{"product_id":"america-a-singapore-perspective","title":"America: A Singapore Perspective","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist at the 2022 Popular Readers' Choice Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe United States of America is the largest investor in Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd in 2019, it channelled more resources into the city state than what it put into both China and Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat year, the value of US direct investments in Singapore was US$288 billion, or about 4.8 per cent of US direct investments abroad. This sum exceeded the combined value of those in China (US$116.2 billion) and Japan (US$131.8 billion), based on data from the Office of the United States Trade Representative and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis illustrates the economic significance of the US to Singapore. Beyond that, the US is also a very important partner of Singapore in security, education and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd so, Singaporeans should learn more about the superpower, thought Professor Tommy Koh, Singapore’s Ambassador-at-Large who had served as its Ambassador to the United States, and Mr Daljit Singh, Visiting Senior Fellow at the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey gathered 27 other writers with a good understanding of America to pen a collection of 29 essays, \u003cem\u003eAmerica: A Singapore Perspective\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe compendium reveals insights into the various aspects of the US: its governing, election and political systems; business and economy; defence and foreign policy; as well as culture and culture wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt includes a foreword written by Ambassador-at-Large Chan Heng Chee, who had also been Singapore’s Ambassador to the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contributors include other well-known names: Ambassador-at-Large and former Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ong Keng Yong; former Permanent Secretary of Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bilahari Kausikan; former Nominated Member of Parliament and chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs Simon Tay; Dr Chua Beng Huat, Professor in the Department of Sociology of the National University of Singapore; as well as authors and former journalists Gretchen Liu and Koh Buck Song.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeveral journalists of The Straits Times — Vikram Khanna, Chua Mui Hoong, Lydia Lim, Jeremy Au Yong, Nirmal Ghosh, Charissa Yong and Audrey Tan — also contributed essays to the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Straits Times Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47654639894825,"sku":"9789814827348","price":30.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/RevisedAmericaFrontCover11Nov2021.jpg?v=1708004010","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/america-a-singapore-perspective","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}