Singapore’s Use of Education as a Soft Power Tool in Arctic Cooperation

Singapore is expert at using education as a means of projecting soft power internationally. For years, it has offered free and subsidized education opportunities in Southeast Asia, and now, with its interests in the Arctic, it is offering education opportunities to indigenous peoples as a way to inv...

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Published in:Asian Survey
Main Authors: Burke, Danita Catherine, Saramago, André
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of California Press 2018
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2018.58.5.920
http://online.ucpress.edu/as/article-pdf/58/5/920/79345/as_2018_58_5_920.pdf
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Summary:Singapore is expert at using education as a means of projecting soft power internationally. For years, it has offered free and subsidized education opportunities in Southeast Asia, and now, with its interests in the Arctic, it is offering education opportunities to indigenous peoples as a way to involve itself in regional governance.