RSIS Ranked Among Top 50 Think Tanks in the World

In the 2011 Global Go to Think Tanks ranking results released by the University of Pennsylvania’s International Relations Program on 18 January 2012, RSIS was listed among the Top 50 think tanks in the world.

RSIS was ranked 47 in the list of Top 50 think tanks worldwide (non-US), marking the first time the School had made it into this prestigious list. RSIS was also ranked 22nd among university-affiliated think tanks globally.

In the list of Top think tanks in Asia, RSIS was also ranked 10th, a significant improvement from the 20th ranking in last year’s results. RSIS was also featured for the first time in the Top 50 Security and International Affairs Think Tanks (Global), and Think Tanks with the Best Use of Media (Print or Electronic) to Communicate Programs and Research (Global). RSIS was ranked 42nd and 27th respectively in these two categories.

Dean Barry Desker expressed his delight at the results, saying, “The greatly-improved rankings are testimony to the quality work produced by our RSIS colleagues in 2011. We have proven again that RSIS’ research and activities are valued by our peers internationally.

For more details on the ranking, please refer to http://www.gotothinktank.com/.