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.
“Irrelevant” UN, “Irreverent” US: Whither Institutionalism After Iraq? by Tan See Seng RSIS Commentaries No. 42 Click here to download Commentary
ASEAN-Japan Summit 2003: Towards an East Asian Community by Hiro Katsumata RSIS Commentaries No. 41 Click here to download Commentary
November
Towards an Asian Security Community by Mushahid Ali RSIS Commentaries No. 40 Click here to download Commentary
Singapore’s Balancing Diplomacy: Defence Cooperation With USA, India by Mushahid Ali RSIS Commentaries No. 39 Click here to download Commentary
APEC Summit: Regionalizing the War on Terror by Arabinda Acharya RSIS Commentaries No. 38 Click here to download Commentary
October
ASEAN-India Strategic Engagement: Singapore-India Synergy by Mushahid Ali and Manjeet S. Pardesi RSIS Commentaries No. 37 Click here to download Commentary
Towards an ASEAN Security Community at Bali by Leonard C. Sebastian and Chong Ja Ian RSIS Commentaries No. 36 Click here to download Commentary
September
THE NORTH KOREAN PARADOX: Regime change anyone? by Hiro Katsumata RSIS Commentaries No. 35 Click here to download Commentary
THE 49TH PAS CONGRESS: Politics behind the rhetoric by Joseph Liow RSIS Commentaries No. 34 Click here to download Commentary
August
Rising Defence Spending and the Defence-Growth Nexus by Adrian Kuah RSIS Commentaries No. 33 Click here to download Commentary
Indonesia After The Marriott Bombing by Irman G Lanti RSIS Commentaries No. 32 Click here to download Commentary
Japan Raises Security Profile in Global War on Terror by Hiro Katsumata RSIS Commentaries No. 31 Click here to download Commentary
July
Australia’s Approach to ‘Homeland Security’ by Malcolm Brailey RSIS Commentaries No. 30 Click here to download Commentary
UK’s Strategy To Combat Terrorism by Jeffrey Chen RSIS Commentaries No. 29 Click here to download Commentary
Homeland Security Strategies: The United States Approach by Bernard Loo RSIS Commentaries No. 28 Click here to download Commentary
Washington’s Disquiet: A Perspective on Current U.S.-Taiwan Relations by Chong Ja Ian RSIS Commentaries No. 27 Click here to download Commentary
Maritime Security Cooperation The ARF Way by Mushahid Ali RSIS Commentaries No. 26 Click here to download Commentary
The Acehnese Conflict: Transnational Linkages, Responses and Implications by Andrew Tan RSIS Commentaries No. 25 Click here to download Commentary
June
Security Challenges in the South Pacific and Australian Pre-emption Policy by Tan See Seng RSIS Commentaries No. 24 Click here to download Commentary
ASEAN as a Bridge between East and West by Hiro Katsumata RSIS Commentaries No. 23 Click here to download Commentary
What’s Behind Malaysia’s Defence Build-Up? by Andrew Tan RSIS Commentaries No. 22 Click here to download Commentary
Chinese Views of the US War in Iraq: Warfighting Lessons by Nan Li RSIS Commentaries No. 21 Click here to download Commentary
May
Chinese Views of the US War in Iraq: Unipolarity vs. Unipolarity – Multipolarity by Nan Li RSIS Commentaries No. 20 Click here to download Commentary
Winning the War in Iraq: How the coalition did it by David J. Betz RSIS Commentaries No. 19 Click here to download Commentary
Gulf War II: Lessons and Implications For Singapore by Bernard Loo RSIS Commentaries No. 18 Click here to download Commentary
Training in Terror by Arabinda Acharya RSIS Commentaries No. 17 Click here to download Commentary
April
War in Iraq: Implications for Sovereignty by Adrian Kuah RSIS Commentaries No. 16 Click here to download Commentary
Malaysia’s Opposition to the Iraq War: A Matter of Principle or Expediency? by Joseph Liow RSIS Commentaries No. 15 Click here to download Commentary
SARS: A Security Priority by Mely Anthony RSIS Commentaries No. 14 Click here to download Commentary
The JI Spectre Is Still Here by Yeo Weimeng RSIS Commentaries No. 13 Click here to download Commentary
March
The War Against Iraq: On Legality and Legitimacy by Evelyn Goh RSIS Commentaries No. 12 Click here to download Commentary
THE WAR IN IRAQ: Morality or the National Interest? by Amitav Acharya RSIS Commentaries No. 11 Click here to download Commentary
The Euro Factor in Iraq War? by J. Soedradjad Djiwandono RSIS Commentaries No. 10 Click here to download Commentary
Tension on Korean Peninsula: Japan Most Threatened by Bhubhindar Singh RSIS Commentaries No. 9 Click here to download Commentary
The Implications of the Us-Iraq War by Mark Hong RSIS Commentaries No. 8 Click here to download Commentary
Deconstructing Jihad by Patricia Martinez RSIS Commentaries No. 7 Click here to download Commentary
Crisis of Chinese Politics in Malaysia’s Ruling by Joseph Liow RSIS Commentaries No. 6 Click here to download Commentary
Nato In Crisis – A Public Good Failure by Adrian Kuah RSIS Commentaries No. 5 Click here to download Commentary
January
Is AFTA still relevant? by Helen Nesadurai RSIS Commentaries No. 4 Click here to download Commentary
Al-Qaeda’s Trajectory In 2003 by Rohan Gunaratna RSIS Commentaries No. 3 Click here to download Commentary
Defence Spending Increase In A Recession: Is It Justified? by Andrew Tan RSIS Commentaries No. 2 Click here to download Commentary
Singapore and ASEAN: Reconciling National and Regional Security Interests by K. Kesavapany RSIS Commentaries No. 1 Click here to download Commentary
