Hedging is typically understood as a middle path straddling balancing/bandwagoning, the
military/economic, and United States/China. This conventional understanding of hedging …

Singapore has come to embrace neoliberal globalization very tightly due to a pervasive and
uncompromising ideology of survivalism, which was born in the early years of …

The military was created long before the formation of the current modern state. Established
for the purpose of obtaining and protecting territory and resources, the military has played …

The conflict between the Thai state and the Malay-Muslim insurgency in the country's Deep
South is one of Southeast Asia's most persistent internal security challenges. The start of the …

The SAF is arguably 'the most impressive military force in contemporary Southeast
Asia'(Huxley, 2000, p 249). Yet, the threat of military intervention in Singapore's political …

This chapter asserts that Singapore has transformed itself from a small, impoverished island
at the tip of the Malay Peninsula to one of the richest and most strategically important …

Established for the purpose of obtaining and protecting territory and resources, the military
has played and continued to play a significant role in state formation and building …

The so-called “China Threat” theory suggests that a rising China is a threatening one,
especially challenging US international leadership. However, despite significant literature …