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  The Korean Crisis: Going Beyond the Cheonan Incident
by Chung Chong Wook
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by Richard A. Bitzinger
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by Bhubhindar Singh
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by Bill Durodié
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by Samuel Chan
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by Gloria Spittel
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by Sumit Ganguly and Harinder Singh
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RSIS Commentary No. 32
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by Sam Bateman
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by Joshua Ho
RSIS Commentary No. 30
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  Darul Uloom Deoband:Stemming the Tide of Radical Islam in India
by Taberez Ahmed Neyazi
RSIS Commentary No. 29
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  Riding Shotgun:Armed Security Guards onboard Merchant Ships
by Sam Bateman
RSIS Commentary No. 28
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by Nicholas Floyd
RSIS Commentary No. 27
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by Yeap Su Yin
RSIS Commentary No. 26
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  An Integration Grant?: Sweetening the Ethnic Integration Policy
by Yolanda Chin and Norman Vasu
RSIS Commentary No. 25
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  From Aceh to Chile: Is ASEAN Prepared for Another Disaster?
by Yang Razali Kassim
RSIS Commentary No. 24
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  ‘Islamophobia’ or ‘Europhobia’?: Deconstructing the Contemporary Debates
by Tuty Raihanah Mostarom and Eric Frécon
RSIS Commentary No. 23
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  Singapore’s New Ground for Overseas Military Training: The Case for Timor-Leste
by Ong Weichong and Loro Horta
RSIS Commentary No. 22
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  India’s Pune Blast: Hinting of another 26/11?
by Harinder Singh
RSIS Commentary No. 21
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  “Cyber War” in the 21st Century: The Emerging Security Challenge
by Commodore (retd) Ashok Sawhney
RSIS Commentary No. 20
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  The 2010 US Quadrennial Defence Review: Implications for Southeast Asia
by Joey Long
RSIS Commentary No. 19
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  The Dog That Didn’t Bark? The 2010 Quadrennial Defence Review
by Richard A. Bitzinger
RSIS Commentary No. 18
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  UAE Nuclear Agreement: A Model for Southeast Asia?
by Alvin Chew
RSIS Commentary No. 17
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  Securing the Motherland through the Mother Tongue Policy
by Yolanda Chin
RSIS Commentary No. 16
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  A SOLDIER’S EDUCATION: PREPARING FOR THE “UNFORGIVING MINUTE”
by Ho Shu Huang
RSIS Commentary No. 15
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by Clint Lorimore
RSIS Commentary No. 14
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by Sadhavi Sharma
RSIS Commentary No. 13
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  Singapore's Aerospace Development 'Model'
by Ron Matthews and Nellie Zhang
RSIS Commentary No. 12
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  January
  In the Name of God: Preserving the Sense of Security in Malaysia
by Yang Razali Kassim
RSIS Commentary No. 11
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  Fighting Piracy: Another first for SAF
by Samuel Chan
RSIS Commentary No. 10
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  The Catastrophe in Haiti: A Repeat Lesson for Us all
by Paul Tapponnier and Kerry Sieh
RSIS Commentary No. 9
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  Lessons from the Haiti Earthquake: Protecting Small States
by Alan Chong
RSIS Commentary No. 8
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  Religion and Identity in Malaysia
by Joseph Liow and Farish A. Noor
RSIS Commentary No. 7
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  Singapore’s Defence Spending: A Long-term Approach
by Ong Weichong
RSIS Commentary No. 6
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  The Other Curriculum In Pesantren:Exploring Possible Triggers Of Radicalism
by Sharifah Thuraiya S A Alhabshi
RSIS Commentary No. 5
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  SOMALIA ONE YEAR ON : Making the Anti-Piracy Drive More Effective
by Commodore (retd) Ashok Sawhney
RSIS Commentary No. 4
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  Asian Threat Forecast 2010
by Rohan Gunaratna
RSIS Commentary No. 3
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  Beyond the Sea: Fighting Piracy in Southeast Asia
by Eric Frécon
RSIS Commentary No. 2
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by Eric Frécon
RSIS Commentary No. 1
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