Singapore would like the United States presence in this region to be long-term and implacable, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said ahead of his visit to the US next month to meet President Barack Obama.
That is why he would rather not use the word “pivot” to describe the Obama administration’s high-profile strategic rebalance towards Asia, now in its third year.
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