the situation. You already see wider calls for a jihad against Israel. That is very dangerous and we know that Singapore can be a very attractive target,” he said, adding that Singapore is stepping up security measures to ensure external events do not impact its peace and harmony built up over decades. 

Qn: Discuss the claim that in the modern world people should care more about international than national issues. (Cam. 2013)