Publication Type
News Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
3-2017
Abstract
This essay considers how Singapore's economic success owes a great debt to Lee Kuan Yew's Cold War diplomacy and decision to align with the US during the Vietnam War.
Keywords
ASEAN Beat, Cold war in Southeast Asia, Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore economic growth, U.S.-Singapore relations, Vietnam war
Discipline
Asian Studies | International and Area Studies | Political Science
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
The Diplomat
Publisher
Diplomat Media Inc
Citation
NGOEI, Wen-Qing, "Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore bloomed in the shadow of the Cold War" (2017). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 3217.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3217
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3217
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