Singapore–United States relations, the Glossary

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1. 67 relations: Aid, Air Force One, ASEAN, Asia–Pacific, Barack Obama, Bilateralism, Changi Naval Base, Cornell University, David I. Adelman, Dean Rusk, Diplomacy, Donald Trump, East–West Center, Embassy of Singapore, Washington, D.C., Embassy of the United States, Singapore, Ford Foundation, Foreign relations of Singapore, Foreign relations of the United States, Francis Seow, Fulbright Program, Gallup, Inc., Generalized System of Preferences, Goh Chok Tong, Grand Prairie, Texas, Harvard University, Hurricane Katrina, Internal Security Act (Singapore), International Visitor Leadership Program, Jonathan E. Kaplan, Kim Jong Un, Lawrence Wong, Lee Hsien Loong, Lee Kuan Yew, List of ambassadors of Singapore to the United States, List of ambassadors of the United States to Singapore, Littoral combat ship, Lui Tuck Yew, Memorandum of understanding, National Institute of Education, National Trades Union Congress, National University of Singapore, New York City, Operation Spectrum, Oxford University Press, Paya Lebar Air Base, People's Action Party, Postgraduate education, Presidency of Barack Obama, San Francisco, Singapore, ... Expand index (17 more) »

2. Bilateral relations of Singapore

Aid

In international relations, aid (also known as international aid, overseas aid, foreign aid, economic aid or foreign assistance) is – from the perspective of governments – a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another.

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Air Force One

Air Force One is the official air traffic control designated call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States.

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ASEAN

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly abbreviated as ASEAN, is a political and economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia.

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Asia–Pacific

The Asia–Pacific (APAC) is the region of the world adjoining the western Pacific Ocean.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

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Bilateralism

Bilateralism is the conduct of political, economic, or cultural relations between two sovereign states.

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Changi Naval Base

Changi Naval Base (CNB), officially known as the RSS Singapura – Changi Naval Base, is a naval base of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN).

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York.

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David I. Adelman

David Isaac Adelman (born May 24, 1964) is an American businessman, lawyer and diplomat.

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Dean Rusk

David Dean Rusk (February 9, 1909December 20, 1994) was the United States secretary of state from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, the second-longest serving Secretary of State after Cordell Hull from the Franklin Roosevelt administration.

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Diplomacy

Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of state, intergovernmental, or non-governmental institutions intended to influence events in the international system.

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Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.

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East–West Center

The East–West Center (EWC), or the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, is an education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific, and the United States as part of Cold War diplomatic efforts.

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Embassy of Singapore, Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Singapore, Washington, D.C. is Singapore's main diplomatic mission to the United States.

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Embassy of the United States, Singapore

The Embassy of the United States of America, Singapore is the diplomatic mission of the United States to Singapore.

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Ford Foundation

The Ford Foundation is an American private foundation with the stated goal of advancing human welfare.

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Foreign relations of Singapore

Singapore maintains diplomatic relations with 189 UN member states.

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Foreign relations of the United States

The United States has formal diplomatic relations with most nations.

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Francis Seow

Francis Seow, born Seow Tiang Siew (p; 11 October 1928 – 21 January 2016), was a Singaporean lawyer who was Solicitor-General of Singapore and later the President of the Law Society of Singapore.

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Fulbright Program

The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills.

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Gallup, Inc.

Gallup, Inc. is an American multinational analytics and advisory company based in Washington, D.C. Founded by George Gallup in 1935, the company became known for its public opinion polls conducted worldwide.

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Generalized System of Preferences

The Generalized System of Preferences, or GSP, is a preferential tariff system which provides tariff reduction on various products.

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Goh Chok Tong

Goh Chok Tong (born 20 May 1941) is a Singaporean former politician who served as the second Prime Minister of Singapore from 1990 to 2004 and Secretary-General of the People's Action Party (PAP) from 1992 to 2004.

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Grand Prairie, Texas

Grand Prairie is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Dallas, Tarrant, and Ellis counties.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $186.3 billion (2022 USD) in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area.

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Internal Security Act (Singapore)

The Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) of Singapore is a statute that grants the executive power to enforce preventive detention, prevent subversion, suppress organized violence against persons and property, and do other things incidental to the internal security of Singapore.

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International Visitor Leadership Program

The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) is a professional exchange program funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

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Jonathan E. Kaplan

Jonathan Eric Kaplan is an American entrepreneur serving as the United States ambassador to Singapore since 2021.

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Kim Jong Un

Kim Jong Un (born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984) is a North Korean politician who has been supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012.

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Lawrence Wong

Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai (born 18 December 1972) is a Singaporean politician, economist and former civil servant who has been serving as the fourth prime minister of Singapore since 2024 and the minister for finance since 2021.

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Lee Hsien Loong

Lee Hsien Loong (born 10 February 1952) is a Singaporean politician and former brigadier-general who has been a Senior Minister of Singapore since 2024, having previously served as the third Prime Minister of Singapore from 2004 to 2024.

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Lee Kuan Yew

Lee Kuan Yew (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew; 16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean statesman and lawyer who served as the first Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990, and Secretary-General of the People's Action Party from 1954 to 1992.

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List of ambassadors of Singapore to the United States

The Singapore ambassador to the United States is the official representative of the Republic of Singapore to the United States of America.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Singapore

The United States ambassador to Singapore is the official representative of the United States of America to the Republic of Singapore.

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Littoral combat ship

A littoral combat ship (LCS) is either of two classes of relatively small surface vessels designed for near-shore operations by the United States Navy.

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Lui Tuck Yew

Lui Tuck Yew (born 16 August 1961) is a Singaporean diplomat, former politician and two-star rear-admiral who has been serving as Singapore Ambassador to the United States since 2023.

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Memorandum of understanding

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) is a type of agreement between two (bilateral) or more (multilateral) parties.

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National Institute of Education

The National Institute of Education (NIE) is an autonomous institute of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.

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National Trades Union Congress

The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), also known as the Singapore National Trades Union Congress (SNTUC) internationally, is the sole national trade union centre in Singapore.

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National University of Singapore

The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public collegiate and research university in Singapore.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Operation Spectrum

Operation Spectrum, also known as the 1987 "Marxist Conspiracy", was the code name for a covert anti-communist security operation that took place in Singapore on 21 May 1987.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Paya Lebar Air Base

The Paya Lebar Air Base is a military airbase of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) in Singapore located at Airport Road in Paya Lebar, in the eastern region of Singapore.

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People's Action Party

The People's Action Party (PAP) is a major conservative political party of the centre-right in Singapore.

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Postgraduate education

Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree.

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Presidency of Barack Obama

Barack Obama's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017.

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Singapore in the Straits Settlements

Singapore in the Straits Settlements refers to a period in the history of Singapore between 1826 and 1942, during which Singapore was part of the Straits Settlements together with Penang and Malacca.

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Singapore math

Singapore math (or Singapore maths in British English) is a teaching method based on the national mathematics curriculum used for first through sixth grade in Singaporean schools.

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Singaporean Americans

Singaporean Americans are Americans of Singaporean descent.

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Singaporeans

Singaporeans are the citizens and nationals of the sovereign island city-state of Singapore.

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Singapore–United States Free Trade Agreement

The United States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement was signed 6 May 2003 and ratified by the US House of Representatives on 24 July 2003 by a vote of 272-155.

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Stanford University

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California.

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Straits Settlements

The Straits Settlements were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia.

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Teachers College, Columbia University

Teachers College, Columbia University (TC) is the graduate school of education, health, and psychology of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City.

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The Asia Foundation

The Asia Foundation (TAF) is a nonprofit, mission-driven international development organization committed to improving lives across Asia.

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The Diplomat

The Diplomat is an international online news magazine covering politics, society, and culture in the Indo-Pacific region.

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The Heritage Foundation

The Heritage Foundation, sometimes referred to simply as "Heritage", is an activist American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1973, it took a leading role in the conservative movement in the 1980s during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies were taken from Heritage Foundation studies, including its Mandate for Leadership.

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The Istana

The Istana (from the Malay word for "palace") is the official residence and office of the president of Singapore.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California.

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Visa Waiver Program

The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) is a program of the United States federal government that allows nationals of specific countries to travel to the United States for tourism, business, or while in transit for up to 90 days without having to obtain a visa.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Yale University Press

Yale University Press is the university press of Yale University.

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See also

Bilateral relations of Singapore

• Armenia–Singapore relations
• Australia–Singapore relations
• Bangladesh–Singapore relations
• Brunei–Singapore relations
• Cambodia–Singapore relations
• Canada–Singapore relations
• China–Singapore relations
• France–Singapore relations
• Germany–Singapore relations
• Greece–Singapore relations
• Hong Kong–Singapore relations
• India–Singapore relations
• Indonesia–Singapore relations
• Iraq–Singapore relations
• Israel–Singapore relations
• Japan–Singapore relations
• Jewel of Muscat
• Kazakhstan-Singapore relations
• Kenya–Singapore relations
• Kosovo–Singapore relations
• Malaysia–Singapore relations
• Mexico–Singapore relations
• Mongolia–Singapore relations
• Myanmar–Singapore relations
• Netherlands–Singapore relations
• New Zealand–Singapore relations
• North Korea–Singapore relations
• Pakistan–Singapore relations
• Peru–Singapore relations
• Philippines–Singapore relations
• Russia–Singapore relations
• Saudi Arabia–Singapore relations
• Singapore–South Africa relations
• Singapore–South Korea relations
• Singapore–Taiwan relations
• Singapore–Thailand relations
• Singapore–Trinidad and Tobago relations
• Singapore–Turkey relations
• Singapore–Ukraine relations
• Singapore–United Kingdom relations
• Singapore–United States relations
• Singapore–Vietnam relations

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore–United_States_relations

Also known as History of Singapore–United States relations, Military relations between the United States and Singapore, Singapore - U.S. relations, Singapore - US relations, Singapore - United States relations, Singapore U.S. relations, Singapore US relations, Singapore United States relations, Singapore-U.S. relations, Singapore-US relations, U.S. - Singapore relations, U.S. Singapore relations, U.S.-Singapore relations, US - Singapore relations, US Singapore relations, US-Singapore relations, United States - Singapore relations, United States Singapore relations, United States-Singapore relations.

, Singapore in the Straits Settlements, Singapore math, Singaporean Americans, Singaporeans, Singapore–United States Free Trade Agreement, Stanford University, Straits Settlements, Teachers College, Columbia University, The Asia Foundation, The Diplomat, The Heritage Foundation, The Istana, United States, University of California, Berkeley, Visa Waiver Program, Washington, D.C., Yale University Press.