Commentary on Singapore

These volumes comprise of essays by Singapore thought-leaders republished from various issues of the annual journal of the National University of Singapore Society called Commentary.

• Volume 1: Foreign Policy, Governance and Leadership
  Chapters have been selected to provide historical context and analyses of Singapore's foreign policy and present views on the new generation of leaders.

Thought-leaders contributing to this volume include Tommy Koh, Tan Tai Yong, Kishore Mahbubani, Bilahari Kausikan, Han Fook Kwang, and more!

• Volume 2: Economy, Environment and Population
  The chapters have been curated to provide historical review of Singapore's journey in economic, ecological and social development.

Thought-leaders contributing to this volume include Piyush Gupta, Laurence Liew, Lee Tzu Yang, Geh Min, and more!

• Volume 3: Culture, Identity and Society
  This volume delves into defining the Singapore nation, a quest that began just under six decades ago.

Thought-leaders contributing to this volume include Alvin Tan, Kwa Chong Guan, Yang Razali Kassim, Kishore Mahbubani, Gerard Ee, and more!

• Volume 1: Foreign Policy, Governance and Leadership:
  • Foreign Policy:
    • Singapore's Foreign Policy: Unique Features (Tommy Koh)
    • 50 Years of Singapore's Securitisation: Prospects and Challenges (Bilveer Singh)
    • 50 Years of Singapore's Connections with Europe (Yeo Lay Hwee)
    • Singapore and Southeast Asia: A Shared History and a Shared Destiny (Tan Tai Yong and Soh Yi Da)
    • Singapore's Foreign Policy: A Pioneer Diplomat's Reflections (Tommy Koh)
    • Singapore–China Relations: 2017–2027 (Lee Huay Leng)
    • Singapore's Relations with the United States of America (Daniel Chua)
    • Singapore and the ASEAN Secretariat: A Marriage Made in Heaven (Kishore Mahbubani)
    • Singapore's Foreign Relations with Malaysia (K Kesavapany)
    • When Relationships Change: Singapore–Indonesia Ties after Suharto and the Importance of Growing Together (Leonard C Sebastian)
    • Singapore's Excellent Relations with Post-War Japan: A Convergence of Interests and Values (Lam Peng Er)
    • Singapore–India: An Enduring Relationship (Gopinath Pillai)
    • Singapore–Australia Relations: The Role of Historical Ties, Personalities, Values and Interests (Eddie Teo)
    • Singapore's Relations with Europe (Tan York Chor)
    • Thinking about Russia: A Personal Perspective (Bilahari Kausikan)
    • Singapore and the United Nations (Vanu Gopala Menon)
    • Connecting and Collaborating to Change the World: Diplomacy in the Palms of Citizens (Jean Tan)
    • Singapore and the Preponderance of Power (Khong Yuen Foong)
  • Governance and Leadership:
    • The 4G Question: Whither Exceptional Singapore (Han Fook Kwang)
    • A Thoughtfully Pragmatic Singapore (Kenneth Paul Tan)
    • Singapore: Asia's Diplomatic Hub (Parag Khanna)
    • Singapore's 4G Leaders' China Challenge (Peh Shing Huei)
    • Identity in Singapore Version 4.0 (Lydia Lim)
    • A Democracy of Words (Johannis Auri Bin Abdul Aziz)
• Volume 2: Economy, Environment and Population:
  • Economy:
    • Singapore's Economic Development, 1965–2020: Review, Reflection and Perspective (Tan Khee Giap, Evan Tan Beng Kai and Vincent Kwan Wen Seng)
    • Economic and Business Development in Singapore and the World: A Small Economy Perspective (David Skilling)
    • Development of Singapore's Financial Sector (Piyush Gupta)
    • SGP 4.0 — Singapore in the Artificial Intelligence Era (Laurence Liew)
    • Singapore and ASEAN: Working in Tandem to Leverage Industrial Revolution 4.0 (Sanchita Basu Das)
    • Singapore's Interest in LNG and Becoming a Regional Gas Hub (Lee Tzu Yang)
  • The Environment:
    • Singapore's City in Nature: More than 50 Years of Greening (Kenneth Er and Leong Chee Chiew)
    • 500 Shades of Green (Geh Min)
    • Singapore Challenged: The Natural and Living Environment (Euston Quah and Christabelle Soh)
    • Iron Trees and Cheap Water: Environmental Identities in Singapore (Leong Ching)
  • Population:
    • Reflections on Singapore's Demographic Future (Paul Cheung)
    • Building an Enabling Environment for Successful Ageing (Susana Concordo Harding)
    • A Sustainable Future through Purposeful Making (Veerappan Swaminathan)
• Volume 3: Culture, Identity and Society:
  • Arts, Culture and Identity:
    • Struggling over the Arts and the Artist in Singapore (Terence Chong)
    • The Arts, Culture and Singapore as Global City (C J W-L Wee)
    • Still Building (Alvin Tan)
    • The Singapore Story: The Writing and Rewriting of a History (Kwa Chong Guan)
    • Imagining Singapore 2030: Language, Demographics and the Region (Yang Razali Kassim)
    • How Singapore can Transform Itself into a Creative Centre in the Region (Tay Kheng Soon)
    • A Narrative for Winning (Viswa Sadasivan)
    • The New Singapore Dream (Kishore Mahbubani)
    • Singapore in Transition: Staying Together for the Next 50 — Reviving the National Language (Yang Razali Kassim)
    • The Hub Concept — Reflections on the Past, Projections for the Future (Joergen Oerstroem Moeller)
  • Society:
    • Social Participation in a New Singapore (Ho Kong Chong, Hasliza Ahmad, Helen Sim and Ho Zhi Wei)
    • Singapore 100: Becoming a City of Good (Melissa Kwee)
    • Returning to a Social Capital-Driven Vision of Fostering Inclusion in SGP 4.0 (Gerard Ee)
    • Foundations: The Mutants of Democracy (Lee Poh Wah)
    • Locating the Heart of Civic Action: A Tale from Cassia Crescent (Lim Jingzhou and Rocky Howe)
    • Transient Workers Count Too's Singaporean Way with Advocacy on Migrant Workers (John Gee)
  Readership: Students, academics, policy makers, corporate sector officials and civil society activists, and general readers interested in Singapore.