Building a democratic society: A role for many helping hands
CHERIAN GEORGE (Hong Kong Baptist University) takes stock after a General Election in which the People’s Action Party successfully checked the opposition’s momentum.
Category: Academic Views
GE2025: Our Morning After webinar analyses the PAP’s victory
Both the Peoples Action Party and the Workers Party held their ground. The results give the Lawrence Wong Government little incentive to change.
GE2025 Webinar: Keeping score in an age of push-button politics
Watch the video of our webinar featuring political scientists Walid J. Abdullah and Chong Ja Ian, and former Nominated MP Anthea Ong.
WEBINAR: Fair or Foul? Electoral Democracy and Boundaries in Singapore
View the recording of our webinar featuring constitutional law professor Kevin Tan.
‘Born-Again’ Chinese: Singapore’s PRC apologists
DONALD LOW explains why the wider public should not be taken in by some Singaporeans’ uncritical acceptance of Chinese state propaganda messages.
Looking at Singapore’s external ties can no longer be a spectator sport
CHONG JA IAN (National University of Singapore) explains why the Republic must clarify how to operationalise its key principles of international relations in a rapidly evolving and tumultuous global environment.
A caring Budget must transform Singapore’s approach to informal care
NESSA SWINN YAP and NG KOK HOE (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy) explain why stronger support for informal care will help to relieve pressure on public services as well as provide much needed relief to households.
New racial harmony bill: finally, the end of a colonial-era framework is in sight
CHERIAN GEORGE explains why the proposed Maintenance of Racial Harmony Act could be a progressive move, if interpreted and applied well.
Who is NUS trying to protect? Political leaders need to answer
Only ministers can answer whether NUS is right or wrong in its judgment that there will be a political price to pay if university administrators do not properly screen “controversial” or “sensitive” events.
“At his mercy?” Implications of Trump’s policies for Singapore’s economy
LINDA LIM (University of Michigan) explains the risks and uncertainties facing Singapore and why these make a rethink of its economic model more urgent.