Wong maps bold global playbook


A rock in a storm: Wong swearing in as Singapore’s Prime Minister at the Istana in Singapore. — Reuters

The new government’s first priority is to secure for Singapore an assured place in a changed world, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.

With major world powers reassessing strategies and shifting positions to gain the upper hand, competition is intensifying, and smaller nations risk being caught in the crossfire, or being cut out of the conversation altogether, he warned.

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