SINGAPORE -- Thousands of kilometers away from the battle for Ukraine, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's government has sounded the alarm and stuck its neck out on sanctions.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has led Singapore for 17 years. The next leader faces the task of steering the city-state to steady growth in an unstable world. © Nikkei montage/Source photo by Reuters
City-state seeks a new economic path, and its next leader, amid global crises