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.Professor Kishore Mahbubani

"In an opinion piece titled "Qatar: Big lessons from a small country", Professor Kishore Mahbubani cited three lessons Singapore should learn from the Gulf blockade of Qatar. Kishore said the experience of Qatar reminds Singapore of the need for small states to behave like small states, and to cherish regional and international institutions. For example, he said small states should exercise discretion, that "we should be very restrained in commenting on matters involving great powers".

He gave examples of how Singapore could have better conveyed its "consistent and principled" position on the upholding of International Law in relation to geopolitical disputes over the South China Sea, and how the country could do more to strengthen regional institutions such as ASEAN."
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/in-...as%20ASEAN.