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The Rise of China and India: Geo-political Narratives from the Singapore Perspective
- China: An International Journal
- NUS Press Pte Ltd
- Volume 7, Number 1, March 2009
- pp. 81-104
- 10.1353/chn.2009.a261307
- Article
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As China and India evolve into superpowers, what is the reaction of Singapore? The thoughts of three strategic thinkers are compared: Michael Leifer, Kishore Mabhubani and Tommy Koh. Though differing in their perspectives, they concur that Singapore's long-term survival is dependent on its being a proactive and sociable member of a regional order, be it with a core that is accomodationist, civilisationally-oriented or idealistically pragmatic.