{"id":4679,"date":"2025-11-04T16:04:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T08:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/?post_type=product&p=4679"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:35:02","slug":"not-so-little-red-dot","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/product\/not-so-little-red-dot\/","title":{"rendered":"Not So Little Red Dot: 60 Years of Singapore’s Diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Peh is a Singapore Literature Prize-winning author and journalist. He is the author of numerous bestsellers, including\u00a0Neither Civil Nor Servant, The Last Fools, and The First Fools.<\/i>\u00a0He also wrote a pair of authorised biographies on former Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong:\u00a0Tall Order<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Standing Tall<\/i>. His maiden solo title\u00a0When The Party Ends\u00a0<\/i>won the\u00a0SIngapore Literature Prize for its gripping on-the-ground reportage of ethnic riots, natural disasters, and political\u00a0upheavals. In addition, he has four picture books, including\u00a0Panjang<\/i>\u00a0which was shortlisted for the Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award and\u00a0Ready, Kueh Set, Go!<\/i>\u00a0which won the Singapore Book Awards in 2026. His books are repeated winners of the Popular Readers’ Choice Awards. He is a regular commentator on Singapore and China affairs, and was The Straits Times\u2019 news editor and China bureau chief. He is a political science graduate of the National University of Singapore and Columbia University in New York.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Samantha Boh<\/strong> is a journalist and author who has written extensively on sustainability and science, covering topics that range from climate change to biomedical breakthroughs. Her works have appeared across multiple publications, including The Straits Times, South China Morning Post, and MyPaper. She was involved in the publication of the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment\u2019s inaugural Zero Waste Masterplan in 2019. She is a co-author of four No. 1 bestselling titles: The Last Fools, The First Fools, The Price of Being Fair, and Lee Ek Tieng: The Green General of Lee Kuan Yew. She is a communications graduate from the Nanyang Technological University.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Pearl Lee<\/strong> is a journalist whose work on education, politics, and social issues has appeared in multiple publications, including\u00a0The Straits Times<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0South China Morning Post<\/i>, for more than a decade. She is the author of\u00a0Ready, Set, Fiyah<\/i>, a children\u2019s picture book on the Youth Olympic Games. She is also a co-author of\u00a0Boardroom Knockout<\/i>,\u00a0Behind the Mask<\/i>, and\u00a0One Havelock Square<\/i>, which won the Best Hybrid Book prize at the Singapore Book Awards in 2021. She is a communications graduate from the Nanyang Technological University.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Aaron Low<\/strong> is a journalist and author who covers economics, finance, and business. He is the author and editor of three books, including two No. 1 bestsellers Behind The Banyan: Ho Kwon Ping on Building a Business Empire, and Boardroom Knockout. He has also co-authored bestselling titles The Last Fools and The First Fools. He writes on regional economics, business and politics in Asia, and was a deputy business editor at The Straits Times in Singapore, overseeing global financial markets. He is a graduate of the National University of Singapore.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Jaime Niam<\/strong> is a journalist and author who covers healthcare, arts and culture, and social affairs. She has co-authored several books, including chart-topper Boardroom Knockout and The First Fools. She is also part of the team behind The COVID-19 Chronicles: Singapore\u2019s Journey from Pandemia to Peri-Pandemic Limbo with the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine; Behind the Mask with the Ministry of Health; and Save & Sound: 70 Years of CPF, the Central Provident Fund\u2019s 70th anniversary publication. She is an English Literature graduate from the National University of Singapore.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Puah Rui Xian<\/strong> is a journalist and author who has co-written No. 1 bestsellers, including The First Fools and The Price of Being Fair. The latter charts the ups and downs of a local supermarket giant and spent 10 consecutive weeks on The Straits Times\u2019 Bestseller List (non-fiction), winning the Popular Readers\u2019 Choice Awards in 2023. She was also part of the editorial team behind the Ministry of Manpower\u2019s first official anniversary book, Charting Our Path: 70 Years of Working Together and Lessons for Tomorrow. In 2022, her short film Teeter was released on Viddsee. She is an English Literature graduate from the National University of Singapore.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Derek Wong<\/strong> is a journalist and author who covers business and property news. He is a co-author of four No. 1 bestselling titles: The Last Fools, The First Fools, The Price of Being Fair, and Boardroom Knockout. He was also part of the team responsible for documenting Singapore\u2019s COVID-19 pandemic journey in Behind The Mask. He previously reported at The Straits Times, where he covered property news, and was also a sub-editor and breaking news reporter. He is a political science graduate from the National University of Singapore.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISBN: 978-981-94-4302-4<\/span> (Hardback), <\/span>978-981-94-4301-7<\/span> (Paperback)<\/span>
\nPage Count: 248
\nYear Published: 2025
\nWriters: Peh Shing Huei, <\/span>Samantha Boh, <\/span>Pearl Lee, <\/span>Aaron Low, <\/span>Jaime Niam, <\/span>Puah Rui Xian, <\/span>Derek Wong<\/span>
\nPublisher: The Nutgraf Books
\nFormat: Hardcover, Softcover<\/p>\n

Singapore operates in a dangerous world \u2014 a world where might is right, where the strong eat the weak, and where small countries are, all too often, expected to submit to a brutish order.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the harsh reality that Singapore diplomats have faced over the past 60 years of the nation\u2019s independence. Yet, they have clung resolutely to the belief that Singapore has the right to determine its own future. Amid violence and volatility, generations of foreign service officers have steadfastly advanced Singapore\u2019s interests on the global stage \u2014 while remaining clear-sighted about the nature of the world we live in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has played a critical role in charting Singapore\u2019s path to prosperity through crisis and conflict. Ironically, its work remains largely invisible to the public. <\/span>Not So Little Red Dot: 60 Years of Singapore\u2019s Diplomacy <\/span><\/i>is an attempt to peel back the curtain on six decades of foreign policy, and the men and women who have made it possible. The book spotlights seven episodes largely from the 21<\/span>st<\/span> century that illustrate key tenets of Singapore\u2019s approach:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Russia-Ukraine War \u2014 Sovereignty<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Gaza Crisis \u2014 Humanitarian Aid<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Vaccines \u2014 Multilateralism\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Trump-Kim Summit \u2014 Honest Broker<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Points of Agreement with Malaysia \u2014 Neighbourliness\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • ASEAN formation \u2014 Centrality of ASEAN\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • COVID-19 evacuations \u2014 Consular Assistance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Each chapter offers an accessible reading experience by blending comics from veteran artist Cheah Sinann and prose written by a team of seven writers from The Nutgraf. The content and communications agency was behind bestselling titles such as <\/span>The First Fools: B-Sides of Lee Kuan Yew\u2019s A-Team<\/span><\/i>.<\/span>\u00a0Not So Little Red Dot: 60 Years of Singapore\u2019s Diplomacy <\/span><\/i>is authorised by MFA to celebrate its 60<\/span>th<\/span> anniversary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[15],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4679","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-general","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-variable"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4679"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5126,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4679\/revisions\/5126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=4679"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=4679"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=4679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}