“Our task is to see it clearly, understand it deeply, and help Singapore navigate it wisely, ahead of time.”
\n\n"In Singapore, we can never wish away our geography, nor can we opt out of geopolitics."
\n\nChan Chun Sing remarked on Sep. 22, while delivering a speech marking the 30th anniversary of the Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS).
\n\nDuring the speech, he reminded the audience of the shifting nature of geopolitics and the need for a corresponding evolving reaction to it, as well as the constant need to better understand the world “more deeply than others would expect a small state to.”
\n\n“More importantly, to use that understanding to stay relevant, to stay connected, and to stay ahead.”
\n\nChan began by retelling the story of SR Nathan and RSIS's predecessor, the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS).
\n\nThe then Defence Minister Tony Tan tasked the future president SR Nathan to build the institute, and Chan recalled Nathan as being a man of “extraordinary instinct.”
\n\nNathan understood before others that Singapore could not afford to be surprised, and that “we needed our own eyes, our own analysis, and, most importantly, our own voice,” and that same spirit was needed now…
Original source: https://mothership.sg/
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