The partnership between the United States and Singapore is founded in no small part on the shared recognition of the value that technology has for national security. Over the last 55 years, Singapore has become an established purchaser of U.S. defense technology, but the past 20 years have also seen the U.S.-Singapore relationship mature into an increasingly collaborative one, tackling newer fields like cybersecurity and biosecurity. However, current geopolitical tensions present a challenge for Singapore, which strives to retain its strategic autonomy by maintaining positive relations with all parties. Paradoxically, the rise of non-traditional security threats may pave the way for greater bilateral cooperation by allowing Singapore to position itself as a hub for cooperation on regional security issues in Southeast Asia at large. In such spirit, this paper recommends that the United States and Singapore do the following: 1) in defense technology, co-develop niche capabilities in C4ISR and unmanned systems with peacetime applications; 2) in cybersecurity, improve their domestic resilience against sophisticated nation-state actors while also building regional capacity to counter cybercrime in Southeast Asia; and 3) in biosecurity, strengthen regional epidemiological surveillance to brace against possible future pandemics.

翻译：美新伙伴关系的建立，在很大程度上源于双方对技术之于国家安全价值的共同认知。过去55年间，新加坡已成为美国国防技术的稳定采购方，而近20年来两国关系更趋成熟，逐渐发展为在网络安全与生物安全等新兴领域开展深度协作的伙伴关系。然而，当前地缘政治紧张局势对新加坡构成了挑战——该国始终致力于通过维持与各方的良好关系来保持其战略自主性。矛盾的是，非传统安全威胁的兴起可能为深化双边合作创造契机，使新加坡得以定位为东南亚区域安全议题的合作枢纽。基于此，本文建议美新双方采取以下措施：1）在国防技术领域，联合开发具有和平时期应用价值的C4ISR与无人系统细分能力；2）在网络安全领域，提升抵御复杂国家级行为体的国内韧性，同时建设应对东南亚网络犯罪的区域能力；3）在生物安全领域，加强区域流行病学监测以防范未来可能的大流行疫情。