Domestic Politics Analysis of Singapore’s Foreign Policy on the Belt and Road Initiative

Athaya Aushafina

2018

Abstract

In this article, the domestic politic level of analysis is perused as an explanan for Singapore’s foreign policy regarding the One Belt and One Road initiative (OBOR) as proposed by China. The developmental plans for OBOR has been explicated by China’s President Xi Jinping since 2013, in which the OBOR initiative are comprised of the development of two components, a land course in the form of the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) and a sea course in the form of Maritime Silk Road of the 21st Century (MSR). China seeks to increase the degree of integration across Asia as well as increasing connectivity between Asia and Europe. Singapore, as a South-East Asian country involved in the initiative showed its support for China’s endeavor. In line with Ronald Rogowski’s work, analysis in regards to the influence a governmental institution hold over foreign policy making is examined based on five aspects: policy bias, credibility of commitment, coherence and stability of policy, mobilization and projection of power, and strategic environment of domestic actors. The influence an institution has over said five aspects are examined through three dimensions of government institutions including franchise, representation, and decision rules. This paper comes to the conclusion that in Singapore’s case, foreign policy analysis utilizing domestic politics level of analysis  has an inconclusive result.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Aushafina A. (2018). Domestic Politics Analysis of Singapore’s Foreign Policy on the Belt and Road Initiative. In Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR, ISBN 978-989-758-493-0, pages 193-199. DOI: 10.5220/0010275000002309

in Bibtex Style

@conference{acir18,
author={Athaya Aushafina},
title={Domestic Politics Analysis of Singapore’s Foreign Policy on the Belt and Road Initiative},
booktitle={Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,},
year={2018},
pages={193-199},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010275000002309},
isbn={978-989-758-493-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,
TI - Domestic Politics Analysis of Singapore’s Foreign Policy on the Belt and Road Initiative
SN - 978-989-758-493-0
AU - Aushafina A.
PY - 2018
SP - 193
EP - 199
DO - 10.5220/0010275000002309