{"id":2290,"date":"2025-02-10T03:27:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T04:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2025-02-10T05:26:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T05:26:53","slug":"singapore-must-adapt-to-new-reality-amid-us-policy-shift-senior-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/singapore-must-adapt-to-new-reality-amid-us-policy-shift-senior-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore must adapt to \u2018new reality\u2019 amid US policy shift \u2013 senior minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lee Hsien Loong urged the nation to implement new strategies as the US reassesses its global role<\/strong><\/p>\n

Singapore must adjust to a far less predictable world where the US is no longer willing to \u201cunderwrite the global order,\u201d<\/em> Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Speaking at a Chinese New Year celebration dinner on Saturday, Lee, who served as prime minister from 2004 to 2024, described the current geopolitical situation as \u201ctense as ever\u201d<\/em> with \u201cmuch uncertainty.\u201d<\/em> He attributed this to Washington shifting its focus to domestic challenges and reassessing its international commitments.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The minister argued that the US \u201ctakes a transactional approach to achieve immediate objectives,\u201d<\/em> adding that the White House views tariffs as a key policy instrument, a source of external revenue, and a means to pressure other nations into making concessions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe US is no longer prepared to underwrite the global order. This makes the international environment far less orderly and predictable,\u201d<\/em> he said, as quoted by Channel News Asia (CNA). He pointed to the Trump administration\u2019s decisions to withdraw from the World Health Organization and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cSingapore, like all other countries, must adapt to this new reality, even as we seek to maintain our strong ties and friendship with the US,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

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Singapore has historically maintained close ties with Washington, particularly in defense and economic cooperation. The two nations signed the Singapore-United States Free Trade Agreement in 2004, making the US Singapore\u2019s largest foreign investor. A security agreement also allows American forces access to Singapore\u2019s military facilities, and both countries participate in annual joint exercises such as Exercise Commando Sling and Exercise Tiger Balm.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Lee noted that shifting global dynamics, including rising US-China tensions, require Singapore to diversify its economic partnerships and strengthen regional collaborations.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cUS-China relations remain fraught, with fundamental differences unresolved,\u201d<\/em> he said. \u201cIn Europe, the war in Ukraine is about to enter its fourth year. In the Middle East, there is now a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and some hostages have been released, exchanged for prisoners. But the fundamental Palestinian issue remains unresolved\u2014and probably worsened.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

He warned that while Southeast Asia remains largely stable, tensions in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea pose potential risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lee Hsien Loong urged the nation to implement new strategies as the US reassesses its global role Singapore must adjust to a far less predictable world where the US is no longer willing to \u201cunderwrite the global order,\u201d Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said. Speaking at a Chinese New Year celebration dinner on Saturday,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2294,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions\/2294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}