- Dec 17, 2023
- 8 min
Singapore and the negative parts of its corporate culture
So far, I have been discussing the interesting aspects that made Singapore such an economic and political success worthy of emulation...
- Oct 17, 2023
- 7 min
Singapore and its social engineering
As with any other tourist cities, Singapore offers T-shirts that say "My mother went to Singapore and all I got was this lousy T-shirt”. ...
- Aug 29, 2022
- 6 min
Singapore and its road policy
The Singapore government have had the luxury of a string of uninterrupted victories at general elections for 63 years, from before...
- Jul 20, 2022
- 8 min
Singapore and its unique constitution provisions
Singapore is a small country with a very high soft power index. The 2019 pre-pandemic Soft Power 30 Report ranked Singapore third in...
- Apr 28, 2022
- 9 min
The tragic shadow of Russia's history on its worldview
I have read much analysis of the reasoning behind Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, including those by professional Russia watchers & experts...
- Jan 19, 2022
- 11 min
Impact of culture & history on China's foreign policy - Part 1 Origins
China's recent rise has made many uncomfortable with its direction as a world power. The experience called China and its thinking are so...
- Jan 19, 2022
- 8 min
Impact of culture & history on China's foreign policy - Part 2 Chinese hegemony or Western colonials
China's recent rise has made many uncomfortable with its direction as a world power. The experience called China and its thinking are so...
- Jan 19, 2022
- 14 min
Impact of culture & history on China's foreign policy - Part 3 Weight of history
China's recent rise has made many uncomfortable with its direction as a world power. The experience called China and its thinking are so...
- Jan 19, 2022
- 14 min
Impact of culture & history on China's foreign policy - Part 4 Challenges
China's recent rise has made many uncomfortable with its direction as a world power. The experience called China and its thinking are so...
- Jan 18, 2022
- 15 min
Impact of culture & history on China's foreign policy - Part 5 Test of legitimacy
China's recent rise has made many uncomfortable with its direction as a world power. The experience called China and its thinking are so...
- Jan 18, 2022
- 7 min
Judging past heroes and tyrants
How do we judge peoples of the past - is the past or the present more relevant? Much has been said about what we do with statues of in...
- Jan 14, 2022
- 5 min
Currents of history
People often ask me how I maintain my optimism in face of setbacks and a despairing world. Call me over-analytical but here is what I...
- Jan 5, 2022
- 10 min
Role of theology in America's divide today
We see many Christian references during the Capitol riots of Jan 6 and many people wonder whether conspiracy theories and the political...