Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore bloomed in the shadow of the Cold War

• Main Author: NGOEI, Wen-Qing
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: ASEAN Beat; Cold war in Southeast Asia; Lee Kuan Yew; Singapore economic growth; U.S.-Singapore relations; Vietnam war; Asian Studies; International and Area Studies; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3217; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4474/viewcontent/Lee_Kuan_Yew.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This essay considers how Singapore's economic success owes a great debt to Lee Kuan Yew's Cold War diplomacy and decision to align with the US during the Vietnam War.