Singapore Charts ASEAN Course as Fractured World Tests Its Trust Model

Singapore will take the ASEAN chairmanship on January 1, 2027, and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has already laid out the strategic priorities: deepen regional integration, make ASEAN a more effective single market, and bring diverse partners together to keep dialogue channels open. In his National Day Rally speech, Wong warned that a "fractured and more dangerous world will be the new normal" for years to come — and that Singapore's response...