Indigenizing the Cold War in Malaysia and Singapore : interethnic decolonization, developmental syntheses and the quest for sovereignty by Chong, Alan

“…While local Marxist and neo-Marxist parties attempted to synchronize their revolutionary struggles with the centers of world communism during the period 1945-1991, political currents on the ground in Malaysia and Singapore were pushing for the establishment of postcolonial authority, social peace, and economic prosperity. The Cold War struggle between 'communism' and 'democratic capitalism' was highly refracted, even distorted, on the ground in these two Southeast Asian countries. …”
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America the Indispensable Power: Singapore's Perspective of America as a Security Partner by Tan, See Seng

“…From an unlikely partnership pursued by Singapore by default rather than choice during Singapore's formative years, the United States has since evolved into a vital partner of Singapore because of the indispensable role it has played in ensuring a stable balance of power in the Asia-Pacific and in facilitating the economic prosperity of the region. Their partnership has endured rough patches due to political differences. …”
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Towards regional scale stormwater flood management strategies through rapid preliminary intervention screening by Webber, James L., Balbi, Mariano, Lallemant, David, Gibson, Michael J., Fu, Guangtao, Butler, David, Hamel, Perrine

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Language ideologies and practices in flux: the case of an Italian-Chinese transnational family by Tse Crepaldi, Yvonne, Mirvahedi, Seyed Hadi

“…Transnationals constitute one-third of the population of the economically prosperous Singapore. Applying a family language policy (FLP) framework and collaborative autoethnography from data (interviews, videos, and diaries) spanning 13 years, this study delves into the linguistic journey of an Italian-Chinese family with two children born in Singapore. …”
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