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Singapore-Malaysia Relations under Abdullah Badawi
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2006; US$ 32.90This book, a project of the ISEAS Malaysia Study Programme, documents the series of important events that have contributed to the warmer relations presently enjoyed by Singapore and Malaysia under Abdullah Badawi. The eight chapters cover background, solving bilateral ties, intensifying official visits, developing people-to-people contacts, deepening... more...
Singapore
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2008; US$ 74.90This book deals with Singapore's transition from a British Crown Colony to a state in the Federation of Malaysia, and expulsion from the Federation to become a separate independent nation. For the leaders of Singapore's PAP Government, Malaysia was a traumatic experience. Yet, but for it, they might never have found the resolve and the secret... more...
Looking East to Look West
Penguin India 2009; US$ 37.90When P.V. Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh launched Indias "Look East" policy, it was only the first stage of the strategy to foster economic and security cooperation with the United States. But "Looking East" became an end in itself, and Singapore a valid destination, largely because of Lee Kuan Yew. He had been trying since... more...
Lim Kim San
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2009; US$ 59.90Lim Kim San's name is linked inextricably to Singapore's public housing. This is entirely appropriate because he played a crucial role in the success of the Housing Board, which transformed both the countrys physical landscape and gave Singaporeans a tangible stake in the future of their young nation. However, important though Lim's... more...
Between Rising Powers
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2007; US$ 65.90Geography has moulded Singapores self-definition, much as it has shaped the contours of the rest of Southeast Asia, a region that lies south of China and east of India. Placed within overlapping Sinic and Indic zones, Singapore's entrepôt role has served both. Today, as China and India emerge simultaneously as rising powers, a port city... more...
Three Sides in Search of a Triangle
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2008; US$ 53.90Singapore is America's closest security partner in Southeast Asia. The United States has decided to help India become a major world power in the twenty-first century, an objective that is furthered by the nuclear agreement between them. Singapore's relationship with India is an increasingly pertinent feature of Southeast Asias political... more...
The Singapore Lion
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2010; US$ 67.90Irene Ng has written a book that gives a comprehensive portrayal of Mr Rajaratnam - one of Singapores outstanding leaders who played a crucial part in the momentous and crisis-ridden transition to iindependence. This is a book about the man and his wisdom. One would fail to appreciate him until one reads this absorbing book and reflects... more...
Marshall of Singapore
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2008; US$ 94.90David Marshall (1908-1995) was one of Singapore's most remarkable sons. The eldest son of migrant Sephardic Jews, Marshall's brilliant academic career at Raffles Institution was brought to an abrupt end when he collapsed from tuberculosis. Sent away to recuperate in Switzerland, Marshall not only learnt the French language but also imbibed... more...
Leaders of the Middle East
Shell Education 2007; US$ 8.99The Middle East is comprised of many small countries, each with its own government. Volatile issues of religious extremism, the supply and demand of oil, and the establishment of the nation of Israel in 1948 have caused constant conflict. Several prominent leaders have arisen in the Middle East and have worked toward peace in this region, while others... more...
Exciting Singapore
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 16.95Through stunning photographs and engagingly informative text, this book presents a fascinating picture of contemporary Singapore's diversity the Asian culture beneath the western-looking exterior, the polar bear bred in a tropical climate, the strongly nationalistic people who are nevertheless proud of their ethnic origins and traditions and the anomaly... more...









