# #808 - LKY School Dean on Closing the Straits of Malacca & Why The US is NOT in Decline

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Podcast: [Yah Lah But](https://stenobird.com/podcast/yah-lah-but-1019349)
Published: 2026-04-24T11:41:21+00:00
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## Resource

Prof Joseph Liow, Dean of the LKY School & Chairman of the Middle East Institute at NUS, on why Iran's nationalism makes US regime change impossible, why the Strait of Malacca is Singapore's next geopolitical flashpoint, and what international law cannot protect small states from. Check him out at: https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/our-people/faculty/joseph-liow-chin-yong 𝙁𝙤𝙡𝙠𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵? 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘵. 𝘏𝘪, 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺! 𝘞𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵-𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵. 🎙️ 𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀𝙈𝙐𝙈 𝘧𝘰𝘳 10% 𝘰𝘧𝘧. 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘺 30 𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 10 𝘔𝘢𝘺. 𝘖𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 www.Folklory.com 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 Terence: NUREMBERG | Official Trailer Haresh: The Boys – Final Season Trailer Prof Liow: The GENIUS of Carrick's NEW Gameplan 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀! We’re looking for people to join our team! Click on the links below to find out more about the roles. If you’re interested, send your CV & cover letter to contact@ministryoffunny.com ! Creative Producer Folklory Growth Hacking Internship 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 – "𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁” Get a roundup of our One Shiok Things & first dibs on our latest launches delivered straight to your inbox! Subscribe Here (00:00) Folklory Mother's Day Promo (01:19) Welcome And Today's Topic: The Middle East (02:15) A Busy Schedule When Conflict Erupts (03:47) From Journalism To International Politics (05:49) Why Cultural Lenses Shape Geopolitics (08:56) Why Singapore Must Watch The World (10:27) Was Trump Caught Off Guard By Hormuz? (12:44) Power, Strategy And Universal Truths (15:31) Iranian Nationalism And Why…

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