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Swiss Expansion in Southeast Asia: Anticommunism and Economic Liberalism

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HUM-422: Understanding modern Switzerland I

This course provides a general introduction to Swiss history, its culture, its economy and its political system since 1848 until today. ...

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This lecture explores Swiss expansion in Southeast Asia between 1965 and 1990, focusing on the country's economic and political engagements in non-communist Southeast Asia. It delves into Switzerland's trade relations with ASEAN, the free trade agreement with Indonesia, and the significance of ASEAN as a key region for Swiss capitalism. The lecture also discusses the role of Singapore in Swiss elites' interest, the impact of the Cold War and decolonization processes, and the Swiss initiatives towards ASEAN during the economic crisis. Additionally, it covers the establishment of the Swiss Business Group in Singapore and the importance of maintaining a well-thought-out investment strategy supported by the Confederation.

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Economic liberalism

Economic liberalism is a political and economic ideology that supports a market economy based on individualism and private property in the means of production. Adam Smith is considered one of the primary initial writers on economic liberalism, and his writing is generally regarded as representing the economic expression of 19th-century liberalism up until the Great Depression and rise of Keynesianism in the 20th century. Historically, economic liberalism arose in response to feudalism and mercantilism.

Classical liberalism

Classical liberalism is a political tradition and a branch of liberalism that advocates free market and laissez-faire economics; and civil liberties under the rule of law, with special emphasis on individual autonomy, limited government, economic freedom, political freedom and freedom of speech. Classical liberalism, contrary to liberal branches like social liberalism, looks more negatively on social policies, taxation and the state involvement in the lives of individuals, and it advocates deregulation.

Social liberalism

Social liberalism (Sozialliberalismus, socioliberalismo, Sociaalliberalisme) is a political philosophy and variety of liberalism that endorses social justice and the expansion of civil and political rights. It is economically based on the social market economy and views the common good as harmonious with the individual's freedom. Social liberals overlap with social democrats in accepting economic intervention more than other liberals; its importance is considered auxiliary compared to social democrats.

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainland China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and north-west of mainland Australia which is part of Oceania. Southeast Asia is bordered to the north by East Asia, to the west by South Asia and the Bay of Bengal, to the east by Oceania and the Pacific Ocean, and to the south by Australia and the Indian Ocean.

Singapore

Singapore (ˈsɪŋ(g)əpɔːr), officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It is located about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor to the north.

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