Has the West found an Asian geopolitical ally in Singapore?
By DW
01 May 2022 |
5:11 am
For years, Singapore has been considered a skilled practitioner of hedging between the world's superpowers and not taking sides. Now it is one of the few Asian countries to openly condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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