International
7 May 2024
Singapore faces a future without a Lee
International
7 July 2023
Singapore’s PM-in-waiting might be a safe pair of hands, but will that be enough?
Books & arts
17 March 2023
Democracy has spread in a distinctive way among Asia’s success stories
Essays & reportage
11 October 2022
Optus’s troubles shine a light on the company’s ultimate controller, the hydra-headed Singapore Inc.
Essays & reportage
17 December 2021
Singapore is good at solving economic problems, but its political stagnation is stopping it from dealing with urgent social challenges
International
13 July 2020
Despite the many obstacles, Singapore’s opposition made a strong showing on Friday
International
26 June 2020
Amid the pandemic, trouble among Lee Kuan Yew’s descendants will shape next month’s election result
International
29 March 2020
The city state learned vital lessons from its slow response to SARS, but is politics starting to interfere?
International
4 August 2019
Is a tired prime minister Lee Hsien Loong set to hand over the reins?
International
1 February 2019
Can an electorally dominant government survive family feuding and a broadening opposition?
Essays & reportage
7 August 2017
After Singapore’s early years of turmoil, how are its residents living in an era of peace and prosperity?
International
14 September 2015
Shortcomings in the Singapore government’s performance were trumped by fears about life after the People’s Action Party, writes Michael D. Barr
International
3 September 2015
A tired government faces a splintered opposition at this month’s election, writes Michael D. Barr, and fresh ideas are at a premium
Essays & reportage
27 March 2015
For a decade and a half, Lee Kuan Yew’s People’s Action Party had held every seat in the Singapore parliament, writes Chris Lydgate. Then the maverick lawyer…
Books & arts
12 February 2013
Chris Lydgate reviews a new biography of Stamford Raffles, the contradictory colonialist who founded Singapore, and an account of a trip through the modern-day city state…
