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Singapore counterterrorism

March 10, 2021
Extreme Right-Wing Ideology Arrives in Singapore
By Kenneth Yeo Yaoren and Amalina Abdul Nasir
A recent arrest suggests that the city-state should broaden and diversify its efforts to combat violent extremism.

April 01, 2020
Southeast Asia’s Teenage Extremists
By Amalina Abdul Nasir and Kenneth Yeo
The detention of a secondary school student in Singapore in February highlights an ongoing trend in youth radicalization among supporters of the Islamic State.

November 01, 2019
Singapore Maritime Security Response in Focus with Exercise Highcrest
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The latest iteration of the interagency exercise spotlighted the Southeast Asian state’s ongoing attention to the issue and its evolving approach.

July 02, 2019
What’s Next for Singapore’s New Military Training Facility Plans?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A groundbreaking ceremony highlighted the country’s ongoing efforts to boost its local military training grounds as part of its ongoing defense modernization.

December 18, 2018
Air Force Exercise Highlights Indonesia-Singapore Defense Ties
By Prashanth Parameswaran
This year’s iteration of Exercise Elang Indopura spotlighted the trajectory of defense relations between the two sides.

April 24, 2018
A First: Indonesia-Singapore Naval Exercise Features Maritime Counterterrorism Component
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The incorporation of a maritime counterterrorism serial is testament to the growing emphasis on the area both bilaterally and regionally.

November 02, 2017
What Singapore’s Radical Preacher Ban Says About ASEAN’s Terror War
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The move reveals growing alarm about the Islamic State threat and lingering challenges states face in addressing it.

October 25, 2017
US-Singapore Defense Ties in the Spotlight Amid Trump-Lee Summit
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Though much of the focus was on economics, the security part of the relationship was also an important consideration.

October 23, 2017
What’s Next for US-Singapore Ties Under Trump?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A look ahead amid a summit meeting by the two leaders.

October 18, 2017
Singapore Holds Terror Drills in Changi Airport
By Prashanth Parameswaran
City-state holds first-ever large-scale exercise there amid rising terror threat.

September 28, 2017
Singapore Defense Minister Visits Iraq Troops in Terror War
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The trip put the city-state’s contribution in the fight against the Islamic State in the spotlight.

June 28, 2017
Why Singapore Is a Terrorist Target
By Bilveer Singh
The Islamic State has been upfront about its goal to attack the city-state.
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