Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Associate Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
2 Ph.D. in Political Science, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Abstract
Despite the importance of structural components and the types of models adopted in advancing countries' development, the role of leaders in managing internal structures, interacting with the international environment, and identifying an efficient development model is undeniable. Singapore's leap in development as a microstate is one of the symbols of the importance of leaders' positions and rationality in managing the development path. When Lee Kuan Yew came to power in Singapore, the country was suffering from numerous problems, including a lack of natural resources, economic crises such as inflation and unemployment, and racial tensions and geopolitical threats. Singapore's transformation from a country with these complex conditions to a developed, advanced nation over several decades would have been impossible without a leader like Lee Kuan Yew. This article, with the aim of showing the position of Lee Kuan Yew's leadership in Singapore's developmental transition, examines this effort in the light of the concept of strategic rationality. In this regard, this article raises questions about Lee's leadership's strategic rationality and its indicators in Singapore's development today. Using the method of historical content analysis related to Lee's rule in the form of findings, it shows that Singapore's development experience is more indebted to Lee Kuan Yew's leadership combined with strategic rationality, which paved the way for the development of this country; this strategic rationality has indicators such as prioritizing issues, a special look at human resources, pragmatism, realism, internationalization, acceptance of responsibility, and retrospective futurism.Despite the importance of structural components and the types of models adopted in advancing countries' development, the role of leaders in managing internal structures, interacting with the international environment, and identifying an efficient development model is undeniable. Singapore's leap in development as a microstate is one of the symbols of the importance of leaders' positions and rationality in managing the development path. When Lee Kuan Yew came to power in Singapore, the country was suffering from numerous problems, including a lack of natural resources, economic crises such as inflation and unemployment, and racial tensions and geopolitical threats. Singapore's transformation from a country with these complex conditions to a developed, advanced nation over several decades would have been impossible without a leader like Lee Kuan Yew. This article, with the aim of showing the position of Lee Kuan Yew's leadership in Singapore's developmental transition, examines this effort in the light of the concept of strategic rationality. In this regard, this article raises questions about Lee's leadership's strategic rationality and its indicators in Singapore's development today. Using the method of historical content analysis related to Lee's rule in the form of findings, it shows that Singapore's development experience is more indebted to Lee Kuan Yew's leadership combined with strategic rationality, which paved the way for the development of this country; this strategic rationality has indicators such as prioritizing issues, a special look at human resources, pragmatism, realism, internationalization, acceptance of responsibility, and retrospective futurism. this strategic rationality has indicators such as prioritizing issues, a special look at human resources, pragmatism, realism, internationalization, acceptance of responsibility, and retrospective futurism.
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