Tag: Michael Barr
Book Review – The Ruling Elite of Singapore
The Ruling Elite of Singapore is a brilliant publication, in which Michael Barr, a senior lecturer in International Relations at Flinders University, Australia, explores...
Will Singapore follow Taiwan and be split politically?
By Augustine Low
A fracturing of the elite in Taiwan led to the country becoming a full-fledged democracy. Can the same happen in Singapore?
This is...
Questions on the rise and rise of Singapore’s scholar-soldiers
By Augustine Low
The networks of power and influence in Singapore are complex but what is clear is that scholar-soldiers are now entrenched at the...