Why Is Singapore No Longer “Cool”?
9th February 2026
To be clear, I am not blaming Singapore on this one. But it is striking to me how much Americans do not talk about Singapore any more. They are much, much more likely to talk about Europe or England, for instance. I see several reasons for this.
I would point out that Singapore is a small place with a homogeneous culture, something that can rarely be said about most major countries, in the West and the East. Switzerland used to be the poster child for this sort of thing, but, well, Europe….