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Jan 7, 2025 | foreignaffairs.com | James Lindsay |Steven Cook |Bilahari Kausikan |Margaret MacMillan

To many countries in Europe, the return of Donald Trump to the White House is seen as a momentous, almost apocalyptic, shift that is likely to disrupt alliances and upend economic relations. Meanwhile, American adversaries such as China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia anticipate that the incoming administration will mark an opportunity to advance their anti-Western agendas.

Jul 1, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Bilahari Kausikan

Geopolitics Military NATO United States Europe Europe faces no greater strategic challenge than dealing with Russian aggression but remains incapable of dealing with it without the United States at its back. NATO without Washington is hollow—a prospect relished by countries around the world that wish to see a weaker West.

Jul 1, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Mark Leonard |Constanze Stelzenmüller |Nathalie Tocci |Carl Bildt |Robin Niblett |Radoslaw Sikorski | +3 more

NATO United States Europe No bloc of countries has, for the past 75 years, been as umbilically tied to the United States as Europe. First, its western half and, since the end of the Cold War, much of its eastern half have prospered under the world’s most extensive bonds in trade, finance, and investment.

Dec 1, 2023 | jpost.com | Bilahari Kausikan

On October 4, just days before the terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, I attended a Sukkot celebration at the Magen Avoth Synagogue on Waterloo Street, the oldest existing synagogue in Singapore, dating from 1878. Goh Chok Tong, former prime minister of Singapore and patron of the Inter-Religious Organization (IRO), was the guest of honor.

Nov 10, 2023 | straitstimes.com | Bilahari Kausikan

The horrific terrorist attack of Oct 7, which saw 1,400 mainly civilian Israelis murdered, and the consequent response against Hamas in Gaza that resulted in thousands of civilian Palestinian collateral casualties, has aroused strong emotions among Singaporeans. To empathise is only human. Emotions are amplified by the complexity of the Palestinian issue. From that long and tangled history, narratives that lay all responsibility on one side or the other can be easily constructed to fan emotions.