Singapore’s Example

Singapore is simply amazing for what it has accomplished, what it is today, and the model of future prosperity and harmony it offers for South East Asia. Its prosperity has however come at a political cost which raises a question about what its example means for the rest of the region.

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Tillerson in Turkey

Rex Tillerson, who is still the U.S. Secretary of State, met with the President of Turkey last week in an effort to work through the current difficulties  between the two countries and in a rare departure of protocol, went alone to the meeting without even his own interpreter. The meeting comes at a critical moment in the relationship between the U.S. and Turkey which illustrate the incredible complexity that is increasingly facing different parts of the world today.