Singapore Realist Foreign Policy Analysis

Singapore is an apotheosis of success among numerous subminiature countries in the world, which not only has achieved a dazzling accomplishment in economy and society within several decades, but also has an international status which other small countries don't have, displaying powerful force that doesn't match at all with its population and territory. An important factor leading to the success of Singapore is the forming and implementing of its realism diplomacy strategy.The paper is based on the analysis thoughts of realism theory model, illustrating the principles, guidelines, basic policies of Singapore's realism diplomacy, as well as its new diplomatic characters. Singapore's foreign policy is peace,neutrality,nonalignment. It is took up for Singapore'exist, independence,security,promoting economy,social development that of his foreign policy purpose. it was found that Singapore foreign policy be exactness,advisability and practical. With the balance and survival and development, Singapore will be benefited from the multi-polar world. At the cold war time, Singapore's policy frequently was generalized: depending upon America, resisting USSR, encouraging China. Many factors influenced its foreign policy, including politics,culture,region environment.In this paper,analysis idea of realitism and new-realitism,liberalism and new-liberalism,constuctism principle from west international relationship theory were be used.On this base, diplomatic idea of Singapore and American, China, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Japan, Europe, and etc are made based on these theories. Moreover, realism diplomatic characters of Singapore are illustrated by means of basic model of system-thinking. The national defense diplomacy which controlled by the intense national security consciousness. Omni-directional economical diplomacy.Persisting the good neighborliness and friendliness and devoting to Association of Southeast Asian Nations'unity and progress. Influence balanced area security strategy. Singapore's realism diplomacy is importantly impacted by the political party factor, the economic agent, the cultural element, the great nation relations factor and so on. The formulation and implementation of Singapore's Great Nation Balanced strategy both strove for the great nation's participation in politics, the economy and maintained the friendly relations with the main great nations. At the same time, this strategy powerfully deterred the neighboring country's latent threat and has maintained the national stability and the economical development, promoted the peace and stability of the region and gradually accepted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to be their diplomatic strategy. Thus it enhanced Singapore's country status in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Singapore's international influence. Simultaneously, the strategy will adjust itself to the international and domestic situation.Only when such, its ability shines could put up new life-force. Thus it can be seen that, for the Chinese development and the world stability, it makes Strategic sense to do comprehensive research to the realism diplomacy.