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International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 2009 9(1):19-54; doi:10.1093/irap/lcn025
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This article appears in the following International Relations of the Asia-Pacific issue: SPECIAL ISSUE: Teaching international relations in Southeast Asia [View the issue table of contents]

Teaching international relations in Singapore 1956–2008: from supporting development to global city aspirations?

Alan Chong1 and See Seng Tan2

1 Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore, AS1/04-05, 11 Arts Link, Singapore 117570, Singapore. Email: polccs{at}nus.edu.sg
2 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Blk S4, Level B4, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore. Email: issstan{at}ntu.edu.sg
This preliminary survey of international relations (IR) teaching in Singapore argues that while the hegemonic goals of the nation-state have been pervasive since 1956, the influences upon IR teaching have become more complex and subtle in tandem with Singapore's transition from pristine developmentalism to an aspiring global city. Today, IR teaching has acquired characteristics of a division of labor among the main universities, research institutes, and business-oriented schools. Nonetheless, the dialectics of whether the future lies in open-ended knowledge inquiry or hewing to some version of state-associated pragmatism remains unresolved.

Received for publication August 28, 2008. Accepted for publication October 7, 2008.


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