Total Defence in action – Singapore's response to the COVID-19 pandemic

• Main Author: Soh, Sarah
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Country and Region Studies; Singapore and Homeland Security
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165493
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Singapore’s Total Defence framework has helped to rally the country and facilitated a whole-of-country response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The wide-ranging and multi-sectoral effects brought about by the pandemic underscores Singapore’s need for a coordinated, cross-domain response to national securi...