[FULL] Shanmugam on Singapore's 'antidotes' to external threats | Asia Future Summit 2025

The Straits Times October 9, 2025
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On the second day of the 2025 Asia Future Summit, Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam spoke about Singapore's approach to US-China relations, foreign interference in domestic affairs, and Singapore’s population size. READ MORE: https://str.sg/Dixj The session was moderated by Jaime Ho, the editor of The Straits Times. Asia Future Summit 2025 is jointly presented by SPH Media flagship titles The Straits Times, Lianhe Zaobao and The Business Times, with OCBC as the presenting sponsor. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia-future-summit-2025 00:00 Introduction 01:30 The threat of foreign interference on societal faultlines 06:05 How the Israel-Palestine conflict has resonated in Singapore 09:10 What you believe depends on your sources of information 10:50 Why Singapore looks different to the rest of the world 14:00 Does a diversity of viewpoints constrict foreign policy? 18:30 Singapore’s US-China relationships 22:20 Singapore’s threats are not the US or China 27:30 Pressure to choose US or China? 35:30 Population figures: We will collapse without foreign workers 40:35 Lesson from protests and riots from around the globe 53:00 Every country has to be sensible about immigration 54:58 “I’ll take you in if you’re going to add value” 56:25 UK’s political system does not allow it to deal with basic issues 58:48 Singapore’s rules on protests, falsehoods, foreign interference Follow The Straits Times on YouTube: https://str.sg/ytsub Turn on notifications 🔔 to stay updated. -------------------- WEBSITE ➤ https://www.straitstimes.com WHATSAPP ➤ https://str.sg/whatsapp TIKTOK ➤ https://www.tiktok.com/@straitstimes INSTAGRAM ➤ https://www.instagram.com/straits_times FACEBOOK ➤ https://www.facebook.com/TheStraitsTimes TWITTER ➤ https://twitter.com/straits_times TELEGRAM ➤ https://t.me/TheStraitsTimes PODCASTS ➤ https://str.sg/stpodcasts #straitstimes #shanmugam #singapore

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