Indo-Pacific Strategies for Singapore and Taiwan: Dealing with Major Powers.

This article considers the similarities and differences faced by Singapore and Taiwan vis-à-vis the major powers in the Indo-Pacific. First, it focuses on the countries' respective differing responses to various "Indo-Pacific" strategic formulations. Next, it moves to consideration of Singapore's and Taiwan's political, geopolitical, and geocultural trajectories. This particular section also addresses the two nations' relations with other small island states across the Indo-Pacific. The subsequent sections provide a bilateral study of Singapore-Taiwan relations, followed by consideration of how Singapore and Taiwan have responded to the greater powers in the region, specifically China, India, Japan, and the United States. Faced with growing Chinese power in the region, questions of agency and strategic autonomy are drawn together in the conclusion, which finds that Singapore is operating from a position of advantage and Taiwan from a position of disadvantage in the Indo-Pacific. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]