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Budget 2026: Accelerating Singapore’s growth in a fragmented world

As global trade fractures, Budget 2026 doubles down on AI integration while reinforcing the social compact

While the sporting side of the Winter Olympics has so far proceeded relatively smoothly, the event has faced a catalogue of wider challenges.

Winter Olympics 2026 beset with business and geopolitical controversies

As the Winter Games unfold, business and geopolitical friction is distracting from the sporting action

From left: Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO, Google DeepMind; Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief, The Economist; and Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder, Anthropic.

The lab leaders want to slow down on AI. Someone needs to help them

Here is why ‘middle powers’ like Singapore may hold the key to coordinating the advance of AI

In cybersecurity, information on a system's architecture is often more valuable than customer data.

Telecoms networks must be ready to defend against cyberattacks

Communications networks are far more than just commercial assets; they are critical national infrastructure that must be protected

Interpreting current ESG polemics as permission to deprioritise climate governance is a strategic error, says the writer.
STEWARDSHIP MATTERS

Stay the course: 5 inconvenient climate truths Singapore boards must address

Climate governance cannot stall even as disclosure deadlines are extended

As global tax rules tighten, incentives are increasingly judged less by generosity and more by design quality, economic substance and alignment with national priorities.

Substance over ‘sweeteners’: Redesigning Singapore’s incentives for strategic growth

How the Republic’s incentive framework can align with new OECD rules and advance the national economic strategy

Engineers working on a rocket engine in Zhejiang. The expected global job deficit in 10 to 15 years' time is not just a development issue, but also an economic and national security challenge, says the writer.
THE BOTTOM LINE

How to create jobs for the world’s 1.2 billion new workers

With only about 400 million jobs expected to be generated, we face a gap of staggering proportions

Singapore’s role could evolve from hosting regional listings to providing institutional architecture that makes Asean sovereign flows investable under Coins-era compliance requirements.

Beyond the hub: Singapore’s strategic choice in the age of capital geofencing

With index freezes in Jakarta and new investment curbs in Washington, Singapore must evolve into a key node for compliant Asean investment

Singapore's strengths are in its role as a trusted hub for finance, digital trade and resilience, among others.

Budget 2026: Scaling Singapore businesses’ global footprint amid rising risks

Navigating a more fractured trade environment requires a closer partnership between policy, capital and corporate enterprise

Singapore has laid the groundwork for data and AI safety, but we must now deepen these standards.

Small is beautiful: A precision playbook for Singapore’s next lap

How resilience, information hygiene and dispute resolution can turn into the city-state’s next competitive edge