Singaporean foreign policy and the Asian Values Debate, 1992-2000: Reflections on an experiment in soft power

Pacific Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-133

  Chong, Alan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia US relations; Asian values; Human rights; Singapore foreign policy; Soft power

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; IDEOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL DISCOURSE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 2342470806     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0951274042000182438     Document Type: Article

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