RSIS Commentaries
by
Country and Area Studies Year 2010
RSIS Commentaries are published by the
School to provide timely and, where appropriate,
policy relevant background and analysis of
contemporary developments. Listed here are
the commentaries published since the recent
inauguration of the series in October 2001.
Manila Hostage Tragedy: A Lesson in Crisis Management by Ava Patricia C. Avila & Jet Olfato RSIS Commentaries No. 109 Click here to download Commentary
Pakistan’s Flood Disaster: An Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis by Sania Nishtar RSIS Commentaries No. 108 Click here to download Commentary
August
Indonesia’s National Defence Forces: Recent Strategic Changes and Implications by Evan A. Laksmana RSIS Commentaries No. 101 Click here to download Commentary
MCA’s New President: From Disgrace to Community Hero? by Choong Pui Yee RSIS Commentaries No. 100 Click here to download Commentary
The South China Sea: When the Elephants Dance by Sam Bateman RSIS Commentaries No. 91 Click here to download Commentary
South China Sea: Worsening Dispute or Growing Clarity in Claims? by Robert Beckman RSIS Commentaries No. 90 Click here to download Commentary
Malaysia’s Ulama in Contention: Case of Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin by Raja Segaran A. RSIS Commentaries No. 89 Click here to download Commentary
July
ASEAN Regional Forum at 17: The Curse of “ad hoc-ism”? by Tan See Seng RSIS Commentaries No. 84 Click here to download Commentary
Chink in the Armour: Tightening Jakarta’s Counter Terrorist Financing by Arabinda Acharya and Fatima Astuti RSIS Commentaries No. 82 Click here to download Commentary
Japan-China Spat Over Nuclear Arsenal: Is Tokyo Hardening its Security Policy? by Joshy M. Paul RSIS Commentaries No. 77 Click here to download Commentary
June
Japan and India: Towards Nuclear and Security Cooperation by C. Raja Mohan RSIS Commentaries No. 70 Click here to download Commentary
Fall of Hatoyama: What Went Wrong? by Joshy M. Paul RSIS Commentaries No. 61 Click here to download Commentary
May
Malaysian Reactions to the Railway Land Deal by Raja Segaran A and Afif Bin Pasuni RSIS Commentaries No. 60 Click here to download Commentary
The Korean Crisis: Going Beyond the Cheonan Incident by Chung Chong Wook RSIS Commentaries No. 58 Click here to download Commentary
Japan’s Defence Industry on the Brink by Richard A. Bitzinger RSIS Commentaries No. 56 Click here to download Commentary
Class War or Class Welfare? The Red Shirt Siege in Bangkok
Class War or Class Welfare? The Red Shirt Siege in Bangkok by Antonio L Rappa RSIS Commentaries No. 53 Click here to download Commentary
Saga of the Choenan Incident: Sinking of the Six Party Talks? by Dongmin Lee RSIS Commentaries No. 51 Click here to download Commentary
Bracing For Impact: Fifth-Generation Jet Fighter Programmes in Asia by Curie Maharani and Koh Swee Lean Collin RSIS Commentaries No. 45 Click here to download Commentary
April
Responsibility to Protect: How should Southeast Asia Respond? by Yang Razali Kassim & Nur Azha Putra RSIS Commentaries No. 43 Click here to download Commentary
Indonesia, the United States and Australia: New Age, New Issues by Yang Razali Kassim RSIS Commentaries No. 39 Click here to download Commentary
CHINA: Leading the Rebirth of Asia's Commercial Aircraft Industry? by Richard A. Bitzinger RSIS Commentaries No. 38 Click here to download Commentary
Is Japan Tilting towards China?
Is Japan Tilting towards China?
Is Japan Tilting towards China? by Bhubhindar Singh RSIS Commentaries No. 37 Click here to download Commentary
March
Sri Lanka's Search for Peace:Round Two, Politics by Gloria Spittel RSIS Commentaries No. 34 Click here to download Commentary
Reintegration versus Reconciliation in Afghanistan by Sumit Ganguly and Harinder Singh RSIS Commentaries No. 33 Click here to download Commentary
Thai Balance of Power: Pi Ta Khon, Spirit Houses, and Political Nerve by Antonio L Rappa RSIS Commentaries No. 32 Click here to download Commentary
February
‘Islamophobia’ or ‘Europhobia’?: Deconstructing the Contemporary Debates by Tuty Raihanah Mostarom and Eric Frécon RSIS Commentaries No. 23 Click here to download Commentary
UAE Nuclear Agreement: A Model for Southeast Asia? by Alvin Chew RSIS Commentaries No. 17 Click here to download Commentary
January
Lessons from the Haiti Earthquake: Protecting Small States by Alan Chong RSIS Commentaries No. 8 Click here to download Commentary
Singapore’s Defence Spending: A Long-term Approach by Ong Weichong RSIS Commentaries No. 6 Click here to download Commentary
Beyond the Sea: Fighting Piracy in Southeast Asia by Eric Frécon RSIS Commentaries No. 2 Click here to download Commentary
Environmental Issues: Challenges or Opportunities for Indonesia? by Eric Frécon RSIS Commentaries No. 1 Click here to download Commentary
