News| Singapore may ‘have to choose’ between the U.S. and China, warns author

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https://sg.news.yahoo.com/smaller-countries-may-choose-between-220000417.html

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Smaller countries may ‘have to choose’ between the U.S. and China, warns author Robert Kaplan: ‘Great powers in decline can tend to be very aggressive’​

With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, countries around the world are girding for revived tensions between the U.S. and China.

For decades, countries found it possible to work with both sides, particularly in Asia: Governments could trade with China while relying on the U.S. for security. But now, less powerful nations may find it tougher to navigate a more tense international system, author Robert Kaplan said in a late January interview with Fortune.

“Great powers in decline can tend to be very aggressive,” Kaplan explained. “For decades, countries like Singapore and Australia and others were able to essentially get rich off China, and be protected by the U.S. Navy. They didn’t have to choose.”

Several countries are already trying to hedge against Washington, as countries like Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia try to join organizations like the BRICS, an international grouping viewed as a counterweight to Western-led countries.

Other world leaders, like Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, have warned against being forced to choose between Washington and Beijing.

Yet Kaplan argues that “smaller countries may have to choose. That gets very difficult.”

https://fortune.com/asia/2025/02/10/us-china-great-powers-decline-robert-kaplan-interview/

 

[coldish]

Good.
Don't pretend to hide behind neutrality.

 

[loveboon]

So hard to choose meh? I don’t see PAP having a hard time choosing between foreigners and Singaporeans?

 

[Akky85]

Smaller countries may ‘have to choose’ between the U.S. and China, warns author Robert Kaplan: ‘Great powers in decline can tend to be very aggressive’​

With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, countries around the world are girding for revived tensions between the U.S. and China.

For decades, countries found it possible to work with both sides, particularly in Asia: Governments could trade with China while relying on the U.S. for security. But now, less powerful nations may find it tougher to navigate a more tense international system, author Robert Kaplan said in a late January interview with Fortune.

“Great powers in decline can tend to be very aggressive,” Kaplan explained. “For decades, countries like Singapore and Australia and others were able to essentially get rich off China, and be protected by the U.S. Navy. They didn’t have to choose.”

Several countries are already trying to hedge against Washington, as countries like Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia try to join organizations like the BRICS, an international grouping viewed as a counterweight to Western-led countries.

Other world leaders, like Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, have warned against being forced to choose between Washington and Beijing.

Yet Kaplan argues that “smaller countries may have to choose. That gets very difficult.”

https://fortune.com/asia/2025/02/10/us-china-great-powers-decline-robert-kaplan-interview/

Which small country dun have to?

Say until like it's a uniquely Singapore issue.

Again i will repeat this, as long as both of them fight and have their eyes affixed on one another, the rest of the world will be relatively safe. So what the rest of the world should do is the continue to ''engage'' them so that they will keep fighting endlessly.

Once one of them win, the world will lose 9696.

 

[stanlawj]

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Smaller countries may ‘have to choose’ between the U.S. and China, warns author Robert Kaplan: ‘Great powers in decline can tend to be very aggressive’​

With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, countries around the world are girding for revived tensions between the U.S. and China.

For decades, countries found it possible to work with both sides, particularly in Asia: Governments could trade with China while relying on the U.S. for security. But now, less powerful nations may find it tougher to navigate a more tense international system, author Robert Kaplan said in a late January interview with Fortune.

“Great powers in decline can tend to be very aggressive,” Kaplan explained. “For decades, countries like Singapore and Australia and others were able to essentially get rich off China, and be protected by the U.S. Navy. They didn’t have to choose.”

Several countries are already trying to hedge against Washington, as countries like Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia try to join organizations like the BRICS, an international grouping viewed as a counterweight to Western-led countries.

Other world leaders, like Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, have warned against being forced to choose between Washington and Beijing.

Yet Kaplan argues that “smaller countries may have to choose. That gets very difficult.”

https://fortune.com/asia/2025/02/10/us-china-great-powers-decline-robert-kaplan-interview/

Don't need to listen to stupid American angmos like Robert Kaplan. Ask him to shut up and get lost.

Robert D. Kaplan is an American Neo-Con a.k.a. conman. He supported the Iraq war/intervention and NATO intervention in the Balkans. And he advocates US to go to war with China over Taiwan.

1. Support for U.S. Global Leadership and Military Strength:
   • Kaplan has advocated for a strong U.S. military presence around the world, which is in line with the neoconservative belief in America's role as a global hegemon. He sees American military power as essential for maintaining global stability.
2. Interventionist Tendencies:
   • Although not universally, Kaplan has supported military interventions in certain contexts. For instance, he supported the U.S. intervention in the Balkans, which aligns with neoconservative tendencies to use military force to resolve conflicts and promote stability.
3. Focus on the Middle East:
   • Kaplan has written extensively on the Middle East, emphasizing its strategic importance, much like neoconservatives who have focused heavily on this region due to its geopolitical significance. His support for a robust U.S. policy in the Middle East, including his early views on Iraq, had elements that resonated with neoconservative policies before the Iraq War.
4. Critique of Isolationism:
   • Like neoconservatives, Kaplan is against isolationist policies. He argues that America should engage actively in international affairs to prevent global chaos and to ensure its own security.

 

[hahaedmw]

SG already chose india with the ceca agreement. what this author trying to stir about? another thing is dont why pp keep hooha about ancient suzhou industrial park and upcoming johor singapore economic zone when there is already a changi business park right beside our world grandest airport

 

[ricohflex]

No what.
Talk rubbish.
Since when China asked SG to choose?
Since when US asked SG to choose?
Both China and US knows SG is useful to them.
A bilateral agreement between China and Singapore allows Chinese Navy ships to receive limited logistical support, including refueling, at Singapore's Changi Naval Base.
US Navy ships even more so.

US has long been world super power.
China Navy is a Grey Water fleet.
US Navy is a Blue Water fleet.

 

[archie7]

take the middle path
choose neither and walk down the path alone!!!

 

[xdivider]

pretty obvious whats the choice if forced to choose......

 

[wahkau]

Choose what choose? Buy Toto better la

 

[GreatPumpkin]

Pls pogba this amdk for his dabian stirring article.

Big elephants wanna fight dun drag a small fry like us into it.

 

[cyke69sg]

pretty obvious whats the choice if forced to choose......

What's the choice?

 

[xdivider]

What's the choice?

all your weapons from where de.....

 

[5adisticD3vil]

cannot play 2 head snake riao

 

[wongminmin]

machiam we got the choice.
our f16, f15, f35 need america supplies.

Make America great again alright that's what we care about.

 

[cyke69sg]

all your weapons from where de.....

China?
I got many SG relative send me video of how advanced China is now. USA not so advanced.

 

[fortunecat]

Good.
Don't pretend to hide behind neutrality.

As always, no people are happier than edmwers when Singapore is in a difficult position

 

[Zorroh]

We never had a choice. We just pretend that we don't want to choose.

This is already a significant improvement from the early days when we openly insult one side.

 

[klarklar]

Stupid article. He thinks US and China are stupid meh. China let other countries get rich from it so easily? And US provide Navy support free of charge ah? Singapore got to provide value and be useful for both countries to survive.

 

[nez]

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/smaller-countries-may-choose-between-220000417.html

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Smaller countries may ‘have to choose’ between the U.S. and China, warns author Robert Kaplan: ‘Great powers in decline can tend to be very aggressive’​

With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, countries around the world are girding for revived tensions between the U.S. and China.

For decades, countries found it possible to work with both sides, particularly in Asia: Governments could trade with China while relying on the U.S. for security. But now, less powerful nations may find it tougher to navigate a more tense international system, author Robert Kaplan said in a late January interview with Fortune.

“Great powers in decline can tend to be very aggressive,” Kaplan explained. “For decades, countries like Singapore and Australia and others were able to essentially get rich off China, and be protected by the U.S. Navy. They didn’t have to choose.”

Several countries are already trying to hedge against Washington, as countries like Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia try to join organizations like the BRICS, an international grouping viewed as a counterweight to Western-led countries.

Other world leaders, like Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, have warned against being forced to choose between Washington and Beijing.

Yet Kaplan argues that “smaller countries may have to choose. That gets very difficult.”

https://fortune.com/asia/2025/02/10/us-china-great-powers-decline-robert-kaplan-interview/