For starters, it is not a great time to be a small opposition party.

Traditional “bread-and-butter” issues will feature prominently in this month’s ballot.

The Five Power Defence Arrangements makes for a case in point.

A tech fraud case has again put the Southeast Asian nation in the spotlight.

Grappling with the need to overcome constraints on the number of personnel available to crew warships and submarines.

With the right strategies, AI and clean energy can work in harmony, driving progress without compromising the planet.

With US aid disappearing, a new report shows Australia has a chance to align development cooperation with the region’s challenges and Australia’s strengths.

Small states see much to lose when might is right.

The region’s diverse policies on executions are about more than the war on crime.

Australia is in pole position to partner with the region on cross-border electricity supply.

Some findings of the latest Asia Power Index controvert conventional wisdom.

The island-state will have a new prime minister next year, but old hands will help guide the challenge from growing China-US rivalry.

As a country at the end of the global supply chain, New Zealand depends on the stability of Southeast Asia.

A senator questioning the nationality of the TikTok CEO not only brought to mind experience of prejudice – but also highlighted misapprehensions about Singapore.

Cooperation, especially on security and the economy, is key to countering pressure from outside the bloc.

Poverty, institutional incapacity and budget cuts fuelled a surge in pandemic piracy. The lessons are many.

A regional response can best manage risks, and the Five Power Defence Arrangement offers just the mechanism.

Once famed for their secular constitutions, India and Singapore have taken different tacks on religious vilification.

Public support for capital punishment isn’t as overwhelming and unshakeable as the government often portrays it to be.

Russia’s invasion has unified the West with new clarity, yet exposed ambiguity and uncertainty in Southeast Asia.

Neighbours in Southeast Asia may not be “forced to choose” but rather “left behind”.

Is “China plus” the answer to fading US global hegemony?

The pandemic has shown how easily most people accept surveillance, and the government’s enthusiasm for new forms of it.

Inspiration from a tiny giant in Southeast Asia might help Australia find a way through multiple diplomatic obstacles.

Singapore’s efforts to diversify food imports is a practical choice that bodes well for Colombo’s Asia-centric policy.

Singapore’s thousands of migrant workers make up the bulk of Covid-19 cases in the city-state.

While the People’s Action Party was assured of holding power once more, the results didn’t all flow its way.

The ruling PAP wants a “strong mandate”, while the opposition relies on electoral quirks and the guesswork of voters.

The pandemic has suddenly made the unthinkable acceptable. Data and privacy may never be the same.

Infections have seen several crowded dormitories locked down and put a spotlight on the treatment of city’s builders.

The city state leads in the fight against the virus, but in the longer term, an ageing population is another challenge.

All signs point to a looming election, but nothing is official so far – and a ballot in a pandemic is a big risk.

The gift of geography has made Singapore wealthy, yet also puts the city-state at a choke point in regional competition.

The affluent city-state gained independence over a half-century ago, but a deeper past is still present.

The tech giant’s capitulation, while unsurprising, sets an ominous precedent that others would be happy to follow.

<p>A racist advert on the state broadcaster has again thrust tensions about Singapore society into the limelight.</p>

History looks to be repeating, as earlier strife in Hong Kong helped the rise of another of Asia’s island cities.

The scramble for the ballot box where the boundaries are redrawn at every election and the PM controls the timing.

Was Lee Hsien Loong critical of China, giving the stick to America, or perhaps resigned he could please neither?

Human rights groups and big businesses alike fear a new law could have major repercussions, including overseas.

With these flying advanced sensor arrays, the aim could be to protect Singapore as Switzerland of Southeast Asia.

The diplomatic tit-for-tat between the two neighbours for the territorial claim of the waterway has a long history.

Robust processes and security apparatus are needed before embracing the collection of vast amounts of sensitive data.

Chatter and dissent are now taking place online while freedom of expression and assembly are curbed elsewhere.

Singapore doubles down as Malaysia retreats from the death penalty.

The movement to repeal a colonial era ban is gaining momentum, despite the skewed social and political playing field.

Beijing’s attempts to appeal to young Chinese Singaporeans may fall on deaf ears.

<p>Singapore, a country that has also been ruled by the same party since independence, is&nbsp;watching as its&nbsp;close neighbour&nbsp;strikes out on a new path.</p>

A gruelling parliamentary hearing has opened a debate on a largely forgotten official crackdown in the Asian city state.