# Shared global rules must be defended in an increasingly fractured world: Vivian Balakrishnan

https://mins.news/en/video/75627

- CNA, 2026-09-27 01:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3sdQCgjWUE

> Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan warned that a world increasingly shaped by “raw power”, with outcomes decided by size, leverage and coercion, poses a “clear and present danger” to smaller states such as Singapore. Speaking at the UN General Assembly’s general debate, he argued that multilateralism, international law and shared norms provide predictability.

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