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Why Singapore sees AI as an opportunity, not a threat
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Why Singapore sees AI as an opportunity, not a threat

Singapore’s President Tharman Shanmugaratnam tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World that his country will feel the impact of AI sooner than most, but the government believes it can be a boost for workers, not a threat.

How Singapore navigates a fragmented world
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

How Singapore navigates a fragmented world

Can Singapore survive, or thrive, in a fractured global economy? Singapore’s President Tharman Shanmugaratnam joins Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

Photo of Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam with the GZERO World podcast logo superimposed on top.
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Singapore's global moment, with President Tharman Shanmugaratnam

With close ties to both the US and China, can Singapore survive in an increasingly fragmented and chaotic world? Singapore’s President Tharman Shanmugaratnam joins Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World Podcast.

Singapore thrived on globalization. Now what?
Ian Explains

Singapore thrived on globalization. Now what?

Singapore was one of globalization’s biggest beneficiaries. Ian Bremmer looks at whether the city-state can survive in a world where the economic order that drove Singapore's rapid rise starts to unravel.

A teenager poses holding a mobile phone as a law banning social media for users under 16 in Australia takes effect, in Sydney, Australia, on December 10, 2025.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Australia tries to enforce social media ban, Japan’s opposition unites, Millions dodge Ukrainian draft, & More

​Workers' Party (WP) supporters wave party flags as they cheer their candidates at the nomination center ahead of the general election in Singapore, on April 23, 2025.
What We're Watching

Singapore’s opposition hopes to make major gains as election campaign begins

The vote promises to be the most contested since independence, as the ruling People’s Action Party sweats a strong challenge amid weak economic forecasts.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes a speech at the Asia Security Summit, better known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, in Singapore on June 2, 2024.
What We're Watching

Et tu, Beijing? Zelensky accuses China of sabotaging Ukraine peace summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky crashed China’s party during an unscripted appearance at this weekend’s Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, accusing Beijing of undermining an upcoming peace summit on the war in Ukraine.

​Former U.S. President Donald Trump returns from a break at Manhattan criminal court in New York, U.S., on Monday, April 15, 2024.
Asia

Hard Numbers: Trump’s independent voters, Supreme Court's refusal to hear protest case, Singapore’s new PM, Samsung’s new chipmaking hub, Tesla’s layoffs, Beijing’s half marathon scandal

Singapore sets an example on AI governance
GZERO AI

Singapore sets an example on AI governance

Marietje Schaake, International Policy Fellow, Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, and former European Parliamentarian, co-hosts GZERO AI, our new weekly video series intended to help you keep up and make sense of the latest news on the AI revolution. In this episode, she reviews the Singapore government's latest agenda in its AI policy: How to govern AI, at the Singapore Conference on Artificial Intelligence.

Cutout of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on the Singapore flag
News

Singapore politics get (!) interesting

Three political scandals have shown that not all Singaporean politicians are as squeaky clean as their reputation.