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.
Chinese Military Power: Much Less than Meets the Eye by Bernard F.W. Loo RSIS Commentaries No. 111 Click here to download Commentary
Debating Inter-Faith Relations: Will We Descend into another Cold War? by Tuty Raihanah Mostarom RSIS Commentaries No. 110 Click here to download Commentary
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
National Service in Singapore: Rewarding the Positive - Minded by Samuel Chan RSIS Commentaries No. 107 Click here to download Commentary
How NSmen could be Rewarded by Ho Shu Huang RSIS Commentaries No. 106 Click here to download Commentary
From UN to Unilateral Sanctions on Iran: Political Implications for China by Yoram Evron RSIS Commentaries No. 105 Click here to download Commentary
Singapore Debates America by Paul Evans RSIS Commentaries No. 104 Click here to download Commentary
August
The Youth Olympic Games: Finessing the SAF’s ‘Whole of Nation’ Expertise by Ong Weichong RSIS Commentaries No. 103 Click here to download Commentary
Arsenic Poisoning of Water in Bangladesh by Arpita Mathur RSIS Commentaries No. 102 Click here to download Commentary
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
Hosting the Commonwealth Games: Will it boost India’s Soft Power? by Ajaya Kumar Das RSIS Commentaries No. 99 Click here to download Commentary
Pakistan’s Floods: How Not to be Caught Off Guard by Irene A Kuntjoro RSIS Commentaries No. 98 Click here to download Commentary
Armed Drones in Asia by Kelvin Wong RSIS Commentaries No. 97 Click here to download Commentary
US and East Asia Summit: International Security Begins at Home by Amos Khan and S.R. Joey Long RSIS Commentaries No. 96 Click here to download Commentary
Up in Smoke: Peatland Fires in Russia and Indonesia by Sofiah Jamil RSIS Commentaries No. 95 Click here to download Commentary
Made in China: Beijing woos Southeast Asian Defence Market by Kelvin Wong and Yang Fang RSIS Commentaries No. 94 Click here to download Commentary
SAF in Cyberspace: The Image of Defence and the Internet by Samuel Chan RSIS Commentaries No. 93 Click here to download Commentary
Facing Food Shortages: Urban Food Security in an Age of Constraints by PK Hangzo RSIS Commentaries No. 92 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
The Internet: Avenue for Women Jihadi "Participation" by Tuty Raihanah Mostarom and Nur Azlin Mohamed Yasin RSIS Commentaries No. 88 Click here to download Commentary
Singapore's Citizen Army: Bridging the Civil-Military Praxis by Ong Weichong RSIS Commentaries No. 87 Click here to download Commentary
Embracing Myanmar: India’s Foreign Policy Realism by C. Raja Mohan RSIS Commentaries No. 86 Click here to download Commentary
July
Jihadism Studies in Counter Ideology:
Time for Initiation in Universities by Muhammad Haniff Hassan & Mohamed Redzuan Salleh RSIS Commentaries No. 85 Click here to download Commentary
ASEAN Regional Forum at 17: The Curse of “ad hoc-ism”? by Tan See Seng RSIS Commentaries No. 84 Click here to download Commentary
Whither e-jihad: Evaluating the Threat of Internet Radicalisation by Mohamed Abdul Saddiq RSIS Commentaries No. 83 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
Australia and Climate Change: The Changing Weather in Climate Politics
Australia and Climate Change: The Changing Weather in Climate Politics by Yang Razali Kassim RSIS Commentaries No. 81 Click here to download Commentary
South China Sea: Reconciling Chinese-US Interests by Zhang Mingliang and Yang Fang RSIS Commentaries No. 80 Click here to download Commentary
Beyond Petroleum: Limits of Risk Management by Bill Durodié RSIS Commentaries No. 79 Click here to download Commentary
Countering Internet Radicalisation: A Holistic Approach by Yeap Suyin and Jenna Park
Yeap Suyin and Jenna Park RSIS Commentaries No. 78 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
Railway Land Swap: New Light on an Old Issue by Yang Razali Kassim RSIS Commentaries No. 76 Click here to download Commentary
Self-Radicalisation and the Awlaki Connection by Kumar Ramakrishna RSIS Commentaries No. 75 Click here to download Commentary
Countering India’s Maoist Insurgency: The Need for Strategy not Operations by Akanksha Mehta RSIS Commentaries No. 74 Click here to download Commentary
Institution Versus Occupation: Path Ahead for Singapore’s Military Profession by Ho Shu Huang RSIS Commentaries No. 73 Click here to download Commentary
June
Institution Versus Occupation: Obama’s sacking of McChrystal by Ho Shu Huang RSIS Commentaries No. 72 Click here to download Commentary
The General and the President: Obama’s “Harry Truman” moment? by Emrys Chew RSIS Commentaries No. 71 Click here to download Commentary
Japan and India: Towards Nuclear and Security Cooperation by C. Raja Mohan RSIS Commentaries No. 70 Click here to download Commentary
Land Swap Deal: New Era for Singapore-Malaysia Relations by Mushahid Ali and Yang Razali Kassim RSIS Commentaries No. 69 Click here to download Commentary
NEW DIRECTIONS FOR ASEAN by Barry Desker RSIS Commentaries No. 68 Click here to download Commentary
A NEW ERA FOR SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA RELATIONS by Mushahid Ali and Yang Razali Kassim RSIS Commentaries No. 67 Click here to download Commentary
The Korean Question: An Unresolved Issue of Asia’s Cold War by Emrys Chew RSIS Commentaries No. 66 Click here to download Commentary
G20 Summit: How Asia Can Strengthen its Voice by Pradumna B. Rana RSIS Commentaries No. 65 Click here to download Commentary
G20 Summit: The Need to Regulate Short-Termism by Richard W. Carney RSIS Commentaries No. 64 Click here to download Commentary
PAS: Balancing Inclusion and Tradition by Afif bin Pasuni RSIS Commentaries No. 63 Click here to download Commentary
When Islamists Play By the Rules Yet Change the Game by Chan Wen Ling RSIS Commentaries No. 62 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
ASEAN Defence Industrial Collaboration: Possibilities and Challenges by Richard A. Bitzinger RSIS Commentaries No. 59 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
Sinking of the Cheonan: Rethinking Littoral Warfare
Sinking of the Cheonan: Rethinking Littoral Warfare by Ong Weichong RSIS Commentaries No. 57 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
Cooperative Security in the Indian Ocean Region: The IONS Way by Joshy M. Paul RSIS Commentaries No. 55 Click here to download Commentary
PULP FRICTION: Southern Environment or Western Agendas? by Bill Durodié RSIS Commentaries No. 54 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
Aquino’s Challenge: Energy Security in the Philippines by Kevin Punzalan RSIS Commentaries No. 52 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
Bay of Bengal: A New Sea of Troubles? by Sam Bateman RSIS Commentaries No. 50 Click here to download Commentary
Speculating the Future: ASEAN Defence Industrial Collaboration? by Ron Matthews and Kogila Balakrishnan RSIS Commentaries No. 49 Click here to download Commentary
Nuclear Energy in Southeast Asia: Will it Enhance Human Security? by Ryan Clarke, Nur Azha Putra, Mely Caballero-Anthony and Rajesh Basrur
Ryan Clarke, Nur Azha Putra, Mely Caballero-Anthony and Rajesh Basrur RSIS Commentaries No. 48 Click here to download Commentary
Mainstreaming CT: Lessons from Times Square by Jenna Park RSIS Commentaries No. 47 Click here to download Commentary
911 Conspiracy Theories: The Absent Perspectives
911 Conspiracy Theories: The Absent Perspectives by Muhammad Haniff Hassan & Mohamed Redzuan Salleh
Muhammad Haniff Hassan & Mohamed Redzuan Salleh
Muhammad Haniff Hassan & Mohamed Redzuan Salleh RSIS Commentaries No. 46 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
The Singapore Story: More Than a State-imposed Narrative by Ong Weichong RSIS Commentaries No. 44 Click here to download Commentary
Responsibility to Protect: How should Southeast Asia Respond? by Yang Razali Kassim & Nur Azha Putra RSIS Commentaries No. 43 Click here to download Commentary
Rule of Law or National Security? Legal Policy Shifts under Obama by Alvin Tan RSIS Commentaries No. 42 Click here to download Commentary
South China Sea: Emerging China-Taiwan Cooperation by Li Mingjiang RSIS Commentaries No. 41 Click here to download Commentary
US Nuclear Summit: Nuclear Warheads Vs Nuclear Energy by Alvin Chew RSIS Commentaries No. 40 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
LESSONS FROM THE PAST: RESPONDING TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS by Bill Durodié RSIS Commentaries No. 36 Click here to download Commentary
Our Road out of Afghanistan by Samuel Chan RSIS Commentaries No. 35 Click here to download Commentary
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
Terror in the Malacca Strait: The Risks of Overreaction by Sam Bateman RSIS Commentaries No. 31 Click here to download Commentary
THE MALACCA STRAIT: WILL IT CONTINUE TO BE SAFE? by Joshua Ho RSIS Commentaries No. 30 Click here to download Commentary
Darul Uloom Deoband: Stemming the Tide of Radical Islam in India by Taberez Ahmed Neyazi RSIS Commentaries No. 29 Click here to download Commentary
Riding Shotgun: Armed Security Guards onboard Merchant Ships by Sam Bateman RSIS Commentaries No. 28 Click here to download Commentary
Reflections on the Water’s Rim: A Third Generation Amphibious Culture? by Nicholas Floyd RSIS Commentaries No. 27 Click here to download Commentary
Three Youths and a Pastor: A Deconstruction of the Current Debate by Yeap Su Yin RSIS Commentaries No. 26 Click here to download Commentary
An Integration Grant?: Sweetening the Ethnic Integration Policy by Yolanda Chin and Norman Vasu RSIS Commentaries No. 25 Click here to download Commentary
From Aceh to Chile:Is ASEAN Prepared for Another Disaster? by Yang Razali Kassim RSIS Commentaries No. 24 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
Singapore’s New Ground for Overseas Military Training: The Case for Timor-Leste by Ong Weichong and Loro Horta RSIS Commentaries No. 22 Click here to download Commentary
India’s Pune Blast: Hinting of another 26/11? by Harinder Singh RSIS Commentaries No. 21 Click here to download Commentary
“Cyber War” in the 21st Century: The Emerging Security Challenge by Commodore (retd) Ashok Sawhney RSIS Commentaries No. 20 Click here to download Commentary
The 2010 US Quadrennial Defence Review: Implications for Southeast Asia by Joey Long RSIS Commentaries No. 19 Click here to download Commentary
The Dog That Didn’t Bark? The 2010 Quadrennial Defence Review by Richard A. Bitzinger RSIS Commentaries No. 18 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
Securing the Motherland through the Mother Tongue Policy by Yolanda Chin RSIS Commentaries No. 16 Click here to download Commentary
A SOLDIER’S EDUCATION: PREPARING FOR THE “UNFORGIVING MINUTE” by Ho Shu Huang RSIS Commentaries No. 15 Click here to download Commentary
The Underwear Bomber: A Malaysia Connection? by Clint Lorimore RSIS Commentaries No. 14 Click here to download Commentary
Copenhagen: A Missed Opportunity by Sadhavi Sharma RSIS Commentaries No. 13 Click here to download Commentary
Singapore’s Aerospace Development ‘Model’ by Ron Matthews and Nellie Zhang RSIS Commentaries No. 12 Click here to download Commentary
January
In the Name of God: Preserving the Sense of Security in Malaysia by Yang Razali Kassim RSIS Commentaries No. 11 Click here to download Commentary
Fighting Piracy: Another first for SAF by Samuel Chan RSIS Commentaries No. 10 Click here to download Commentary
The Catastrophe in Haiti: A Repeat Lesson for Us all by Paul Tapponnier and Kerry Sieh RSIS Commentaries No. 9 Click here to download Commentary
Lessons from the Haiti Earthquake: Protecting Small States by Alan Chong RSIS Commentaries No. 8 Click here to download Commentary
Religion and Identity in Malaysia by Joseph Liow and Farish A. Noor RSIS Commentaries No. 7 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
THE OTHER CURRICULUM IN PESANTREN: EXPLORING POSSIBLE TRIGGERS OF RADICALISM by Sharifah Thuraiya S A Alhabshi RSIS Commentaries No. 5 Click here to download Commentary
SOMALIA ONE YEAR ON : Making the Anti-Piracy Drive More Effective by Commodore (retd) Ashok Sawhney RSIS Commentaries No. 4 Click here to download Commentary
Asian Threat Forecast 2010 by Rohan Gunaratna RSIS Commentaries No. 3 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
