Singapore Builds Supply Chain Fortifications as Superpower Squeeze Tightens

Singapore and Australia signed two legally binding pacts on July 27 at the 15th Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee meeting in Adelaide — one guaranteeing uninterrupted flow of essential goods like diesel and LNG, another securing defence supply lines. Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing framed it plainly: "That kind of deep reservoir of trust that exists between Australia and Singapore at all levels — that is key to how we are able to do things together." The...