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Everything in Singapore ticks over like clockwork. The metro train arrives every couple of minutes. The streets are clean. There is zero tolerance when it comes to corruption. Money is made, taller buildings are built and the wealth of the nation grows. But behind the facade there is another force that keeps this island nation... 

I was recently surprised to learn that Singapore has 72,500 troops on active duty and plans to double the number of "combat-ready aircraft" to more than 200. It also plans to have 10 more submarines to add to the four it has today. Or so the Wall Street Journal reported ("Asia's New Arms Race," Feb. 12-13). In fact, Singapore... 

Singapore in its inaugural report to the United Nations on the status of human rights defended its tough stance on the death penalty as well as other issues like detention without trial that have repeatedly come under fire from human rights groups. The city-state is set in May to undergo the first stage of a review under the...