Singapore maintains diplomatic relations with 189 UN member states. The three exceptions are the Central African Republic,Monaco and South Sudan.
The United States Department of State (DOS),or simply the State Department,is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations. Equivalent to the ministry of foreign affairs of other nations,its primary duties are advising the U.S. president on international relations,administering diplomatic missions,negotiating international treaties and agreements,and representing the U.S. at the United Nations. The department is headquartered in the Harry S Truman Building,a few blocks from the White House,in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington,D.C.;"Foggy Bottom" is thus sometimes used as a metonym.
The East Asia Summit (EAS) is a regional forum held annually by leaders of,initially,16 countries in the East Asian,Southeast Asian,South Asian and Oceanian regions,based on the ASEAN Plus Six mechanism. Membership expanded to 18 countries including Russia and the United States at the Sixth EAS in 2011. Since its establishment,ASEAN has held the central role and leadership in the forum. EAS meetings are held after the annual ASEAN leaders' meetings,and plays an important role in the regional architecture of Asia-Pacific. The first summit was held in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia on 14 December 2005.
Kristie Anne Kenney is a former senior U.S. diplomat who served as the 32nd Counselor of the United States Department of State from 2016 to 2017. She is a recipient of the Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Award and held the nation's highest diplomatic rank of Career Ambassador in the United States Foreign Service. She served as the Department of State Transition Coordinator for the 2016–17 transition.
Bilateral relations between the United States and Cambodia,while strained throughout the Cold War,have strengthened considerably in modern times. The U.S. supports efforts in Cambodia to combat terrorism,build democratic institutions,promote human rights,foster economic development,eliminate corruption.
Bilateral ties between Malaysia and the United States were established upon Malayan independence in 1957. The US was,and still is one of the largest trading partners for Malaysia and is traditionally considered to be Malaysia's oldest and closest ally in military,economic and education sectors. Malaya was the predecessor state to Malaysia,a larger federation formed through the merger of Malaya,North Borneo,Sarawak and Singapore in 1963. Immediately before the merger,the latter three territories were previously part of the British Empire. But the US has had consular and commercial presence in Malaya since the 1800s. US merchants,especially Joseph William Torrey together with Thomas Bradley Harris also had commercial interests in north western coast of Borneo in the 19th century as well,where they established the American Trading Company of Borneo.
David Isaac Adelman is an American businessman,lawyer and diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore from April 2010 to September 2013. Adelman is the Managing Director and General Counsel of asset manager Krane Funds Advisors in New York. He is a Trustee of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. For more than a decade he has taught international relations as an adjunct professor at New York University.
Earl Anthony Wayne is an American diplomat. Formerly Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs,Ambassador to Argentina and Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan,Wayne served nearly four years as Ambassador to Mexico. He was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate in August,2011. He departed Mexico City for Washington July 31,2015 and retired from the State Department on September 30,2015. Wayne attained the highest rank in the U.S. diplomatic service:Career Ambassador. He is currently a Professorial Lecturer and Distinguished Diplomat in Residence at American University's School of International Service where he teaches courses related to diplomacy and US foreign policy. Wayne also works with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,the Atlantic Council,the Center for Strategic and International Studies,. Wayne is co-chair of the Mexico Institute's Advisory Board at the Wilson Center. He is also on the board of the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Public Diplomacy Council of America. Wayne is an independent consultant,speaker and writer and works with several not-for-profit professional associations. He was an adviser for HSBC Latin America on improving management of financial crime risk from 2015 until 2019 and served on the board of the American Foreign Service Association from 2017 to 2019.
U.S. President Barack Obama's East Asia Strategy (2009–2017),also known as the Pivot to Asia,represented a significant shift in the foreign policy of the United States since the 2010s. It shifted the country's focus away from the Middle Eastern and European sphere and allowed it to invest heavily and build relationships in East Asian and Southeast Asian countries,especially countries which are in close proximity to the People's Republic of China (PRC) either economically,geographically or politically to counter its rise as a rival superpower.
In his "A New Beginning" speech on June 4,2009,at Cairo University in Cairo,Egypt,President of the United States Barack Obama announced,"I will host a Summit on Entrepreneurship this year to identify how we can deepen ties between business leaders,foundations and social entrepreneurs in the United States and Muslim communities around the world". The Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship,held in Washington,D.C.,on Monday April 26,and Tuesday,April 27,2010,at the Ronald Reagan Building,followed through on President Obama's commitment by highlighting the importance of social and economic entrepreneurship,and strengthening mutually-beneficial relationships with entrepreneurs in Muslim-majority countries and Muslim communities around the world. At the second summit in Istanbul,Turkey,Vice President Joe Biden announced that the Presidential Summit would become the marquee event that kicks off Global Entrepreneurship Week each year,with the 2013 host being the United Arab Emirates.
David J. Lane was named president of the Annenberg Foundation Trust in September 2016. The non-profit organization operates the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage,California. Lane is chairman of The Stimson Center.
David Lee Carden is an American lawyer,diplomat,mediator and author who is a former United States Representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (“ASEAN”) with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He was nominated by President Barack Obama in November 2010 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in March,2011. He resigned his post in December 2013. Carden was a partner at Jones Day,an international law firm,where he was,at various times,the Partner in Charge of the firm's Asian offices and practices,the head of its International Securities practice,and the head of Litigation in its New York office.
The foreign policy of the Modi government is associated with the policy initiatives made towards other states by the current government of India after Narendra Modi assumed the office of prime minister on May 26,2014.
Joseph Yuosang Yun is the former U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Compact Negotiations,appointed in March 2022 by President Joe Biden to negotiate amendments to the Compact of Free Association (COFA),the agreement governing the relationship between the United States and the Freely Associated States (FAS) of the Federated States of Micronesia,the Republic of the Marshall Islands,and Palau.
Atul Keshap is a retired American diplomat and career United States Foreign Service Officer from Virginia who serves at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as the President of the U.S.- India Business Council since January 2022. He also serves as Senior Vice President for South Asia and as President of the U.S.-Bangladesh Business Council. Previously,he served as the Chargéd'affaires of the United States mission to India in 2021. He formerly served as U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the United States Department of State. In 2022,Ambassador Keshap was elected into membership of the American Academy of Diplomacy. In May 2023,Keshap was named one of Washington's most influential foreign policy influencers for his work to shape U.S. relations with India.
Elizabeth Marie Allen is an American political advisor who serves as under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs in the Biden administration. She previously served as assistant secretary of state for global public affairs and as White House deputy communications director during the Obama administration.
The Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative,also known as YSEALI,is a highly-competitive cultural exchange program for Southeast Asian emerging leaders sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs. YSEALI programs are known to have 1-2% acceptance rates and are usually awarded to emerging leaders with outstanding work and potentials in their chosen fields or advocacies.
