- Author:
Małgorzata Ławacz
- Institution:
Journal Secretary
- Year of publication:
2018
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
9-50
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/ap201801
- PDF:
ap/21/ap2101.pdf
Zapis debaty zorganizowanej przez Bibliotekę Publiczną m.st. Warszawy oraz Katedrę Studiów Azjatyckich Uniwersytetu SWPS 25 maja 2017 r.
Uczestnicy debaty:
- Krzysztof Gawlikowski
- Michał Kołodziejski
- Waldemar Dubaniowski
- Ksawery Burski
- Janusz Cieślak
- Krzysztof Szumski
- Krystyna Palonka
- Aleksander Bukowski
- Michał Strąk
- Author:
Stanisław Czesław Kozłowski
- Institution:
retired diplomat, researcher and expert on East Asia
- Year of publication:
2018
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
51-77
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/ap201802
- PDF:
ap/21/ap2102.pdf
Singapore: Global Metropolis Against New Challenges
For many reasons, Singapore is an exceptional country, sometimes referred to as “a piece of the West in Asia”, a place where the West meets with the East or as “Asian Switzerland”. Currently, the city-state can boast of great achievements, including the status of a global metropolis – the center of business, trade, maritime and air transport, finance, arbitration and tourism. For a long time, it has been at the top positions in global economic rankings, including the GDP per capita. It remains one of the most competitive economies in the world. In 2015, the city-state celebrated the 50th anniversary of independence, which was an opportunity to recall the key role played by Lee Kuan Yew, the founder of independence, the current economic strength and significant position of Singapore in the international arena. The principle of an open economy, which Singapore has been following from the beginning, was a key strategy for the development of modern and competitive industries and leverage to raise Singapore’s living standards to the highest world level. In its short history, the city-state faced challenges as it is now facing new internal (the question of maintaining stability after the loss of leader and strategist, such as Lee Kuan Yew) and the external challenges (transformation of the global balance of power, accommodating China’s rise in power, a change in the paradigm of the American administration’s trade policy under President D. Trump).
The aim of the article is to present these challenges that the Singaporeans – Government and Society – will have to solve in order to maintain economic growth, high standards of living and high international position in the post-Lee Kuan Yew era.
- Author:
Ksawery Burski
- Institution:
retired diplomat, expert on China
- Year of publication:
2018
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
78-87
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/ap201803
- PDF:
ap/21/ap2103.pdf
Lee Kuan Yew – a phenomenal visionary
The article presents the profile of Lee Kuan Yew – the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990. The author outlines Lee’s background and the perspective on a changing region and on the global political economy. He presents the key insights and opinions of that grand strategist and visionary on geopolitics of East and West, globalization, economic growth, and democracy. The article offers Lee Kuan Yew’s assessment of the United States’ position as the world’s superpower, of the China’s future, India’s future, Islamic terrorism. It presents Lee’s strategic advice for dealing with China.