Concern is mounting about China’s intelligence agency luring other countries’ citizens, including Singaporeans, with fake consultancy opportunities. Some of these shell organisations are claiming Singapore connections, exploiting the republic’s reputation for trustworthiness. These trends call for new approaches to protecting Singapore’s national security, says CHONG JA IAN (National University of Singapore).

The prime minister has promised to address the strains on family life in his National Day Rally speech. NESSA SWINN YAP and JACQUELINE HO argue that this requires embracing care as core to life and not allowing the market to turn the fulfilment of this human need into a rat race.

The experience with Gillman Barracks and Maju Forest reveals the Singapore public’s appetite for engaging closely with planning processes. There are clear lessons for how we can improve transparency and public participation, argues Melissa Low (National University of Singapore).

The blockbuster Dear You has sparked a wider debate over Chinese identity, exposing competing ideas of culture, language and belonging across China and Southeast Asia. In this article originally published in ThinkChina political scientist Chong Ja Ian (National University of Singapore) examines why.

Seamless progress can edit our lives away, cautions documentary filmmaker TAN PIN PIN, in a Commencement address for NUS College.