The 31st Singapore Lecture

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Singapore Lecture 2 June 2011 The 31st Singapore LecTure Angela Merkel Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore Published in Singapore in 2011 by ISEAS Publishing Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 E-mail: publish@iseas.edu.sg Website: http://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg© 2011 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore iSeaS Library cataloguing-in-publication Data Merkel, Angela. The 31st Singapore lecture. (Singapore lecture series, 0129-1912 ; [31]) 1. Germany—Relations—Singapore. 2. Singapore—Relations—Germany. 3. Research, Industrial—Government policy—Germany. 4. Research, Industrial—Government policy—Singapore. 5. European Union. 6. Euro. 7. ASEAN. I. Title. II. Title: Thirty-first Singapore lecture III. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. IV. Singapore Lecture (31st : 2011 : Singapore) DS501 I597 no. 31 2011 ISBN 978-981-4345-70-5 (soft cover) ISBN 978-981-4345-71-2 (e-book, PDF) All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying , recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Cover photograph by Laurence Chaperon: Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel. Courtesy of the Federal Republic of Germany. Typeset by International Typesetters Pte Ltd Printed in Singapore by ...