Bilahari Kausikan

“"Your civilian politicians are a waste of time, all of them, regardless of party," said Kausikan, who served as Singapore's permanent secretary for foreign affairs from 2010 to 2013 and currently cha…”

“"I don't know who it was. It was some servant or some member of the household, right? So, I explained to him carefully what's the situation: there are four or five hijackers, we're not sure what they…”

“"Pakistan is a state that is teetering on the brink of failure, and has been for some time. It hasn't quite fallen over, for which we should all be grateful, but that diplomatic success doesn't chang…”

“"Pakistan's problems are not diplomatic; Pakistan's problems are much more fundamental within Pakistan. Mismanagement of the economy, letting various jihadist movements get out of hand, if you don't …”

“"And everybody is worried about it because you happen to have nuclear weapons. If you had no nuclear weapons, nobody would care," he remarked.”

“Commandos from the Singapore Armed Forces launched a rescue operation early the following morning, killing all four hijackers and rescuing all passengers and crew members unharmed.”