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Politics and statecraft shape future of Australia-Singapore ties
Ties between Australia and Singapore are founded on a firm bedrock of convergent strategic interests, based on Australia’s assessment of threats through and from the South-east Asian archipelago.
There was a lot of talk about history when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong came to Canberra earlier this month. Both he and his host, Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull, framed their glowing accounts of today’s vibrant Singapore-Australia relationship by speaking of our shared past.
Read full article Politics and statecraft shape future of Australia-Singapore ties by Hugh White published in The Straits Times.