A Study of Singapore''s Comprehensive Security Strategy

• Main Authors: Weng Lu-chung, 翁履中
• Other Authors: Dr.Yang Chih-heng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/39007688118385593363

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 東南亞研究所 === 92 === Abstract In the past, the safety concept during the cold war period all emphasized the threat on national security by external factors, however, countries today all are confronted with uncertain factors coming from inside and also the threat of outside factors on inner stability of the country. As a small state, national survival for Singapore is an issue of the highest priority, given the fluctuations in regional and world politics, and current political and economic challenges in neighboring countries. For the sake of political, economic and diplomatic relations and security, the government of Singapore must to communicate with other Southeast Asian nations positively and attempted to arrange them in a link of the chain of her comprehensive security strategy. Therefore, Singapore also promotes regional security cooperation, especially with immediate neighbors such as Malaysia and Indonesia, in order to achieve the goals of mutual security and good neighborliness. ASEAN therefore offers Singapore and its neighbors the best framework to resolve issues of a bilateral or multilateral nature. Thus, for Singapore, advancing from independent from Malaysia to now, facing the above transition in the inner and external environment, it is necessary to rethink the adjustment of its inner and external security strategies, to cooperate with the situation development and guarantee its national security. This dissertation analyzes and studies the security strategy both internally and externally of Singapore, from the viewpoint of comprehensive security. This dissertation will divide inner security strategy into 1.political security strategy; 2.social security strategy; 3.economic security strategy; and external security strategy into 1.diplomatic security strategy; 2. national defense strategy and the international cooperation of non-traditional security field, from the viewpoint of comprehensive security, and based on the above 6 aspects, this article will analyze how Singapore derived its security strategy from many threatening factors both internally and externally, and also explain the practice for its security strategy. Finally, the author will try to forecast the problems that Singapore may face in the future, and try to find out some useful security strategies that Taiwan can learn from Singapore. Keywords: Singapore, ASEAN, Comprehensive Security, National Security, Foreign Policy