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Past Seminars and Roundtables

Seminars and roundtables are held within RSIS on a wide variety of topics related to security, defence, diplomacy and international relations. The speakers at these events have included academics, political leaders, analysts and diplomats. Seminars and roundtables are held in a congenial atmosphere to facilitate a free exchange of views. Listed below are the seminars and roundtables held in RSIS.

 

2011

  • Alica Kizekova, Visiting Associate Fellow at The Centre for Multilateralism Studies (CMS), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), on “The Shanghai Cooperation Organization”, 5 December 2011
  • Dr. Alexey D. Muraviev, Director, Strategic Flashlight Forum on National Security and Strategy, School of Social Sciences and Asian Languages, Curtin University, on “Russia’s Great Power Game in the Indian Ocean”, 2 December 2011
  • Book Discussion on “Warriors after War: Indian and Pakistani Retired Military Leaders Reflect on Relations between the Two Countries, Past, Present and Future”, edited by Richard Bonney, Tridivesh Singh Maini, and Tahir Malik, 1 December 2011
  • Professor Stuart Croft, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research (Arts and Social Sciences) and Professor of International Security, University of Warwick, and President, British International Studies Association, on “The Radicalisation and Violence of the Far Right - The Case of Anders Breivik”, 28 November 2011
  • Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Haji Megat Najmuddin Bin Datuk Seri Dr. Haji Megat Khas, President, Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance (MICG), on “The Politics and Dynamics of Governance – Public and Private”, 28 November 2011
  • Ambassador Muhamad Noor, Executive Director, APEC Secretariat, Singapore, on “APEC’s Role in Regional Development – Challenges and Prospects for Economic Cooperation in the Coming Decade”, 24 November 2011
  • Roundtable with Ambassador Wu Jianmin, Vice Chairman of China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy, Member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Committee of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Member and Vice President of the European Academy of Sciences and Honorary President of the International Bureau of Exhibitions (BIE), China, on “US Re-engaging Asia: China's Responses?”, 24 November 2011
  • Prof Peter Hays Gries, Harold J. & Ruth Newman Chair in US-China Issues, Director & Associate Professor, Institute for US-China Issues, The University of Oklahoma, on “How Americans and Chinese think and feel about each other: Selected survey results”, 23 November 2011
  • Professor Geoffrey Till, Visiting Professor, RSIS, Professor of Maritime Studies, King’s College London, on “The USNS Impeccable Incident and the Freedom of Navigation Issue – What’s at stake?”, 22 November 2011
  • Ambassador Dr. Joergen Oerstroem Moeller, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)  and Former Danish Ambassador to Singapore, on “EU and the Euro Crisis – Challenges and Prospects in the Coming Decade”, 21 November 2011
  • Joint Seminar by Professor Michael Keelty, Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University and Professor Nicholas O’Brien, Associate Professor, Counter-Terrorism at Charles Sturt University, on “Counter-terrorism: The Australian Experience" And  “The Effect of Social Media on Covert Operations”, 18 November 2011
  • James M. Dorsey, Senior fellow at Nanyang Technological University, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, on “Soccer as an Engine of Change and Assertion of Identity”, 16 November 2011
  • Mr Teo Eng Cheong, Chief Executive Officer of International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, on “Driving the external economy of Singapore”, 9 November 2011
  • Roundtable by Assoc Prof Tan See Seng, Deputy Director, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS); Assoc Prof Ralf Emmers, Head, Centre for Multilateralism Studies (CMS) and Acting Head, Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies; Assoc Prof Pradumna Bickram Rana and Assoc Prof Leonard C. Sebastian, Coordinator, Indonesia Programme, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, on “The East Asia Summit Roundtable 2011”, 8 November 2011
  • Mr Thomas Sanderson, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Transnational Threats Project, CSIS, on “The Future of Al Qaeda and Associated Movements – Implications for Southeast Asia”, 1 November 2011
  • Rear Admiral (Retired) Yang Yi, The People’s Liberation Army, China, on “China’s Maritime Security Policy: Implications for Peace and Stability in East Asia”, 1 November 2011
  • Public Lecture by Dr. (Col) Thomas X. Hammes, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies National Defense University, on “Governance and Conflict: Rethinking National Security in the 21st Century”, 12 October 2011
  • Dr. (Col) Thomas X. Hammes, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies National Defense University, on “The Changing Character of Military Operations”, 10 October 2011
  • Ambassador Ujal Singh Bhatia, Former India’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation, on “Changing Times – The WTO and the Future of Global Trade”, 7 October 2011
  • Mr. Eduardo Pedrosa, Secretary-General of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC), on “APEC Agenda - Prospects for enhancing Economic Cooperation in the Asia Pacific”, 5 October 2011
  • National War College, Washington D.C., on “China’s 21st Century Navy”, 5 October 2011
  • Dr Bernard D. Cole (Captain, USN, Ret.), Professor of International History
  • Dr Steven R. Corman, Jeanne Lind Herberger Professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University, on “Communications Strategies to Counter Extremist Ideology”, 30 September 2011
  • Professor Jeremy Keenan, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, on “Brothers in Arms: Algeria and Gadhafi. Oil, the GWOT and Arab Spring in North Africa”, 29 September 2011
  • Dr Steven R. Corman, Jeanne Lind Herberger Professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University, on “The Role of Narrative in Strategic Communication”, 29 September 2011
  • Dr Jason J. Blackstock, Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Canada; and Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, on “The Geopolitics of Emerging Solar Geoengineering Technologies”, 29 September 2011
  • Dr Steven R. Corman, Jeanne Lind Herberger Professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University, on “A 21st Century Model for Strategic Communication”, 27 September 2011
  • MG (Prof) Zhu Chenghu, Director General of the Academic Department for Strategic Studies, China National Defence University, on “Future East Asian Security – A Chinese Perspective”, 23 September 2011
  • Dr Steven R. Corman, Jeanne Lind Herberger Professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University, on “Challenges and Opportunities of Social Media for Strategic Communication”, 20 September 2011
  • Dr Rodolfo Severino, Head, ASEAN Studies Centre, ISEAS, on “Building An ASEAN Community – Challenges and Prospects in the coming decade”, 16 September 2011
  • Dr. Gerard Chaliand, Visiting Professor in RSIS, on “Why Western democracies today have such difficulties in fighting insurgencies?”, 15 September 2011
  • Professor Math Noortmann, Professor in International Relations and Public International Law, Oxford Brookes University, on “India’s New Politics of International Law:  Between Neo-Liberalism and Third Worldism”, 14 September 2011
  • Mr See Chak Mun, Advisor to MFA, former Singapore Permanent Representative to United Nations (Geneva), on “Negotiations in WTO and GATT- Challenges and Prospects”, 6 September 2011
  • Dr Beh Swan Gin, Managing Director, Economic Development Board, on “EDB’s approach in attracting investments to Singapore”, 26 August 2011
  • Dr. Sheila R. Ronis, Direcror, MBA/MM Programmes, Walsh College, on “The Project on National Security Reform: Vision Working Group Update”, 25 August 2011
  • Ambassador David Taylor, New Zealand Ambassador to Indonesia and ASEAN, on “New Zealand's political and economic engagement with ASEAN and East Asia - challenges and prospects”, 22 August 2011
  • Dr Thomas Fingar, inaugural Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, on “Challenges of Nuclear Proliferation”, 19 August 2011
  • Dr Thomas Fingar, inaugural Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, on “Intelligence Challenges and Lessons from the Iraq WMD Estimate”, 17 August 2011
  • Assoc Prof Ahmed Salah Hashim, Director of Research, International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research and Associate Professor, RSIS, on “Terror as kulturkampf: The Meaning of Anders B. Breivik”, 16 August 2011
  • Dr Thomas Fingar, inaugural Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, on “Challenges to Global Governance and the Ability of Nation States to Manage the Consequences of Prosperity and Interdependence”, 15 August 2011
  • Dr Zha Daojiong, Visiting Senior Fellow, Centre for NTS Studies, RSIS; and Professor at School of International Studies, Peking University, on “China and Its Neighbours”, 15 August 2011
  • Dr Thomas Fingar, inaugural Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, on “Geopolitical Challenges Facing the United States”, 12 August 2011
  • Ambassador Christopher R. Hill, Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at The University of Denver; Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq; and Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, on “The Future of Six Party Talks”, 3 August 2011
  • Professor Garth Lawrence Shelton, Associate Professor, International Relations Department, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, on “China and Africa – Challenge or Opportunity?”, 2 August 2011
  • Roundtable by Dr. M. Taylor Fravel, Associate Professor of Political Science and member of the Security Studies Program at MIT, on “China’s Military Doctrine and the Myths about China’s Military Modernization”, 1 August 2011
  • Professor Peter Feaver, S. Rajaratnam Professor of Strategic Studies, RSIS, and Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, at Duke University, on “How the U.S. National Security Strategy Gets Developed”, 1 August 2011
  • Dr. Yayan G.H. Mulyana, Assistant Special Staff to the President for International Relations, on “Assessing Indonesia’s Foreign Policy in the Reform Era”, 29 July 2011
  • Dr Michael Vatikiotis, Regional Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Centre), Singapore; Mr Ouseph Tharakan, Project Officer, HD Centre Singapore; and Muridan Widjojo, Center for Political Studies at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, on “Conflict Management and Peacemaking in Asia”, 27 July 2011
  • Dr H. A. Hellyer, Fellow at the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations at the University of Warwick (UK) and Director of the research consortium, the Visionary Consultants Group (VCG), on “Lessons from the Middle East for Asia: The Use of Technology in Channeling ‘People Power’”, 11 July 2011
  • Wang Dong, Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Peking University, China, on “Eying the Crippled Hegemon: China’s Grand Strategy Thinking in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis”, 3 June 2011
  • Prof. Graeme Hugo, ARC Australian Professorial Fellow, Geographical and Environmental Studies, University of Adelaide, Australia; Dr Triarko Nurlambang, Director/ Head, Research Center for Applied Geography, University of Indonesia; Assoc. Prof. Edsel E. Sajor, Coordinator, Urban Environmental Management, School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), Asian Institute for Technology (AIT), Thailand; and Mr Robert Dobias, Senior Advisor and Head, Climate Change Coordination Unit, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank, Philippines on “Climate Change, Migration and Human Security in Southeast Asia”, 27 May 2011
  • HE Mr Wendell Sanford, High Commissioner of Canada to Brunei and Ms Elizabeth Baldwin-Jones, Counsellor (Political and Public Affairs), High Commission of Canada to Singapore, on “Canada's Perspectives on a Changing Arctic”, 23 May 2011
  • Prof. Shaun Breslin, Director of the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick and Visiting Senior Fellow in the RSIS Centre for NTS Studies, on “The Chinese ‘Model’ and the Global Crisis”, 25 April 2011
  • Dr Shahar Hameiri, Australian Research Council Post-doctoral Fellow; and Lecturer in International Politics and Fellow of the Asian Research Centre, Murdoch University, Perth, on “Non-Traditional Security and New Modes of Security Governance in Southeast Asia”, 20 April 2011
  • Dr. Rod Lyon, Program Director (Strategy and International) at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), Canberra, on “Australian Strategic Policy – Under Pressure in a Transformational Asian Security Environment”, 15 April 2011
  • Mr. Aqab Malik, Assistant Professor of the Department of Strategic and Nuclear Studies at the National Defence University, Pakistan, on “Tehrik –e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Government’s Response”, 14 April 2011
  • Associate Professor Greg Fealy, The Australian National University, on “The Politics of Attacking Ahmadiyah in Indonesia”, 14 April 2011
  • Dr. Jeff Moore, World Oil magazine’s Asia security columnist, on “The Thai Way of Counterinsurgency: A Three-War Analysis”, 1 April 2011
  • Professor Greg Barton, Professor at Monash University, on “Indonesia and Turkey as Models for Emerging Arab Democracies”, 29 March 2011
  • Dr Deborah Elms, Head of Temasek Foundation Centre for Trade & Negotiations, RSIS; Dr Henry Gao, Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University; and Professor Chin Leng Lim, Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong, on “The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement: A 21 st Century, High Quality Trade Agreement?”, 28 March 2011
  • Roundtable by Dr Deborah Elms, Head of Temasek Foundation Centre for Trade & Negotiations, RSIS; Dr Henry Gao, Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University; and Professor Chin Leng Lim, Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong, on “From the P4 to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement: Transplantation or Transformation?”, 27 March 2011
  • Pål Prestrud, Director, Centre for Climate and Environmental Research in Oslo (CICERO), on “Will Arctic Warming Change the International Shipping Routes?”, 22 March 2011
  • Professor C. Raja Mohan, Adjunct Professor at RSIS and Strategic Affairs editor with the Indian Express, on “India and the Maritime Balance in the Western Pacific”, 18 March 2011
  • Admiral (Ret) Chris Parry, Fellow of the International Institute of Strategic Studies and Former Director General of Development, Concepts and Doctrine at the Ministry of Defence, UK, on “The Turmoil in the Middle East and How Events May Play Out”, 18 March 2011
  • Dr Katherine Morton, Senior Fellow, Department of International Relations, College of Asia and the Pacific, the Australian National University (ANU), on “China and Non-Traditional Security: Towards What End?”, 17 March 2011
  • Ms. Najwa Meier, Senior Analyst, Terrorism Division, Swiss Federal Criminal Police and Mr. Jean-Paul Rouiller, Adviser on Internal Security, Office of the Coordinator of Intelligence Services of Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud, on “Organisation al Qa’eda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb” and “A.M. aka Swissgirl 99: in my brother’s name or the path to jihad”, 16 March 2011
  • Professor David Shambaugh, Ngee Ann Kongsi Professor in International Relations, RSIS; Professor of Political Science & International Affairs and Director of the China Policy Programme in the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at The George Washington University, on "Understanding China's Foreign Policy Through its Internal Policy Debates", 15 March 2011
  • Mr. Bilahari Kausikan, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore, on “Regional Architecture in East Asia – Implications for ASEAN” , 14 March 2011
  • Roundtable with Rt Hon David Miliband, on “The Politics of the Global Village”, 14 March 2011
  • Dr. Evelyn Goh, Reader in International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London and Visiting Research Fellow at RSIS, on “China’s Quest for Power in the Regional and Global Realms”, 9 March 2011
  • Roundtable with General (Ret.) Paul Kern, Jr., Senior Counsellor of Cohen Group, Washington DC, on “Policy Challenges Concerning Climate Change”, 4 March 2011
  • Eminent Lecture by General (Ret.) Paul Kern, Jr., Senior Counsellor of Cohen Group, Washington DC, on “Is Climate Change a National Security Issue?”, jointly organized by Energy Studies Institute (ESI), NUS and S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), 3 March 2011
  • Seminar at the ASIAN Work Boat World Exhibition 2011 on “Dynamic Maritime Southeast Asia – An Overview”, co-hosted by Baird Publications and the Maritime Security Programme, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), 3 March 2011
  • Jeffrey Schott, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics, on “US Trade Policy: The Strategic Importance of Asia”, 28 February 2011
  • Professor Christopher Coker, Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics, and Visiting Professor at RSIS, on “War and the Risk Society”, 16 February 2011
  • Professor Qin Yaqing, Executive Vice President, Professor of International Studies China Foreign Affairs University, on “Development of China’s International Relations in the New Global Order”, 15 February 2011
  • Talk by Professor Padma Lochan Dash, Visiting Research Fellow with the South Asian program at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, on “Whither Chechnya: Russian Dilemma Compounded”, 10 February 2011
  • Ambassador Burhan Gafoor, Chief Negotiator of Singapore for Climate Change, on “Climate Change Negotiations after Cancun”, 10 February 2011
  • Dr Helene Lavoix, an independent researcher and consultant specialized in Strategic Foresight and Warning (SF&W) and a Visiting Senior Fellow, CENS, RSIS, on “Strategic Foresight and Warning in a complex world”, 8 February 2011
  • Professor T. V. Paul, Director, McGill University/ Université de Montreal Centre for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS) and James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, on “Peace in South Asia: Can IR Theory Help?”, 1 February 2011
  • Mr Vanu Gopala Menon, Singapore Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York, on “Diplomacy and negotiations in the UN and implications for small states”, 27 January 2011
  • Talk by Dr. Ailan Li, Medical Officer (IHR), Health Security and Emergencies, World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office, on “Regional Integration and Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases' Surveillance in Asia and Europe”, jointly-organised by Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), 27 January 2011
  • Dr. Hooman Peimani, Head of Energy Security and Geopolitics in the Energy Studies Institute at National University of Singapore, on “Energy Security: Implications for East Asia and ASEAN”, 26 January 2011
  • Professor Christopher Coker, Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Visiting Professor at RSIS, on “The New Geopolitics”, 25 January 2011
  • Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, President of  the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), on “The BN and the 13th General Election in Malaysia”, 24 January 2011
  • HE Dr. T.C.A. Raghavan, High Commissioner of India to Singapore, on “Indian Foreign Policy: A Perspective w.r.t. 2011”, 21 January 2011
  • Phil C.W. Chan, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Waikato, New Zealand, on “International Law in Dismay/ Disarray: The Legal Status of Taiwan and the Legality of the Use of Force in a cross-Taiwan Strait Conflict”, 19 January 2011
  • Mr Sunny Tanuwidjaja, Researcher, Department of Politics and Social Change at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and visiting fellow with the Indonesia Programme at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, on “Surviving Competitive Democracy”, 18 January 2011
  • Dr Moonis Ahmar, Professor of International Relations at the University of Karachi, Pakistan and Director, Program on Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, on “Transformation of Terrorist Threat: Options for Pakistan”, 14 January 2011
  • Ambassador Muhamad Noor, Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat, on “APEC’s Role in Regional Development - Challenges and Prospect for Economic Cooperation”, 13 January 2011

2010

  • HE Mr. Oh Joon, Ambassador of Republic of Korea, on “Political and Economic engagement with East Asia - Republic of Korea's perspective on regional cooperation”, 14 December 2010
  • Professor Geoffrey Till, Visiting Professor, Maritime Security Programme, RSIS; Professor of Maritime Studies, King’s College London, on “Navies and 'The War on Drugs”, 7 December 2010
  • Talk by Major General Mahinda Hatharusinghe, Commander of the Jaffna Security Forces, Sri Lanka, on “Post-War Sri Lanka: Defeating the LTTE and Engaging the Community”, 3 December 2010
  • HE Alfredo Toro Hardy, Ambassador of Venezuela, on “Latin America's Interests & Engagement with East Asia”, 2 December 2010
  • Talk by Dr. Peter van Krieken, Lecturer in International Relations, Webster Leiden Campus, on “Asymmetric Warfare, Terrorists and the Impact on International Law”, 2 December 2010
  • Assoc. Prof. Katja Weber, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, on “Recalibrating Norms: Europe, Asia and Non-Traditional Security Challenges”, 29 November 2010
  • Amb Ong Keng Yong, Director, IPS, on “Diplomacy in ASEAN and Challenges facing ASEAN in this decade”, 22 November 2010
  • Dr Madhukaar Ambekar, Medical Doctor, National Health Service (NHS), on “Role of the Community in Countering Terrorism and Extremism: An Assessment of Initiatives in UK and India”, 16 November 2010
  • Dr. Bindu N. Lohani, Vice President (Finance and Administration), Asian Development Bank, on “Asia 2020: Strategic Development Agenda and the Role of the ADB in Asia and the Pacific”, 15 November 2010
  • Mr Francis Deng, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General  on the Prevention of Genocide, on “Understanding and Preventing Mass Atrocity Crimes outside of a Crisis Context”, 12 November 2010
  • Dr. Evelyn Goh, Reader in International Relations,  Director of Graduate Study at Royal Holloway, University of London, on “How Japan is Crucial to the Security Order in East Asia”, 10 November 2010
  • Amb Dr Jeorgen Oerstroem Moeller, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) and Former Danish Ambassador to Singapore, on “EU and the EURO after the Greek Crisis”, 8 November 2010
  • Mr Hekmat Karzai, Director of the Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies (CAPS), Kabul, Afghanistan, on “Afghanistan: Challenges and Opportunities”, 2 November 2010
  • Dr. Bibhu Prasad Routray, Visiting Research Fellow in the South Asia Programme, RSIS, on “Indian Response to Left-wing Extremism”, 25 October 2010
  • Joint Seminar with China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS), on “Security in the Asia-Pacific region”, 18 October 2010
  • Dr Meenakshi Gopinath, Principal of Lady Shri Ram College, and Founder and Honorary Director of WISCOMP (Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace) , on “A Bridge Not Far”, 14 October 2010
  • Dr. Robert H. Donaldson, A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Director of the Tulsa Committee on Foreign Relations and President of the Board of Directors of the American Committees on Foreign Relations, on “Russia: No Longer a “Great Power” in Asia?”, 4 October 2010
  • Professor David Plotke, Professor of Political Science, New School for Social Research, on “The Obama Administration:  Domestic Policies, the Midterm Elections, Foreign Policy and American Power”, 30 September 2010
  • Dr. Gerard Chaliand, Visiting Professor in RSIS, on “The re-emerging Asiatic powers in a conflicting world", 23 September 2010
  • Dr. Rodolfo Severino, Head, ASEAN Studies Centre, ISEAS, on “Negotiations for the ASEAN Charter and Efforts to build an ASEAN Community”, 22 September 2010
  • Dr Kenneth Knight, CENS Distinguished Visiting Fellow, on “Estimating Risk: Art and Science”, 22 September 2010
  • Dr Kenneth Knight, CENS Distinguished Visiting Fellow, on “Overcoming Common Organizational and Analytic Pitfalls”, 21 September 2010
  • Dr Kenneth Knight, CENS Distinguished Visiting Fellow, on “Developing the Next Generation of Strategic Analysts: Some Personal Musings”, 20 September 2010
  • Dr Kenneth Knight, CENS Distinguished Visiting Fellow, on “Anticipating Future Shocks in the Emerging Global Security Environment”, 17 September 2010
  • Dr. Martin Andrew, An Adjunct Research Fellow at the Monash Asia Institute, on “Thirty years Later: The PLA and the Lessons from the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War”, 16 September 2010
  • Mr. Geoffrey Yu, Senior, Specialist Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore, on “Global Governance and Multi-Lateral Diplomacy”, 6 September 2010
  • Mr. See Chak Mun, Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore, on “Negotiations in WTO and GATT – Challenges and Prospects”, 30 August 2010
  • Mr. Pradeep S Mehta, Secretary General of the Jaipur-based Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS International), on “Indian Perspectives on the WTO Doha Round”, 17 August 2010
  • Dr. Alexey D. Muraviev, Coordinator of International Relations and National Security programs in the Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University of Technology, on “Red Star East: Russian Military Power in the Far East and the Pacific”, 16 June 2010
  • Dr Tharaphi Than, Lector, Department of Southeast Asia, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, on “Overview of the Recent Developments of Burma-China Relations”, 15 June 2010
  • Mr. Anthony Bubalo, Program Director, West Asia at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney, Australia and Dr. Malcolm Cook, Program Director, East Asia at the Lowy Institute for International Policy, on “Horizontal Asia”, 8 June 2010
  • Seminar organized by the Indonesia Programme, on “Democratization and Indonesia’s Foreign Policy: How Do Non-State Actors Contribute to Policy Direction?”, 3 June 2010
  • Thomas Pepinsky, Assistant Professor in the Department of Government, Cornell University; Executive Director of the International Political Economy Program And Associate Director of the Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, on “Testing Islam's Political Advantage: Evidence from Indonesia”, 20 May 2010
  • Professor Ilan Mizrahi, Visiting Professor, RSIS, on “ Turkey as a Rising Power”, 10 May 2010
  • Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Studies, University of Otago and Director of the multidisciplinary Master of International Studies Programme, on “The Roots of Strategic Failure: The Somalia Syndrome and al Qaeda’s Path to 9/11”, 10 May 2010
  • Professor Chung Chong Wook, Visiting Professor at RSIS, on “Political and Economic Engagement with East Asia: South Korea’s Experience”, 29 April 2010
  • Mr. Miles Pomper, Senior Research Associate, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Washington DC office, on “The Obama Vision: Are We Moving Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons?”, 22 April 2010
  • Dr David Malone, President, The International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, on “ India and China: Conflict and Cooperation”, 21 April 2010
  • Dr. Helene Lavoix, Visiting Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies and independent scholar and consultant, on “Why Strategic Foresight and Warning? The case of energy security”, 19 April 2010
  • Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda, Senior Associate Member, St. Antony’s College, Oxford, on “Radical Islam and the New Caliphate”, 19 April 2010
  • Dr. Arpita Mathur, Research Fellow with the South Asia Program of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, on  “India-Japan Relations: Drivers, Trends and Prospects”, 13 April 2010
  • Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor of Political Science, The City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center; and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, on “Misrepresenting Norms and RtoP: An Alternative Cascade?”, 12 April 2010
  • Roundtable discussion by RSIS and the Australian High Commission, on “The International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) Report”, 5 April 2010
  • K S Balakrishnan, Head of the Department of International and Strategic Studies, University of Malaya, on “Malaysia’s Maritime Interests”, 25 March 2010
  • Dr Tikki Pang (Pangestu), Director, Research Policy and Cooperation, World Health Organization, on “Knowledge Translation: The Bumpy Road from Research to Policy”, 23 March 2010
  • Roundtable by Dr. Harry Azhar Azis, Member of Parliament, Commission XI on Finance, National Development Planning, Banking, and Non-Bank Financial Institutions, Republic of Indonesia; Mr. Mustofa Widjaya, Head, Batam Industrial Development Authority (BIDA); Mrs. Indina Putri Fajar, Vice Chairman, Small and Medium Enterprises, Riau Archipelago Office of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (KADIN) and Mr. Syarif Syahrial, Researcher and lecturer, Institute for Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia, on “The Bridge between the Riau Archipelago and Singapore: The Implementation of FTZs and Investment Opportunities”, 16 March 2010
  • Mr. Bilahari Kausikan, Second Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on “Emerging Architecture in East Asia - Implications for ASEAN”, 16 March 2010
  • HE Dr. T.C.A. Raghavan, High Commissioner of India, Singapore, on “Priorities in India’s Foreign Policy”, 12 March 2010
  • Assoc. Professor Alan Chong, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, on “ Guantánamo Bay & Rendition: Information Islands amidst Globalization”, 9 March 2010
  • Barry Hart Dubner, Professor, Barry University Andreas School of Law, on “The Adequacy of Current Legal Regimes for Dealing with Sea Piracy”, 9 March 2010
  • Dr Adrian Macey, New Zealand Climate Change Ambassador, on “Post Copenhagen: How can small nations contribute to climate change solutions?”, 5 March 2010
  • Dr Cheng-Guan Michael Quah, Principal Fellow, Energy Studies Institute (ESI), National  University of Singapore, on “Crafting a Technology Roadmap Towards Energy Security and Environmental Sustainability in Singapore: Beginning the Journey”, 23 February 2010
  • Dr. Michael Williams, Lecturer in International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London, on “Talk is Cheap - Continuity and Change in U.S. Foreign Policy”, 17 February 2010
  • Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal. (Retd), Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) - New Delhi, on “New Indian Army Doctrine: Case for War on Two Fronts”, 10 February 2010
  • Ambassador Teresita C. Schaffer, Director of the South Asia Program – CSIS, on “Are India and Pakistan ‘Hyphenated’?”, 5 February 2010
  • Dr. Stein Tønnesson, Research Professor at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), on "The East Asian Peace Since 1979", 2 February 2010
  • Kerim Balci, Professional Journalist with Zaman, on “Islam, State and Society in Turkey: Issues and Prospects”, 27 January 2010
  • Dr Thomas S Wilkins, Center for International Security Studies, University of Sydney, on “ Japan’s Alliance Diversification: A Comparative Analysis of the Indian and Australian Strategic Partnerships”, 26 January 2010
  • CNAS-RSIS Panel Discussion with Abraham M. Denmark, Fellow, Center for a New American Security; Deborah Elms, Head, Temasek Foundation Centre for Trade & Negotiations, and Assistant Professor of International Political Economy, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, NTU; Robert Kaplan, Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security and Randy Schriver, Partner, Armitage International LLC, on “The United States and Asia: Prospects and Challenges in 2010”, 20 January 2010
  • Michael DiPaula-Coyle, Director, Policy Advocacy, US-India Business Council, on “Game Changers: India in the 21st Century”, 20 January 2010
  • Professor Geoffrey Till, Visiting Professor, Maritime Security Programme, RSIS; Professor of Maritime Studies, King's College London, on “Analysing Victory: The Sinking of the Prince of Wales and Repulse", 15 January 2010
  • Professor Hew Strachan, Chichele Professor of the History of War, University of Oxford, on “Strategy and the Operational Level of War”, 14 January 2010
  • Ambassador Joergen Oerstroem Moeller, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) and Former Danish Ambassador to Singapore, on “Regional Integration and Implications for Small States”, 12 January 2010
  • Professor Peter J. Katzenstein, S. Rajaratnam Professor of Strategic Studies at RSIS, and The Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies at Cornell University, on “Civilizational Politics in a World of Regions”, 11 January 2010
  • Professor Martin Van Bruinessen, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, on “What happened to the smiling face of Indonesian Islam? ‘Liberal’, ‘progressive’ and ‘post-traditional’ Islam in the post-Suharto era”, 10 December 2009
  • Dr. Nasir Tamara, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, on “100 Days of President SBY Presidency: Major Political Turbulence?”, 8 December 2009

 

2009

  • Mr. Jaime Ho, Singapore’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the WTO, on “Restructuring the World Trade Organization”, 17 December 2009
  • Dr. Maximo Q. Mejia Jr., Assistant Professor in Maritime Law and Policy at the World Maritime University, on “Adequacy of International Legal Regimes to Fight Maritime Crimes”, 9 December 2009
  • Ambassador Ong Keng Yong, Director, Institute for Policy Studies, and Non-resident Ambassador to Iran, on “Diplomacy in ASEAN and Challenges Facing ASEAN in this Decade”, 3 December 2009
  • Dr. Rodolfo Severino, Head of ASEAN Studies, ISEAS, on “ASEAN Charter and Efforts to Build an ASEAN Community”, 23 November 2009
  • HE Zhang Xiaokang, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Singapore, on “China’s Foreign Policy and Its Diplomacy and Relations with East Asia”, 17 November 2009
  • Mr. Marc Sageman, an independent researcher on terrorism and the founder of Sageman Consulting, LLC, on “Dealing with Internet Radicalization: Some Practical Suggestions”, 11 November 2009
  • Mr. Khoo Chin Hean, Executive Director, Energy Studies Institute, on “Energy Security – Implications for East Asia and ASEAN”, 10 November 2009
  • Mr. Marc Sageman, an independent researcher on terrorism and the founder of Sageman Consulting, LLC, on “Policy Implications from the Leaderless Jihad”, 9 November 2009
  • Mr. Marc Sageman, an independent researcher on terrorism and the founder of Sageman Consulting, LLC, on “Political Implications of International Migrations”, 5 November 2009
  • Matthew Alexander, author of “How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq”, on “Interrogations: Past, Present, and Future”, 4 November 2009
  • Don Pathan, Regional News Editor, The Nation, Thailand, “New Generation, Old Grievances: Insurgency in Southern Thailand”, 3 November 2009
  • Mr. Marc Sageman, an independent researcher on terrorism and the founder of Sageman Consulting, LLC, on “Global Neo-Jihadi Terrorism in the West”, 30 October 2009
  • Mr. Geoffrey Yu, Senior Specialist Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Law, on “Multilateral IP Institutions and Negotiations and Implications for Small States”, 14 October 2009
  • Ken Lewis, Former Representative of Canada in Kandahar, on “An Update on Kandahar”, 14 October 2009
  • Mr. See Chak Mun, Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on “Negotiations in WTO and GATT – Challenges and Prospects”, 8 October 2009
  • Dr. Gerard Chaliand, Visiting Professor, RSIS, on “Barak Obama’s Strategy in the Greater Middle East: Israel/ Palestine, Iraq and Afpak”, 7 October 2009
  • Dr. Mohammed Badrul Alam, Professor, Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, on “Japan-India Relations Today: A Tectonic Shift?”, 2 October 2009
  • Professor Michael B. Yahuda, Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, on “The Changing Political Architecture of the Asia-Pacific”, 23 September 2009
  • Bilateral between RSIS and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences on “ South China Sea: Issues, Big Power Relations and Others”, 11 September 2009
  • Dr. Evelyn Goh, Reader in International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London, on “The Struggle for Order in Asia: Hegemony, Resistance, and Transition, 1989–2009”, 1 September 2009
  • Colonel (Retd.) Christopher Chua, Secretary-General of the Singapore Red Cross, on “The Humanitarian Work of the Red Cross”, 19 August 2009
  • BG (Retd.) Dani Arditi, former Chairman of the National Security Council of the State of Israel, on “National Assessment Methodologies”, 18 August 2009
  • BG (Retd.) Dani Arditi, former Chairman of the National Security Council of the State of Israel, on “The Second Lebanon War 2006 and Operation Cast Lead 2008/9: Lessons Learned”, 17 August 2009
  • Professor Wang Gungwu, Chairman, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, and Mr. Ong Weichong, Associate Research Fellow, RSIS, on “Voice of Malayan Revolution” Book Launch,
    12 August 2009
  • BG (Retd.) Dani Arditi, former Chairman of the National Security Council of the State of Israel, on “ Israel’s Geostrategic Challenges”, 11 August 2009
  • Ms. Jolene Jerard, Associate Research Fellow, RSIS, and Ms. Fatima Astuti, Research Analyst, RSIS, on “The Threat to Hotels: Lessons from the Jakarta Attacks”, 27 July 2009
  • Mr. Yongwook Ryu, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Government at Harvard University, on “Identity Politics and Territorial Disputes in East Asia”, 24 July 2009
  • Captain John Gilman, Navy Reserve, U.S. Marshals Service, on “Small vs. Big Footprint: U.S. Roles in the Philippines, Afghanistan and Beyond”, 29 June 2009
  • Sir Ian Blair, Former Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, UK, on “The Evolution of Community Policing and its Relevance to Countering Terrorism”, 11 June 2009
  • Dr. R. Bhanu Krishna Kiran, An Independent Researcher in International Law and Strategic Studies, on “Rights and Responsibilities of Parties under UNCLOS in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and Continental Shelf”, 8 June 2009
  • Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, on “WMD Terrorism and Pakistan: Counter-Terrorism”, 2 June 2009
  • Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, on “Recruitment of Terrorists in Europe and Linkages with Pakistan”, 1 June 2009
  • Dr. Deborah Elms, Head, Temasek Foundation Centre for Trade & Negotiations, on “Understanding the Financial and Economic Crisis”, 28 May 2009
  • Dr. Tai Ming Cheung, Senior Research Fellow, University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, on “Reforming China’s Defense Science, Technology and Industrial Base: Can It Catch Up?”, 27 May 2009
  • Dr. Elizabeth Wishnick, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Law at Montclair State University and an Adjunct Associate Research Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asia Institute, Columbia University, on “The September 2008 Melamine Crisis in China: Implications for US-China Relations”,
    25 May 2009
  • Dr. Ali Allawi, Former Minister of Finance, Defence and Trade of Iraq; Senior Associate Member, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University; Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Princeton University; and Honorary Fellow, Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies, Exeter University; on “Picking Up the Pieces: Iraq and the Middle East in the Obama Era”, 20 May 2009
  • Ambassador Barry Desker, Dean of RSIS; Ambassador Rodolfo C. Severino, Head of the ASEAN Studies Centre at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies; Dr. Sam Bateman, Senior Fellow, RSIS; Dr. Tan See Seng, Associate Professor, RSIS; and Dr. Ian Storey, Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies; on Launch of the RSIS Policy Paper on “Good Order at Sea in Southeast Asia”, 6 May 2009
  • Sulastri Bte Osman, Research Analyst, RSIS, and Dr. Carl Ungerer, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, on Launch of the RSIS-ASPI Special Report on “Countering Internet Radicalisation in Southeast Asia” and Seminar on “How Vulnerable are Our Youth to Extremism in Cyberspace?”, 23 April 2009
  • Ambassador Michael Tay, Executive Director, APEC Secretariat, on “APEC’s Role in Regional Development – Challenges and Prospects”, 16 April 2009
  • Mr. Bilahari Kausikan, Second Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on “Challenges in East Asia Architecture – Implications for ASEAN”, 15 April 2009
  • Professor Gérard Hervouet, Director of the International Peace and Security Program; Institut québécois des hautes études Internationales; Pavillon Charles De Koninck; Université Laval. Québec (Qc) Canada, on “War in Afghanistan. Canada: An Essential Partner”, 8 April 2009
  • Mr. Mustafa Kasim Erol, Ph.D. candidate at Birmingham University, on “Islamic Education in Turkey: Challenges and Prospects”, 3 April 2009
  • Dr. Farish Noor, Senior Fellow, RSIS, on “The Tablighi Jamaat and its Complex Relationship with Politics”; Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, on “Civil Society during Abdullah Badawi’s Tenure as Prime Minister”; Mr. Mohamed Nawab Bin Mohamed Osman, Associate Research Fellow, RSIS, on “Positioning Hizbut Tahrir Within the Malaysian Political Landscape”; and Ms. Sophie Lemiere, Ph.D. candidate at the Sciences-Po/CERI Paris, on “The Jamaah Islah Malaysia: From Dakwah to Political Influence”, 30 March 2009
  • Dr. Prabhakaran Paleri, Visiting Senior Fellow, RSIS, on “The Capacities of Coast Guards to Deal with Maritime Challenges in Southeast Asia”, 27 March 2009
  • Roundtable by Professor Vinod K. Aggarwal, NTUC Professor of International Economic Relations, RSIS; Professor and Director, Berkeley APEC Study Center, UC Berkeley; Professor Khong Yuen Foong, Professor of International Relations, Oxford University and Senior Research Adviser, RSIS; Professor C Raja Mohan, Professor of South Asian Studies, RSIS; Dr. Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and Professor Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, on “The First 100 Days of the Obama Administration: Foreign and Security Policy Trajectories”, 26 March 2009
  • Professor Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, on “What Have I Learned in 30 Years?: Virtues and Vices of International Relations Theory”, 24 March 2009
  • Dr. Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, on “Geopolitics in an Age of Globalization”, 23 March 2009
  • Dr. Eric Germain, Researcher, Paris Institut for the Study of Islam and the Societies of the Muslim World, on “The Ahmadi Community of Southeast Asia”, 23 March 2009
  • HE IIan Ben-Dov, Ambassador of Israel to Singapore, on “ Israel’s Foreign Policy and its Relations with Neighbours”, 18 March 2009
  • Ambassador Joergen Oerstroem Moeller, Visiting Senior Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) and Former Danish Ambassador to Singapore, on “Integration of Small States in Regional Organisations”, 11 March 2009
  • Professor Vinod K. Aggarwal, NTUC Professor of International Economic Relations, RSIS; Professor in the Department of Political Science, Affiliated Professor of Business and Public Policy in the Haas School of Business; and Director of the Berkeley Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center (BASC) University of California, Berkeley; on “The Perils of Consensus: How ASEAN’s Meta-Regime Undermines Economic and Environmental Cooperation”, 9 March 2009
  • Mr. Tarek Fatah, Canadian Muslim Author, Founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress, on “Muslim Societies and Universal Human Rights”, 6 March 2009
  • Mr. Gareth Evans, President and CEO of the International Crisis Group, Book Launch on “The Responsibility to Protect – Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and For All”, 4 March 2009
  • Dr. Robert Beckman, Associate Professor at the NUS Law School, on “Somali Piracy – Is International Law Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?”, 23 February 2009
  • Mr. Richard P. Lawless, Former US Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Asian and Pacific Security Affairs), on “The New Nuclear Energy Order: Regional Implications and Concerns”, 20 February 2009
  • Dr. William C. Thomas, Visiting Senior Fellow and Fulbright Scholar at RSIS, on “Options for Strengthening U.S.-Southeast Asian Security Relations”, 18 February 2009
  • Dr. A Saj U. Mendis, Deputy High Commissioner, High Commission of Sri Lanka
    to Singapore, on “Corporate Negotiations”, 11 February 2009
  • Ambassador Rodolfo C. Severino, Head of ASEAN Studies Centre and Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, on “The ASEAN Charter and the Building of an ASEAN Community”, 9 February 2009
  • Dr. David Milliot, Political and Economic Advisor to the EU Ambassador to Vietnam, on “Europe-Asia Relations”, 6 February 2009 (organized jointly with EUC)
  • Dr. Thomas Stow Wilkins, Lecturer, Centre of International Security Studies, Faculty of Economics and Business, The University of Sydney, on “Systems of Alignment in the Asia-Pacific”, 5 February 2009
  • Mr. Geoffrey Yu, Senior Specialist Adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Law, on “Role of International Civil Servants in Multilateral Negotiations”, 5 February 2009
  • Dr. Robert Ayson, Senior Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, and Director of Studies, Graduate Studies in Strategy and Defence, Australian National University, on “Community, Concert or Coalition: Approaches to Order Between Asia’s Major Powers”, 2 February 2009
  • Dr. Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, President, Islamabad Policy Research Institute, on “The India Pakistan Peace Process After Mumbai”, 20 January 2009
  • Mr. David Malone, President of Canada’s International Development Research Centre, on “The Role of Professional Schools of International Affairs and the Think Tank Issues We Should Focus On”, 16 January 2009
  • HE Dr. S Jaishankar, High Commissioner of India to Singapore, on “ India and the Challenges of Creative Diplomacy”, 15 January 2009
  • Dr. Christian Enemark, Lecturer, Centre for International Security, University of Sydney, Director of the National Centre for Biosecurity, a cross-disciplinary collaboration of the Australian National University and the University of Sydney, on “Law in the Time of Anthrax: U.S. and Australian Perspectives”; Dr. James Gillespie, Deputy Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Sesquicentennial Senior Lecturer in Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia, on “Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis and the Securitization of Illness: Australia and Papua New Guinea”; Dr. Jenny-Ann Toribio, Senior Lecturer, Epidemiology, at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, on “Avian Influenza Risk: Animal and Human Dimensions”; and Mr. Jonathan Herington, Project Officer (Biosecurity), Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney, on “Synthetic Genomics: International Governance of an Emerging Technology”, 14 January 2009
  • Ambassador Ong Keng Yong, Ambassador-At-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Director of the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, on “Diplomacy in ASEAN and Challenges Facing ASEAN in the Coming Decade”, 14 January 2009
  • Professor T. V. Paul, James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, on “Weak States and South Asia’s Insecurity Predicament”, 6 January 2009

 

 

2008

  • RSIS Seminar by Prof. Sisira Jayasuriya, an economist at La Trobe University, Melbourne on "Economics of Reconstruction: Lessons from the Post-Tsunami Experience of Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.", 8 Sep

  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Jon B. Alterman, Director and Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), Middle East Programme on "The Vital Triangle: The United States, China and the Middle East.", 4 Sep

  • RSIS Seminar by Prof William Tow, Visiting Professor, RSIS and Professor of International Security at the Australian National University's Department of International Relations and Chief Investigator for the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS) on "U.S. Security Approaches in the Asia-Pacific and a New Presidency Salvaging Hubs and Spokes or Finding a New Bicycle Wheel ?", 3 Sep

  • RSIS Roundtable by Professor T. J. Pempel, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeleon on "The Economic-Security Nexus and East Asian Regionalism", 2 Sep

  • RSIS Seminar by Prof Neil MacFarlane, Head of Dept, Dept of Politics and International Relations, Lester B. Pearson Professor of International Relations, Fellow, St. Anne's College, Oxford University and S. Rajaratnam Chair in Strategic Studies (2008), 15 Aug

  • RSIS Seminar by Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal, (Retd.), Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies, New Delhi, 23 Jul

  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Clive Schofield, QEII Research Fellow, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong on "The Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries in the Malacca and Singapore Straits: A Jigsaw on the way to Completion?", 21 Jul

  • RSIS Seminar by Dr. Huang Yanzhong, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Global Health Studies, John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University on "Public Health Surge Capacity Building in China: From SARS to HFMD.", 10 Jul

  • RSIS Roundtable by Dr Essop Goolam Pahad Minister In The Presidency, Republic Of South Africa on "Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development.", 26 Jun

  • RSIS Seminar by Dr. Peter Mandaville, Director of the Center for Global Studies and Associate Professor of Government & Islamic Studies at George Mason University, Washington DC on "Beyond Political Islam? Post-Islamism and New Religious Movements in the Muslim World.", 23 Jun

  • RSIS Seminar by Dr. Zarni, Visiting Research Fellow, The Department of International Development, Oxford University on "Myanmar's Militarized State and its Priorities: How It Uses Cyclone Victims to String the International Community Along", 2 Jun

  • RSIS Roundtable Discussion by Dr. Yan Xuetong, Director, Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University on "Assessing China's Relations with Major Powers in the Next Five Years.", 21 May

  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Lorraine Elliott, Senior Fellow in International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University on "Climate Change and Non-Traditional Security: Beyond Climate Wars?", 16 May

  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Lorraine Elliott, Senior Fellow in International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, 16 May

  • Seminar Series on the Practice of Diplomacy by Ambassador Ilan Ben-Dov, Embassy of Israel on "Israel's diplomacy and negotiations in the Middle East.", 14 May

  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Nishchal N. Pandey, Dept. of Conflict, Peace and Development Studies, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, Hon. Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), NUS on "South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and Regional Cooperation efforts in South Asia.", 13 May

  • RSIS Seminar by John G. Butcher, Dept of Int'l Business & Asian Studies, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland on "A short history of fisheries depletion, illegal fishing, and fisheries conflict in Indonesia since the 1960s", 12 May

  • RSIS Seminar by HRH Prince Mired Bin Raad Al-Hussein, Chair of Jordan's National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation on "The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention: Landmines and Human Security - Relevance for Southeast Asia.", 8 May

  • RSIS Seminar by Dr. Shannon Brown, Associate Professor, National Security Studies, U.S. Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF), National Defense University on "The US Defense Industry after Iraq and Afghanistan: A Hard or Soft Landing?", 7 May

  • RSIS Seminar by Dr. Stéphane Lacroix, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sciences-Po, Paris on "Wahhabism and its Influence in the Contemporary Islamic Sphere", 6 May

  • Seminar Series on the Practice of Diplomacy by Ambassador Rodolfo Severino, Former Secretary-General, ASEAN and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISEAS on "Asean Charter and the building of an Asean Community”, 30 Apr
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr. Sam Bateman, Senior Fellow and Adviser to Maritime Security Program, RSIS on "The Australia 2020 Summit – An Experiment in National Agenda Setting.”, 28 Apr
  • Informal talk by James Clad, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia. Mr. Clad was a professor of Near East and South Asian studies at the National Defense University in Washington, DC, from 2005-2007 on "An Update on U.S. Strategy in Southeast Asia with James Clad.”, 24 Apr
  • RSIS Seminar by HE Dr Mohamad Amin Kurdi, Ambassador of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Singapore on "Saudi Arabia's Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in the Middle East.”, 21 Apr
  • RSIS Seminar by Mr. Stephen Ulp, Senior Fellow, The Jamestown Foundation. Mr. Ulph is a preeminent analyst of the Islamic world and is the founder and editor of the Terrorism Security Monitor on "The Jihadi Curriculum Online.”, 18 Apr
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Evelyn Goh, University Lecturer in International Relations & Fellow of St. Anne's College, University of Oxford on "Awakening Giant: Evaluating China's Power and Influence in Asia”, 11 Apr
  • Seminar Series on the Practice of Diplomacy by Amb. Joergen Oerstroem Moeller, Former Danish Ambassador to Singapore and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies on "New challenges for Diplomacy: “Safeguard and pursue national interests inside regional integration”, 10 Apr
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Chandran Jeshurun. He earned his BA and MA at the University of Malaya before obtaining a PhD in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science on "The Occupational Hazards of Writing Contemporary Diplomatic History: Some Insights into the writing of Malaysia: 50 years of Diplomacy, 1957-2007", 10 Apr
  • RSIS / NTS Seminar on Marine Conservation by Dr Herminia Francisco, Director, Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 9 Apr
  • RSIS Roundtable by by Dr. K. Subrahmanyam, a prominent strategic analyst, diplomat, journalist and former Indian civil servant on "Globalising India: How it views Asia and the West.", 8 Apr
  • Roundtable on The Report of the Warwick Commission. Hosted by: RSIS (IPE Programme) & the University of Warwick, 4 Apr
  • Seminar Series on the Practice of Diplomacy by Ambassador Zhang Xiaokang, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Singapore on "China's Foreign Policy and Diplomacy", 26 Mar
  • RSIS Seminar by Mr Ilan Mizrahi, Distinguished CENS Visiting Fellow, Executive VP of Bronfman International Ltd, Bronfman Group & former Head of the National Security Council of Israel on "Intelligence and National Security", 19 Mar
  • Seminar Series on the Practice of Diplomacy by Ambassador Rodolfo Severino, Former Secretary-General, ASEAN and Visiting Senior Research Fellow on "Asean Charter and the building of an Asean Community", ISEAS, 19 Mar
  • RSIS Seminar by Prof. Dr. Joachim Krause, Director, Institute of Social Science, University of Kiel, Germany on "The Future of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime", 12 Mar
  • Presentation by Dr Josef Janning, Head, International Relations Program, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh; Director, Bertelsmann Group for Policy Research,
    Center for Applied Policy Research (C·A·P), Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. on "The Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2008", 12 Mar
  • Series of Seminars on Negotiations by Dr Razeen Sally, Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science on "The Diminishing Returns of Trade Negotiations", 29 Feb
  • RSIS Seminar by Prof Jean-Pierre Filiu, Paris Institute of Political Sciences (Sciences Po) and member of its Middle East Chair on "Al-Qaida’s War Against Islam.", 27 Feb
  • Asia Talks Lecture Series organized by Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC), the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI) and RSIS featuring eminent Asian experts ­ inaugural talk by Dr. Shashi Tharoor, noted Indian novelist and former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations on "The Soft Power of India", 26 Feb
  • RSIS Panel discussion on the upcoming Malaysian Elections on "Outlook for Malaysia’s Twelfth General Elections", 26 Feb
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr. Kogi Balakrishnan, PhD, Principal Assistant Secretary, Defence Industry Division, Ministry of Defence, Malaysia on "Managing Defence Technology: The Case of Malaysia", 22 Feb
  • Talk by Richard Hooke, Head of Aerospace & Defence, The Royal Bank of Scotland on "Growing Pains: Delivering Corporate Value in Aerospace & Defence", 21 Feb
  • RSIS / CENS Social Resilience Workshop on "(Un)Problematic Multiculturalism and Social Resilience", 21 Feb
  • Series of Seminars on the Practice of Diplomacy by Mr Bilahari Kausikan, 2PS MFA, Singapore, on "Evolving East Asia Architecture - Challenges and Implications for ASEAN", 20 Feb
  • Talk by Professor Stephen P. Cohen, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. and Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore on "Pakistan’s Several Futures", 15 Feb
  • Seminar jointly organised by RSIS / ICPVTR, the Commercial Affairs Department, Singapore and the Association of Banks in Singapore on "Countering the Financing of Terrorism.", 12 Feb
  • RSIS Talk by Arnaud de Borchgrave, Editor-at-large, United Press International on "New World Order or New World Disorder?", 6 Feb
  • RSIS Talk by Mr Daniel Nomanbhoy, Asia Pacific Polyolefins Planning Manager, ExxonMobil Chemical Asia Pacific Pte Ltd on "Outlook for Energy: A View to 2030.", 5 Feb

2007

  • RSIS Seminar by A/P Brian Farrell, Department of History, NUS on "The Small Boat War: Stopping Indonesian Maritime Incursions during Confrontation, 1963-65.", 21 Nov
  • Series of Seminars on Negotiations by Ambassador Colin S. Heseltine, Executive Director, APEC Secretariat on "APEC’s Role in Regional Development – Challenges and Prospects for the Future", 14 Nov
  • RSIS Series of Seminars on Diplomacy by: Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Former Permanent Secretary, MFA, Singapore; Amb Rodolfo Severino, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Former ASEAN Secretary General, Amb Jorgen Orstrom Moeller, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Former Danish Ambassador to Singapore; and Mr. Richard Smith, Distinguished Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Former Secretary of the Department of Defence, Australia on "Diplomacy: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.", 12 Nov
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr. Frank Umbach, Head of the “Security Policies in Asia-Pacific” Programme and Co-Chair CSCAP-Europe on "EU Common Energy Policies", 6 Nov
  • RSIS Seminar by the Indonesia Programme: Dr. Michele Ford, Sr Lecturer, Dept of Indonesian Studies, University of Sydney, Australia; A/P Lenore Lyons, Director, Centre for Asia-Pacific Social Transformation Studies (CAPSTRANS) University of Wollongong, Australia; Mr. Nick Long, Honorary William Wyse Student of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, UK. on "Singaporean Constructions of the Riau Islands and Riau Islander's Constructions of Singapore.", 25 Oct
  • RSIS seminar by Mr. Yongwook RYU, RSIS Visiting Research Associate, PhD candidate at the Department of Government, Harvard University on "Naturalistic Decision-making and Implications for National Security Policymaking.", 24 Oct
  • RSIS seminar by Mr. Yongwook RYU, RSIS Visiting Research Associate, PhD candidate at the Department of Government, Harvard University on "The Yasukuni Controversy: How Japan’s Political Elite See It.", 23 Oct
  • RSIS Faculty discussion with Professor Harry Harding, University Professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University, currently on leave of absence from GW to serve as Director of Research and Analysis at the Eurasia Group in New York, former Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs, and member of RSIS’ Board of Governors., 16 Oct
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr. Zhao Hong, Visiting Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, NUS on "China-US Oil Rivalry in Africa.", 10 Oct
  • RSIS Seminar by Mr. Martin Andrew, Ph.D. Candidate, Bond University on "China’s Arms Sales and Asian Regional Security", 9 Oct
  • Series of Seminars on the Practice of Diplomacy – Talk by Mr Richard C. Smith, Former Secretary of the Department of Defence, Australia on "Australia's relations with East Asia --challenges and prospects" [For Staff & Students Only], 8 Oct
  • RSIS Panel Discussion by Prof. Raja Mohan, Mr. Richard Smith, Dr. Tang Shiping, and Dr. Hiro Katsumata on US-Japan-Australia-India Quadrangle Security Partnership, 5 Oct
  • RSIS Seminar by Professor Antonio Marquina, Chair in International Security, Madrid University, Director of Research Unit on International Security and Cooperation on "The Stabilization of Iraq: From 'Holding Together' to 'Fragmentation and Internal Wars'" From “Holding Together” to “Fragmentation and Internal Wars", 3 Oct
  • Series of Seminars on the Practice of Diplomacy – Talk by Mr See Chak Mun, Senior Adviser, MFA, Adjunct Senior Fellow, RSIS / NTU, ISAS / NUS on "From Tokyo to Doha - Perspectives of a Singapore Trade Negotiator" [For Staff & Students Only], 3 Oct
  • RSIS Seminar by Prof. Simon Chesterman, Global Professor and Director, New York University School of Law Singapore Programme on "From Mercenaries to Market: The Rise and Regulation of Private Military Companies", 2 Oct
  • RSIS Seminar by Professor Edward A. Kolodziej, Director, Center for Global Studies and Emeritus Research Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois, USA. [For Staff & Students Only], 26 Sep
  • RSIS Seminar by Mr Michael Moodie, private consultant on international security affairs, specializing in issues at the intersection of security, science and technology, especially biological and chemical weapons on 'Disease Surveillance and National Security: Reconciling Tensions, Promoting Synergies" and RSIS Seminar by David R. Franz, D.V.M., Ph.D. , VP & Chief Biological Scientist, Midwest Research Inst., Director, National Agricultural Biosecurity Center, Kansas State University, Dy. Director, Center for Emergency Care & Preparedness, University of Alabama at Birmingham on "Species-Neutral Disease Surveillance and Other Opportunities in International Biosecurity", 25 Sep
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Brad Williams, Visiting Fellow, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore on "North Korea-Japan Relations: Abduction Issue and Diplomatic Standoff", 21 Sep
  • Series of Seminars on the Practice of Diplomacy – Talk by Mr Richard C. Smith, Former Secretary of the Department of Defence, Australia on "Australia’s Foreign and Defence Policies Making" [For Staff and Students only], 19 Sep
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Gerard Chaliand, pre-eminent observer of insurgency and counterinsurgency warfare (Guerillas and Terrorisms). on "Can Western Armies of Today Win Irregular Warfares: Iraq , Afghanistan", 14 Sep
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, Universiti Sains Malaysia on "The Islamic Opposition in Malaysia: New Trajectories and Directions.", 11 Sep
  • RSIS Seminar by Bapak Taufik Kiemas, Chairman of the Central Advisory Board, Partai Demokrasi Indonesia-Perjuangan (PDI-P) on "Current Political Developments in Indonesia." [close door], 11 Sep
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Brad Williams, Visiting Fellow, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore on "North Korea-Japan Relations: Abduction Issue and Diplomatic Standoff", 7 Sep
  • RSIS Seminar by Mr. Labeeb Majeed Abbawi, Deputy Minister for Policy Planning & Acting Deputy Minister for Political Affairs & Bilateral Relations on "Foreign Policy of Iraq", 6 Sep
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr. Evelyn Goh, Lecturer in International Relations and Fellow of St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford, on "Great Powers and Southeast Asian Regional Security Strategies". From 2002 to 2005, she was Asst Prof. at IDSS, 5 Sep
  • RSIS Seminar by Prof. Chulacheeb Chinwanno, Chairman of IR Department, Thamasat University, Thailand, RSIS Visiting Senior Research Fellow on "Thai-Chinese Strategic Relations"., 4 Sep
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Gillian Goh Hui Lynn, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy on "Apostasy, Islam and International Law: Finding the way forward for Human Rights and the Freedom of Religion.", 3 Sep
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Nicholas Kay-Siang Khoo, Lecturer in International Relations, School of Politics and Communications Studies, University of Liverpool on "Sino-Soviet Rivalry and the Termination of the Sino-Vietnamese Alliance (1964-1979)", 29 Aug
  • RSIS Seminar by HE Fathulla Jameel Former Foreign Minister of the Maldives on "South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC): The Expectations and Disappointments.", 29 Aug
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Rajesh Basrur, Visiting Research Fellow, RSIS on "Patterns in Nuclear Rivalry: Implications for Theory and Strategy", 28 Aug
  • RSIS Seminar by Professor Syed Rifaat Hussain, Executive Director of the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo, Sri Lanka on "India-Pakistan Peace Process: Promise and Pitfalls.", 12 Jul


  • RSIS Seminar by Professor George Mclean Director - Center for the Study of Culture and Values, Professor Emeritus – School of Philosophy, Catholic University on "The Implication of Culture, Values & Religion for International Relations and Global Cooperation.", 4 Jul

  • RSIS Seminar by Professor Alessandro Gobbicchi, Deputy Director, Military Centre for Strategic Studies, Rome on "The world in 2030: Regional Trends and Global Issues.", 29 Jun
  • RSIS Seminar by Prof Peter Gourevitch, Distinguish Professor of Political Science, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, of which he was the founding Dean (1996-2006), UCSD on "Political Development as told by “longue durée economists: some thoughts”", 21 Jun
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr. Peter R. Lavoy, Director, Center for Contemporary Conflict, Naval Postgraduate School, USA on "Pakistan's Nuclear Posture", 18 Jun
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr. Sonia Ben Ouagrham, Senior Project Manager, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Washington, D.C. Office., 14 Jun
  • RSIS Seminar by Professor of National Security Studies, Jeff Norwitz, US Naval War College on "Is the Global War on Terror a ‘World War’?", 13 Jun
  • RSIS Seminar by Ambassador Raymond Burghardt, former US Ambassador to Vietnam, Chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan, Director, East-West Seminars, East-West Center, USA on "US and Vietnam: Old Enemies to Friends.", 8 Jun
  • RSIS Seminar by Assoc Prof Paul Mitchell on "Wikis in the Classroom: Digital Tools for Improving Seminars.", 5 Jun
  • RSIS Seminar by Prof. David Shambaugh, Prof. of Political Science & International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1 Jun
  • RSIS Seminar by MG Robert Lee, Adjutant General, State of Hawaii, Advisor on Homeland Security to the Governor of Hawaii, USA on "Mobilization of American Soldiers for Operations in Iraq & Afghanistan", 28 May
     
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr. Alexander Lam Vuving, Visiting Research Fellow, RSIS on "The Repositioning of U.S. Foreign Policy and Its Implications for Asia", 21 May
     
  • Seminar jointly organized by RSIS Multilateralism and Regionalism Programme and the ESRC (UK) New Security Challenges Programme on "ASEAN, Securitization, and Transnational Challenges", 30 Apr

  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Yuddy Chrisnandi, Member of Parliament; Member DPR Commission I; Department Head, Membership and Caderisation DPP Golkar; Head, Mass Organizations, DPP MKGR; and Lecturer, PPS-Political Studies, FISIP, University of Indonesia on "Post- Suharto military reforms and the future of the TNI", 25 Apr

  • RSIS Seminar by H. E. Dr. Daniel Woker, Ambassador, Embassy of Switzerland on "The Ambassador is dead. Long live the Ambassador: The changing nature of an ancient craft.", 18 Apr

  • RSIS Seminar by Mr. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, Executive Director of the Aceh & Nias Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency (BRR Aceh-Nias) on "Aceh Reconstruction", 17 Apr

  • RSIS Seminar by H.E. Rodolfo Severino, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISEAS, 13 Apr

  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Ebubekir Ceylan, Asst. Prof., Dept. of History, Fatih University, Istanbul on "The Role of Islam in the Ottoman/Turkish Society", 1 Apr

  • RSIS Seminar by Mr Zaid Hamzah, Consultant, MicroSoft Asia Pacifi on "The Crescent and the Code: Strategic Technology Thinking in Malaysia & the 'Reorientation' of Islamic Worldview.", 30 Mar
     
  • RSIS Seminar by Prof Ned Lebow, James O. Freedman Presidential Professor of Government, Dartmouth College on Roundtable on "Counterfactuals, Contingency and Causation", 27 Mar
     
  • RSIS Seminar by Prof Ned Lebow, James O. Freedman Presidential Professor of Government, Dartmouth College on "The Politics of Memory: Europe & Asia", 26 Mar
     
  • RSIS Seminar by Prof. Ron Matthews, Academic Leader of the Master of Defence Administration Programme, Dept of Defence Mgmt & Security Analysis, Cranfield University, UK on The Management of Defence Technology, 22 Mar
     
  • RSIS Seminar by Norman Vasu, Asst Professor & Coordinator of the Social Resilience Programme, CENS, RSIS on "Rethinking Singaporean Multicultculturism: Conceptual and Practical Issues Surrounding Singapore's Management of its Multi-racial Composition", 5 Mar
     
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Irman G. Lanti, Programme Manager, Civic Education & Electoral Support, Governance Unit, UNDP Indonesia on "Acheh: A Post-Election Analysis", 1 Mar
     
  • RSIS Seminar by Mr. Michael Richardson, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, ISEAS on “Maritime Related Terrorism: Al Qaeda, Hizbollah…What next from the International Jihadist Network?", 12 Feb
     
  • RSIS Seminar by Professor Geoffrey Till, Visiting Senior Fellow, RSIS on “The Future of Seapower.", 30 Jan
     
  • RSIS Seminar by Professor Christopher Coker, Professor of International Relations, LSE on "Geopolitics and Africa in the 21st Century.", 23 Jan
     
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr. Norrin Ripsman, Associate Professor, Concordia Niversity, Montreal, Canada on "Learning the Correct Lesson from the Post-war European Transition: Neither a Kantian, Nor a Realist Peace", 23 Jan
     
  • RSIS Seminar by Professor Christopher Coker, Professor of International Relations, LSE on "The Etiquettes of Atrocity", 22 Jan
     
  • RSIS Seminar by Professor T. V. Paul, James McGill Professor of International Relations, McGill University, Montreal, Canada on "The Tradition of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons.", 10 Jan
     
  • RSIS Seminar by Dr Terence Lee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Olin Institute, Harvard University, USA on "The Armed Forces and Authoritarian Regime Maintenance: Why Militaries Disobey Orders to Suppress Popular Protests", 10 Jan

2006

  • IDSS Seminar by Major General (Ret) E. D'Souza on "Indo-Pakistan Stand-Off in Kashmir: Velvet Glove in an Iron Fist Approach", 19 Dec
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Fraser Cameron, Senior Advisor, the European Policy Centre, Brussels on “The Geopolitics of Asia: What Role for the EU?", 15 Dec
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Mr. Lex Rieffel, Non Resident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, on "Reforming Military Business in Indonesia: Exploring Policy Options", 4 Dec
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Sir Rupert Smith, Former Deputy Supreme Commander, Allied Powers Europe 1998-2001, on "The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World", 27 Nov
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Ahmad Kazemi Moussavi, Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland and University of Virginia, U.S.A., on " Representing God's Sovereignty on Earth in Iran", 23 Nov
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Alan Dupont, Director, International Security Studies, University of Sydney on “Australia’s More Assertive Foreign & Defence Policy", 20 Nov

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  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Mohammed Ayoob, Distinguished Professor of International Relations, Michigan State University, USA on "The Many Faces of Political Islam", 26 Oct
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Mohammed Ayoob, Distinguished Professor of International Relations, Michigan State University, U.S.A., on "Inequality and Theorizing in International Relations", 25 Oct
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Patricia Martinez, Associate Professor, University of Malaya on "A Survey on Malaysian Muslim Identities, Issues, and Concerns", 19 Oct
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  • IDSS Seminar by Ms. Cathrine Bjune, Director, BI Shipping, Norway, 19 Oct
     
  • IDSS Seminar by VADM (Ret’d) MK Roy, former VADM, Royal Indian Navy, 16 Oct

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  • IDSS Seminar by Ms. Amina Rasul-Bernardo, Philippines Council for Islam and Democracy, on 'Assessment of the 10-year Implementation of the GRPMNLF Peace Agreement", 12 Oct
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Ms. Amina Rasul-Bernardo, Philippines Council for Islam and Democracy, on "MNLF and MILF: The Current Status and the Future", 12 Oct
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Ms. Amina Rasul-Bernardo, Philippines Council for Islam and Democracy, on 'MG, RSM and other Actors: The Current Status and the Future", 11 Oct
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Ms. Amina Rasul-Bernardo, Philippines Council for Islam and Democracy, on "Sulu Archipelago: Ethnicity, Demography and Actors", 10 Oct
     
  • CENS-IDSS Public Seminar on WMD Terrorism by Dr. Michael Moodie, President, Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute on "How Imminent is the Threat?", 10 Oct
     
  • Roundtable by Professor Rosemary Foot, S. Rajaratnam Professor of Strategic Studies, Professor of International Relations and the John Swire Senior Research Fellow in the International Relations of East Asia, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, on "The Framing of Security Threats: Institutions and the State", 9 Oct
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Ms. Amina Rasul-Bernardo, Philippines Council for Islam and Democracy, on "Mindanao: Its Current Status and Its Failure", 9 Oct
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Ms. Amina Rasul-Bernardo, Philippines Council for Islama and Democracy, on "Mindanao: Background, Mistakes, Lessons Identified and Lessons to be Learnt", 9 Oct
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Friedrich Wu, Adjunct Associate Professor, IDSS. On "What Could Brake China's Rapid Ascent in the World Economy", 5 Oct
     
  • CENS Seminar by Dr. Dave Snowden, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Cognitive Edge, on "Risk Assessment Horizon Scanning", 2 Oct
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Chung Min LEE, Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS on "Future Paths on the Korean Peninsula: North Korea’s Strategic Choices and Consequences.", 21 Sep

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  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Donald K Emmerson, Southeast Asia Forum, Stanford University, USA on "Debating 'Islamism': Language, Legitimacy, and the 'War On Terror'", 20 Sep
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Robyn Lim, Professor of International Relations, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan on "Nuclear Japan? Can Extended Deterrence Work in a Multi-threat Environment?", 18 Sep

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  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Gerard Chaliand on "US policy since the fall of the Soviet Union", 12 Sep
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Chung Min Lee, Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, 7 Sep
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Christoph Marcinkowski, Visiting Research Fellow, IDSS, on "Features of Shi'ite Islam vis-a-vis Sunnite Islam: Basic Convergences and Differences", 6 Sep 2006
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Mr. Aftab Ahmad Malik, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Ethnicity and Culture, University of Birmingham, on "Extremism on the World Wide Web, 4 Sep
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Gerard Chaliand, Leading Counterinsurgency Expert and Author, Guerrilla Strategies: A Historical Anthology on "Afghanistan: Realities and Prospects", 1 Sep
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Bates Gill, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington D.C., on "China's High-Tech Trade and Investment with Singapore and other Countries: Political and Military Concerns, 25 Aug
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Christoph Marcinkowski, Visiting Research Fellow, IDSS on "Facets of Shi’ism in Southeast Asia: Past and Present.", 23 Aug

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  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Farish Noor., 22 Aug

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  • IDSS Seminar by Commander Gurpreet Singh Khurana, Research Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA), India on "India and Malacca Straits Security.", 21 Aug
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Major-General Zhu Chenghu, Professor and Commandant, College of Defence Studies, National Defense University, People's Liberation Army, on "Training the New Generation of PLA Officers", 21 Aug
     
  • Seminar by Professor Vinod Aggarwal, Director, Berkeley APEC Study Centre (BASC), University of California, Berkeley, on "Prospect for a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Paciffic", 10 Aug
     
  • Roundtable by Mr. Gideon Samet, Columnist and Editorial Board Member of Israeli Newspaper Ha'aretz, on "US. Policy on Islam, Terrorism and the Muslim World, 26 Jul
     
  • Seminar by Sir Richard Dearlove, KCMG, OBE, former Chief of Secret Intelligence Service and current Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, on "Role of Intelligence in Counter-terroism", 25 Jul
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Robert W. Hefner, Professor of Anthropology, Boston University, USA on "The Conservative Turn in Indonesian Islam: Politics and Education", 24 Jul
     
  • Seminar by Associate Professor Paul Mitchell, Dr. Richard Carney, Dr. Christoph Marcinkowski and Dr. John Harrison, IDSS, on "From Crisis to War in the Middle East? Economic, Political and Strategic Dimensions?', 21 Jul
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Associate Professor Ali Riaz on “Reforming Pakistani Madrassahs: What's New?", 20 Jul

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  • IDSS Seminar by Associate Professor Ali Riaz, Associate Professor of Politics and Government, Illinois State University, USA on "Not Alone: The Dynamics of Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh", 18 Jul

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  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Nadirsyah Hosen, Visiting Research Fellow, IDSS on “Wither The Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI)?", 12 Jul

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  • IDSS Roundtable by Professor Muthiah Alagappa, Director of East-West Center, Washington DC. USA on "Global-Regional Nexus: Re-visioning Asia-pacific Security", 7 Jul
     
  • Roundtable by Ms. Katja Freistein, Research Associate, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany, on "Transforming ASEAN: An Analysis of the Regional Discourse of an ASEAN Security Community", 5 Jul
     
  • Seminar by Mr. Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari, Research Fellow, Institute Strategics Studies Islambad (ISSI), Pakistan on "Internal Dynamics of of Afghanistan after the 2005 Parliamentary Elections and the Impact on the Region, 29 Jun
     
  • Seminar by Professor Susan Woodward, City University of New York, on 'State Failure and International Security: The International Debate", 21 Jun
     
  • IDSS Roundtable by Professor T. J. Pempel, Director, Institute of East Asian Studies, UC, Berkeley, USA, 27 Jun
     
  • IDSS Distinguished Public Lecture by Mr. Richard Lee Armitage on "The United States, Asia, And A Rapidly Changing World, 2 Jun
     
  • IDSS Roundtable by Mr. Michael Glosny, Ph.D Candidate, Pol. Sci. Dept, MIT, USA on "Heading toward a Win-Win Future? Recent developments in China's Policy toward Southeast Asia, 1 Jun
     
  • IDSS Symposium on Asian Feminists on Asian Security, 29 May
     
  • Roundtable discussion* with Prof Gilles Kepel, 15 May
     
  • CENS Public Seminar by Dr. Adam Dolnik, Research Fellow, IDSS on "Reducing the Threat of Bioterrorism in Singapore.", 15 May
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Mr. P. Mukundan, International Maritime Bureau on "Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships Today.", 11 May
     
  • CENS Seminar by Mr. John Petersen, President, The Arlington Institute, on '"Wild Cards' and Transnational Terrorism", 5 May
     
  • CENS Public Seminar by David Heyman, Senior Fellow and Director, Homeland Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, D.C., on "Pandemic Preparedness and Countering Bioterrorism: The Nexus", 26 Apr
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Mr. Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal, Director Security Studies, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 21 Apr
     
  • IDSS Roundtable by Mr. Terence Lee, Ph.D Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Washington on The Armed Forces and Regime Maintenance: Explaining the Role of the Military in 1973 and 1992 Thailand, and 1998 Indonesia, 13 Apr
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Ibrahim Abu-Rabi, Visiting Professor on "Current Critiques of Islamism", 13 Apr
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Jaideep Srivastava, Professor, University of Minnesota, USA on "Data Mining for Computer Security", 12 Apr
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Grant Hammond, Air War College, USA on Transformation and Restructuring: A Commentary, 6 Apr
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Emmanuel Sivan, Professor of Islamic History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem on "Why Islamist Movements are taking over Governments: Socio-Political Change in the Middle East", 4 Apr
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Mr. Mark Farha, Doctoral candidate, Havard University, on "Secularism Under Siege", 30 Mar
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Ambassador Ingrid M. Hall, Former Chair of the IAEA Board of Governors and former Ambassador of Canada to the UN Agencies in Vienna on "The IAEA and the threat of nuclear proliferation", 23 Mar
     
  • IDSS Public Seminar by Dr. Changhee Nam, Associate Professor, Inha University, Koreaon "Relocating the US Forces in Northeast Asia: Opportunities and Constraints to the US-Japan-Korea Security Cooperation", 23 Mar

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  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Kal Holsti, Dept of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Canada on “Citius, Altius, Fortius: International Athletic Competition and the Creation and Sustenance of States.", 14 Mar

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  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Richard A. Falkenrath, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, USA on "The Future of Homeland Security", 13 Mar

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  • IDSS Seminar by Professor William Tow, Department of International Relations, Australian National University, 13 Mar

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  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Kal Holsti, Institute of International Relations, University of British Columbia, Canada. On "Exceptionalism in American Foreign Policy: Is it Exceptional?", 10 Mar
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Kal Holsti, Institute of International Relations, University of British Columbia, Canada. On "The ' Great Debates' in International Relations Theory: What are They Really About?", 8 Mar
     
  • Public Talk by Lt-Col Mark Shankle, Strategic Command, U.S. Army on "U.S. Civic Military Operations in support of Counterinsurgency in Iraq", 6 Mar

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  • IDSS Public Seminar by Dr. Karim Douglas Crow, Catholic University of America on "Dilemmas Facing the Contemporary Muslim Mind", 1 Mar

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  • IDSS Seminar by Mr. Ong Keng Yong, Secretary General of ASEAN on "ASEAN Diplomacy", 28 Feb

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  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Ethan B. Kapstein, Professor of Sustainable Development, INSEAD on "Economic Performance of Young Democracies: Politics and Performance", 23 Feb

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  • IDSS Seminar by Mr. Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan, Bureau Chief, Al-Jazeera Satellite Chennel, Isamabad on "Current State of the Taliban and Jihad Groups in Pakistan", 22 Feb

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  • IDSS Public Seminar by Mr. Luthfi Assyaukanie, Ph.D, candidate in Islamic Studies, the University of Melbourne, Australia on "Liberal Islan and its challenge in Indonesia", 21 Feb

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  • IDSS Public Seminar by Professor Chung Min Lee on IDSS Public Seminar by Dr. Chung Min Lee, Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore on "Transformation in Asia's American Allies: Japan and South Korea", 17 Feb

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  • IDSS Public Seminar by Dr. Ehsan Ahrari, Defense Consultant and Independent Strategic Analyst on "Why the U.S. Military Transformation Remains an Abiding Challenge?", 14 Feb

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  • IDSS Public Seminar by Professor John Ravenhill, Chair in International Relations, Australian National University (ANU) on "Is China an Economic Threat to Southeast Asia?", 9 Feb

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  • IDSS Public Seminar by Mr. Richard Bitzinger, Associate Professor, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on "Force Modernization in Southeast Asia", 7 Feb

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  • IDSS Roundtable with Mr. Brahma Chellaney, Department of Strategic Studies, Centre for Policy Research, India, 6 Feb

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  • IDSS Public Talk by Mr. Stewart Bell, Senior Reporter, National Post, Canada on "The Challenge of Terrorist Recruits from the West," and a film on "Terrorist Recruitment.", 6 Feb

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  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Noorhadi Hasan on "Salafi Expansion, Political Mobilization and Islamic Radicalism in Post-New Order Indonesia", 24 Jan
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Vikash Yadav on "Improving Global Governance: Enhancing the Voice and Responsibility of Developing Countries at the IMF", 23 Jan
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  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Stephen M.Walt, Academic Dean, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, & IDSS Consultant on "What's Wrong with U.S. Foreign Policy?", 19 Jan

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  • IDSS roundtable with H.E. Ambassador Kassim Mohamed Buallay, Former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Kingdom of Bahrain on "Gulf Security Issues", 18 Jan
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Anthony Pezzola on " 'All Politics Are Local' – Even Trade Politics: How political institutions and subnational economic interests shape trade policy in Argentina and Brazil", 17 Jan

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  • IDSS Seminar by Mr. Dingding on "Transformation from within: Chinese Agency and the Limits of International Human Rights Norms" Chen, 16 Jan
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Richard Carney on "Varieties of Capitalism in the Twentieth Century: Evidence from National Financial Systems", 11 Jan
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Vijay Sakhuja, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, India on "Emerging Maritime Security Environment in the Indian Ocean", 6 Jan

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2005

  • Seminar by BG (Ret) Russell Howard, Founding Director, Jebsen Center for Counter-terrorism, Fletcher School of Diplomacy, Tufts University, on "Doctrine of Pre-emption - Counter-terrorism Strategy", 13 Dec
     
  • The Inaugural Singapore-China Seminar on "The Security Landscape of the Asia-Pacific: A View from Southeast Asia and the Region's Perception of the U.S." and "The Enduring Terrorist Threat to East Asia", 14 Dec
     
  • Seminar by Dr. Nan Li, Senior Fellow, IDSS, on "The Role of the Chinese Military in Guaranteeing Energy Access", 8 Dec
     
  • Seminar by Dr. Christiane Seitz, Adrninistration / Personnel Officer, Aceh Monitoring Mission, on "Aceh Monitoring Mission", 30 Nov
     
  • Seminar by Dr. Milton Osborne, Lowy Institute for International Policy, and Dr. Evelyn Goh, IDSS, on "China and Southeast Asia: Conflict and Cooperation in the Mekong Basin", 28 Nov
     
  • IDSS Roundtable on "Debating the East Asia Summit", 21 Nov

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  • Seminar by Professor Mustafa Aydin, Deputy Director and Board Member, International Relations Council, Ankara; and Member of Strategic Research Center, Ankara University, on "Turkey and the Latest Developments in the Middle East", 17 Nov
     
  • Closed-door Discussion with delegation from the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on "Global Terrorist Threat in Southeast Asia", 17 Nov
     
  • Roundtable Discussion with General (Ret) Maurice Basil, Chair, Board of Directors, Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, Chair, Board of Directors, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, 8 Nov
     
  • Seminar by Professor Ron Matthews, Academic Leader of the Master of Defence Administration Programme, Department of Defence Management and Security Analysis, Cranfield University, U.K on "Policies and Paradoxes of 21st Century Defence Management" , 27 Oct

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  • Seminar by Professor Amitav Acharya, Deputy Director and Head of Research; Dr. Ralf Emrners, Deputy Head of Studies and Assistant Professor; and Dr. Tan See Seng, Coordinator of Multilateralism and Regionalism Programme and Assistant Professor on "ASEAN'S New Institutionalism: A New Era in Asian Regionalism?", 27 Oct
     
  • IDSS State of the Art Seminar by Professor Simon Dalby, Dept of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton on "Environmental Security", 26 Oct
     
  • IDSS Roundtable by Dr. Joern Dosch, Senior Lecturer in Asia-Pacific Studies, University of Leeds on "Non-traditional security issues in ASEAN’s relations with China, Japan, the USA and the EU.", 25 Oct
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Simon Dalby, Dept of Geography and Environmental Studies on "Empire, Geopolitics and the Bush", 24 Oct
     
  • IDSS State of the Art Seminar by Professor Simon Dalby, Dept of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton on "Environmental Security", 26 Oct
     
  • IDSS Roundtable by Dr. Joern Dosch, Senior Lecturer in Asia-Pacific Studies, University of Leeds on "Non-traditional security issues in ASEAN’s relations with China, Japan, the USA and the EU.", 25 Oct
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Simon Dalby, Dept of Geography and Environmental Studies on "Empire, Geopolitics and the Bush", 24 Oct
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Aleksius Jemadu, Visiting Research Fellow, IDSS on "The Post-tsunami Reconstruction of Aceh and the Implementation of the Peace Agreement.", 18 Oct
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  • ASEAN-Japan Workshop of Team of Experts on "East Asia Security and East Asia Cooperation.", 7-8 Oct
     
  • IPE Seminar by Dr. Friedrich Wu, Adjunct Associate Professor, IDSS on "Corporate China Goes Global", 6 Oct
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Amin Saikal, Professor of Political Science and Director, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University on "US-Iran Nuclear Dispute", 30 Sep

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  • IDSS Seminar by Bapak. Din Syamsudin, Chairman Muhammadiyah, Indonesia, 29 Sep
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Mr. Stephen Schwartz, Executive Director of the Center for Islamic Pluralism, Washington, DC., USA on “The Failed Global Campaign of Wahhabi Terror", 5 Sep
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor C. Raja Mohan, S Rajaratnam Professor of Strategic Studies on "Crossing the Rubicon: India's New Foreign Policy.", 25 Aug
     
  • IDSS Seminar by HE J. Orstrom Moller, Danish Ambassador to Singapore on "A Vacuum in Strategic Thinking: The Repercussions for Strategic Thinking of Globalisation.". 18 Aug
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Ely Karmon from Israel. 17 Aug
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Sumit Ganguly, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University-Bloomington,USA on "Kashmir - An Update.", 15 Aug
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Nadir Hosen, TC. Bernie School of Law, University of Queensland. 21 Jul
     
  • IDSS Seminar by CDR (ret'd) Manoj Gupta on "The Indian Perspective of Maritime Affairs.", 20 Jul
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Zulkieflimansyah, Vice Chairman, (PKS) member of Parliament and Deputy Chairman Comission IV DPR-MPR RI. 20 Jul
     
  • IDSS Seminar by MG (Retd) Doron Bergenbest-Eilon, Visiting Senior Fellow, IDSS on "Preventing Terrorism:Policy, Strategic and Operational Issues.", 18 Jul
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Kim Seung Hwan, Professor of International Affairs, Myongji University, Seoul on "Nuclear Crisis in the Korean Peninsula.", 15 Jul
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Andras Hernadi, Director, Asia Research Center, Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences on "Main Security Issues in Asia: Chances for a Mediator's Role for Europe.", 13 Jul
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Khaled Abou el-Fadl, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law, USA. 13 Jul
     
  • IDSS Roundtable with Dr. Kanti Bajpai, Headmaster, Doon School, Dehra Dun, India on "India and International Relations.", 13 Jul
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Duygu Bazoglu Sezer, Professor of Int'l Relations, Bilkent University, Ankara on "The Middle East Between Oil, Conflict, Force and Reform.", 24 Jun
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Mr. Abdullah Abdullah, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Palestinian National Authority on "Middle East Peace Process.", 23 Jun
     
  • IDSS Roundtable by Ms. Min Ye, Ph.D candidate, Princeton University on "Political Economy of China's New Regionalism.", 23 Jun
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Shiping Tang, Deputy Director, Center for Regional Security Studies & Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science, Beijing on "From Mearsheimer to Jervis (and Keohane?): An Evolutionary Interpretation of History and Theories of International Politics.", 09 Jun
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Mohammed Ayoob, University Distinguished Professor of International Relations, James Madison College, Michigan State University, USA. 06 Jun
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, Research Fellow for South Asia, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London on "The Indian Navy: Forces, Missions and Engagement in the Indo-Pacific.", 26 May
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Jeffery H. Norwitz, Professor, United States Naval War College on "Detecting and Defeating Al Qaeda's Grand Strategy.", 25 May
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Ustaz Nasharudin Mat Isa, Secretary-General, Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) on "Future of PAS in the Abdullah Era.", 18 May
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Greg Barton, Associate Professor, Deakin University, Australia. 16 May
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Ms. Margaret Liang, Consultant to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for WTO/Trade Issues, Adjunct Fellow, IDSS on "From GATT to the WTO: Has the Multilateral Trading System Changed?", 12 May
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, President Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), Pakistan. 07 Apr
     
  • IDSS Seminar by HE Dr. Arun Shourie, 23rd Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellow on "Indian Assessment of the Security Situation in South and South-East Asia.", 06 Apr
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Mr. Ali Kazak, Head of Delegation of the State of Palestine in Canberra.05 Apr
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. David Cook, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Rice University, Texas, USA on "Apocalyptic and Millenarian Elements in Radical Islam." 24 Mar
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Bapak Agung Laksono, Speaker, DPR, Republic of Indonesia. 23 Mar
     
  • IDSS Round Table Discussion with visitors from the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russia. 15 Mar
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Paul Mitchell, Director For Academics, Canadian Forces College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on "Networks in Dynamic Coalitions.", 21 Feb
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Riaz Hassan, Visiting Senior Fellow, IDSS on "Patterns of Religiosity in Muslim Countries - Some Preliminary Observations.", 31 Jan
     
  • IDSS Seminar by W. Lawrence Prabhakar, Ph.D, Visiting Research Fellow, IDSS, 31 Jan
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Pak Hidayat Nur Wahid, Chairman MPR, 28 Jan
     
  • IDSS Public Seminar by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II, Director of National Security Affairs; Director of Research, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute on "Assessing the principles of military transformation - the experience of Operation Iraqi Freedom", 27 Jan
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Riaz Hassan, Visiting Senior Fellow, IDSS on "The Islamic State and Religious Institutions in Modern Muslim Society.", 26 Jan
     
  • IDSS Public Seminar on "The TSUNAMI Aftermath: Challenges to Human Security", 25 Jan
     
  • IDSS Roundtable by Professor T. V. Paul, Professor of International Relations, McGill University, Montreal, Canada on "Globalisation and the Changing National Security State", 24 Jan
     
  • IDSS Public Seminar by Mr. John Parachini, Rand Corporation; Prof Isaac Ben-Israel, Tel-Aviv University; Prof Richard Betts, Columbia University; and Dr. Anne Speckhard, Free University of Brussels on "National Security in an Age of Asymmetric Warfare.", 12 Jan
     
  • IDSS Roundtable by Dr. Heribert Dieter, Senior Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin on "The Changing Nature of Regionalism in Asia", 12 Jan
     
  • IDSS Public Seminar by Professor Stephen Rosen, Beton Michael Kaneb Professor of National Security and Military Affairs, Harvard University, USA, 10 Jan
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr. & Professor Richard H. Shultz, The Fletcher School, Tufts on "US Foreign Policy in the Second Bush Administration.", 6 Jan
  • IDSS Public Lecture by Mr. Gideon Rose, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Peter Van Ness. Visiting Fellow, Australian National University on "Four More Years of the Bush Doctrine: Strategic Implications for China and Japan", 6 Dec
     
  • Ford Plenary Meeting, 3-4 Dec
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Mr. David Ivry, IDSS Distinguished on "Can Modern Wars be Won by Airpower Alone?", 2 Dec
     
  • Panel Discussion by Dr. Ellis Joffe, Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Dr. Paul Godwin, Professor, National War College, Washington DC., Dr. Nan Li, Senior Fellow, IDSS on "Civil-Military Dynamics in Chinese Politics and Policy after Jiang Zemin.", 18 Nov
     
  • IDSS Roundtable by Major General (Rtd) E D’Souza on "Is the Indo-Pakistan Stand-off in Kashmir Today's Nuclear Flash Point?", 10 Nov
     
  • IDSS Roundtable by Mr. Dicky Sofjan, Teaching Assistant, Dept of Political Science, NUS on "Why do They Participate in Jihad?", 3 Nov
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Sam Bateman, Senior Fellow, IDSS on "Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea: Navigational Regimes and Exclusive Economic Zones", 14 Oct
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. You Ji, Visiting Fellow, East Asian Institute, NUS on “China’s Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA): Learning and Catching Up.", 6 Oct
     
  • Panel discussion on the WTO on "The Future of the Doha Round and Prospects for the WTO", 23 Sep
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Lui Pao Chuen, Chief Defence Scientist, Ministry of Defence, 22 Sep
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Martin Van Creveld, Professor of History, Hebrew University, Tel Aviv, Israel, 17 Sep
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Bharat Karnad, Research Professor in National Security Studies, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India on "India's Nuclear Policy", 16 Sep
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Robyn Lim, Nanzan University, Japan, 15 Sep
     
  • IDSS Roundtable on "Political Transitions and Regional Security in Southeast Asia.", 2 Sep
     
  • Seminar by Mr. Mordechay Cristal, Conflict Analyst, IDSS on "The Middle East peace Process: Prospects and Risks", 31 Aug
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor John Mearsheimer, S Rajaratnam Professor of Strategic Studies for 2004 on "Realism vs. Neo-Conservatism: The Case of Iraq", 27 Aug
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Professor Christopher Coker, Professor of International Relations, LSE, London on “The RMA Revisited in the Light of the Iraq War", 20 Aug
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Mr. Antoine Sfeir, Research Fellow, French Institute of Advanced Studies on Internal Security (IHESI), 12 Aug
     
  • IDSS Roundtable by Prof Ibrahim Abu Rabi, Professor of Islamic Studies and Co-Director, Duncan Black Macdonald Centre for Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Understanding, USA on "Jihad and Terrorism: Myth and Reality", 10 Aug
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Sjahrir, Chairman, New Indonesia Alliance Party (Partai-Perhimpunan Indonesia Baru), 22 Jul
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr. Deborah K. Elms, Lecturer, International Political Economy, University of Washington, Seattle, USA on “Globalization, the WTO, and Development", 20 Jul
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Mr. Theodore C. Sorensen, Former Special Counsel to President John F. Kennedy on "Is Iraq the New Vietnam?", 15 Jul
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Mr. Max Lane, Research Fellow, Murdoch University, Australia on "The Indonesian Presidential Election: First round post-mortem", 14 Jul
     
  • IDSS Seminar by Dr John M. Hobson, University of Sheffield on on "The Eastern Origins of Western Civilization", 8 Jul
     
  • Roundtable with Associate Professor Yoichiro Sato, Asia-Pacific Centre for Security Studies, Hawaii, USA on "Overview of Singaporean perception of Japan's expanded security roles.", 24 May
     
  • IDSS Forum on "Responding American Hegemony: Regional Perspectives", 19 May
     
  • Seminar by Ms. May Mullins on "Guns, Goons and Gold: The Myths and Realities of Violence in Southern Thailand", 26 Apr
     
  • Seminar by Dr. Donald Berlin, Professor, Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on "Strategic Trends in the Indian Ocean", 7 Apr
     
  • Seminar by Dr. Mahmood Ghazi, Vice-President and Professor of Shariah and Law, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan on "The Prospects and Challenges of Establishing Islamic States: The lessons of Pakistan", 15 Mar
     
  • Seminar by Mr. Clyde Prestowitz, Founder and President of the Economic Strategy Institute, USA on "Current US Policy Towards Asia", 2 Mar
     
  • IDSS Seminar in collaboration with AMPRO BUSINESS CLUB on “INDONESIA IN TRANSITION” by General (Rtd) Wiranto Former Commander-in-Chief, Indonesian Armed Forces, 27 Feb
     
  • Seminar by Professor Ethan Kapstein, INSEAD, France on "Fairness in International Politics", 17 Feb
     
  • Roundtable by Mr. David Malone, Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship (LKYEF) Fellow, and President of the International Peace Academy on "Decision-making in the UN Security Council in the post-Cold War era", 10 Feb
     
  • Roundtable by Mr. Rodolfo Severino, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISEAS, Singapore on "ASEAN - the Question of Leadership", 6 Feb
     
  • Seminar by LG(Retd) Agus Widjojo, Visiting Senior Fellow, IDSS on "TNI: A New Role for a New Century", 15 Jan
     
  • Roundtable by Professor Harry Harding, Dean, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, USA, and Dr.Yan Xuetong, Director, Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University on "China and Asia-Pacific Security: Problems and Prospects", 7 Jan