Do the lessons of Thucydides apply to Singapore?

Prof. John Blaxland discusses if Singapore could become a casualty in a great power clash in and around Southeast Asia reminiscent of Thucydides’ war.

The fall of Singapore: the land campaign

Nothing in history is evitable but the fall of Singapore Island after the defeat of British forces in Malaya came close to it.

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.