Tag: Politics
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Singapore's hybrid warfare strategy is lacking
Singapore’s strategy for countering hybrid warfare is focused on the military and cyber fields. Unfortunately, hybrid warfare is fought mainly at the moral level.
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Singapore's politics of personality
Singapore’s opposition parties need to become political parties, not personality parties.
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More Laws, More Crime
In 1920, the United States passed the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, outlawing the production, sale and transportation of alcohol. The next thirteen years saw an upshot in banditry, the rise of organised crime on the backs of alcohol smuggling, gang violence, police corruption and an international alcohol smuggling racket that raked in millions of dollars…
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Between the Points of the Pen and the Sword
When confronting terrorism, it is necessary to combine the pen and the sword.
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Banning Julien Blanc: NIMBYism on a global scale
Banning Julien Blanc undermines freedom of speech and travel. The better approach would be to arrest him, criticise him, or kill him. The latter removes a threat to society; the former pushes the burden to someone else and punishes someone for disagreeing with the memes of the day.
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A Brave New World of Neo-Tribes and Crumbling Civilisations
The nation-state system is fading, replaced by neo-tribalism. With this change comes the erosion of civilisation.