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	2010 September
	National Service in Singapore: Rewarding the Positive - Minded by Samuel Chan RSIS Commentary No. 107 Click here to download Commentary
	How NSmen could be Rewarded by Ho Shu Huang RSIS Commentary No. 106 Click here to download Commentary
	From UN to Unilateral Sanctions on Iran: Political Implications for China by Yoram Evron RSIS Commentary No. 105 Click here to download Commentary
	August
	Singapore Debates America by Paul Evans RSIS Commentary No. 104 Click here to download Commentary
	The Youth Olympic Games: Finessing the SAF’s ‘Whole of Nation’ Expertise by Ong Weichong RSIS Commentary No. 103 Click here to download Commentary
	Arsenic Poisoning of Water in Bangladesh by Arpita Mathur RSIS Commentary No. 102 Click here to download Commentary
	Indonesia’s National Defence Forces: Recent Strategic Changes and Implications by Evan A. Laksmana RSIS Commentary No. 101 Click here to download Commentary
	MCA’s New President: From Disgrace to Community Hero? by Choong Pui Yee RSIS Commentary No. 100 Click here to download Commentary
	Hosting the Commonwealth Games: Will it boost India’s Soft Power? by Ajaya Kumar Das RSIS Commentary No. 99 Click here to download Commentary
	Pakistan’s Floods: How Not to be Caught Off Guard by Irene A Kuntjoro RSIS Commentary No. 98 Click here to download Commentary
	Armed Drones in Asia by Kelvin Wong RSIS Commentary 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 Commentary No. 96 Click here to download Commentary
	Up in Smoke: Peatland Fires in Russia and Indonesia by Sofiah Jamil RSIS Commentary No. 95 Click here to download Commentary
	Made in China: Beijing woos Southeast Asian Defence Market by Kelvin Wong and Yang Fang RSIS Commentary No. 94 Click here to download Commentary
	SAF in Cyberspace: The Image of Defence and the Internet by Samuel Chan RSIS Commentary No. 93 Click here to download Commentary
	Facing Food Shortages: Urban Food Security in an Age of Constraints by PK Hangzo RSIS Commentary No. 92 Click here to download Commentary
	The South China Sea: When the Elephants Dance by Sam Bateman RSIS Commentary No. 91 Click here to download Commentary
	South China Sea: Worsening Dispute or Growing Clarity in Claims? by Robert Beckman RSIS Commentary No. 90 Click here to download Commentary
	Malaysia’s Ulama in Contention: Case of Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin by Raja Segaran A. RSIS Commentary No. 89 Click here to download Commentary
	The Internet: Avenue for Women Jihadi "Participation" by Tuty Raihanah Mostarom and Nur Azlin Mohamed Yasin RSIS Commentary No. 88 Click here to download Commentary
	Singapore's Citizen Army: Bridging the Civil-Military Praxis by Ong Weichong RSIS Commentary No. 87 Click here to download Commentary
	July
	Embracing Myanmar: India’s Foreign Policy Realism by C. Raja Mohan RSIS Commentary No. 86 Click here to download Commentary
	Jihadism Studies in Counter Ideology: Time for Initiation in Universities by Muhammad Haniff Hassan & Mohamed Redzuan Salleh RSIS Commentary No. 85 Click here to download Commentary
	ASEAN Regional Forum at 17: The Curse of “ad hoc-ism”? by Tan See Seng RSIS Commentary No. 84 Click here to download Commentary
	Whither e-jihad: Evaluating the Threat of Internet Radicalisation by Mohamed Abdul Saddiq RSIS Commentary No. 83 Click here to download Commentary
	Chink in the Armour: Tightening Jakarta’s Counter Terrorist Financing Regime by Arabinda Acharya and Fatima Astuti RSIS Commentary No. 82 Click here to download Commentary
	Australia and Climate Change: The Changing Weather in Climate Politics by Yang Razali Kassim RSIS Commentary No. 81 Click here to download Commentary
	South China Sea: Reconciling Chinese-US Interests by Zhang Mingliang and Yang Fang RSIS Commentary No. 80 Click here to download Commentary
	Beyond Petroleum: Limits of Risk Management by Bill Durodié RSIS Commentary No. 79 Click here to download Commentary
	Countering Internet Radicalisation: A Holistic Approach by Yeap Suyin and Jenna Park RSIS Commentary No. 78 Click here to download Commentary
	Japan-China Spat Over Nuclear Arsenal: Is Tokyo Hardening its Security Policy? by Joshy M. Paul RSIS Commentary No. 77 Click here to download Commentary
	Railway Land Swap: New Light on an Old Issue by Yang Razali Kassim RSIS Commentary No. 76 Click here to download Commentary
	Self-Radicalisation and the Awlaki Connection by Kumar Ramakrishna RSIS Commentary No. 75 Click here to download Commentary
	Countering India's Maoist Insurgency: The Need for Strategy not Operations by Akanksha Mehta RSIS Commentary No. 74 Click here to download Commentary
	June
	Institution Versus Occupation: Path Ahead for Singapore’s Military Profession by Ho Shu Huang RSIS Commentary No. 73 Click here to download Commentary
	Institution Versus Occupation: Obama's sacking of McChrystal by Ho Shu Huang RSIS Commentary No. 72 Click here to download Commentary
	The General and the President: Obama's "Harry Truman" moment? by Emrys Chew RSIS Commentary No. 71 Click here to download Commentary
	Japan and India: Towards Nuclear and Security Cooperation by C. Raja Mohan RSIS Commentary No. 70 Click here to download Commentary
	Land Swap Deal: New Era for Singapore-Malaysia Relations by Mushahid Ali and Yang Razali Kassim RSIS Commentary No. 69 Click here to download Commentary
	NEW DIRECTIONS FOR ASEAN by Barry Desker RSIS Commentary No. 68 Click here to download Commentary
	A NEW ERA FOR SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA RELATIONS by Mushahid Ali and Yang Razali Kassim RSIS Commentary No. 67 Click here to download Commentary
	The Korean Question: An Unresolved Issue of Asia’s Cold War by Emrys Chew RSIS Commentary No. 66 Click here to download Commentary
	G20 Summit: How Asia Can Strengthen its Voice by Pradumna B. Rana RSIS Commentary No. 65 Click here to download Commentary
	G20 Summit: The Need to Regulate Short-Termism by Richard W. Carney RSIS Commentary No. 64 Click here to download Commentary
	PAS: Balancing Inclusion and Tradition by Afif bin Pasuni RSIS Commentary No. 63 Click here to download Commentary
	When Islamists Play By the Rules Yet Change the Game by Chan Wen Ling RSIS Commentary No. 62 Click here to download Commentary
	Fall of Hatoyama: What Went Wrong? by Joshy M. Paul RSIS Commentary No. 61 Click here to download Commentary
	Malaysian Reactions to the Railway Land Deal by Raja Segaran A and Afif Bin Pasuni RSIS Commentary No. 60 Click here to download Commentary
	ASEAN Defence Industrial Collaboration: Possibilities and Challenges by Richard A. Bitzinger RSIS Commentary No. 59 Click here to download Commentary
	The Korean Crisis: Going Beyond the Cheonan Incident by Chung Chong Wook RSIS Commentary No. 58 Click here to download Commentary
	May
	The Korean Crisis: Going Beyond the Cheonan Incident by Chung Chong Wook RSIS Commentary No. 58 Click here to download Commentary
	Sinking of the Cheonan: Rethinking Littoral Warfare by Ong Weichong RSIS Commentary No. 57 Click here to download Commentary
	Japan’s Defence Industry on the Brink by Richard A. Bitzinger RSIS Commentary No. 56 Click here to download Commentary
	Cooperative Security in the Indian Ocean Region: The IONS Way by Joshy M. Paul RSIS Commentary No. 55 Click here to download Commentary
	PULP FRICTION: Southern Environment or Western Agendas? by Bill Durodié RSIS Commentary No. 53 Click here to download Commentary
	Class War or Class Welfare? The Red Shirt Siege in Bangkok by Antonio L Rappa RSIS Commentary No. 53 Click here to download Commentary
	Aquino’s Challenge: Energy Security in the Philippines by Kevin Punzalan RSIS Commentary No. 52 Click here to download Commentary
	Saga of the Choenan Incident: Sinking of the Six Party Talks? by Dongmin Lee RSIS Commentary No. 51 Click here to download Commentary
	Bay of Bengal: A New Sea of Troubles? by Sam Bateman RSIS Commentary No. 50 Click here to download Commentary
	Speculating the Future: ASEAN Defence Industrial Collaboration? by Ron Matthews and Kogila Balakrishnan RSIS Commentary 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 RSIS Commentary No. 48 Click here to download Commentary
	Mainstreaming CT: Lessons from Times Square by Jenna Park RSIS Commentary No. 47 Click here to download Commentary
	911 Conspiracy Theories: The Absent Perspectives by Muhammad Haniff Hassan and Mohamed Redzuan Salleh RSIS Commentary No. 46 Click here to download Commentary
	April
	Bracing For Impact:Fifth-Generation Jet Fighter Programmes in Asia by Curie Maharani and Koh Swee Lean Collin RSIS Commentary No. 45 Click here to download Commentary
	The Singapore Story: More Than a State-imposed Narrative by Ong Weichong RSIS Commentary No. 44 Click here to download Commentary
	Responsibility to Protect: How should Southeast Asia Respond? by Yang Razali Kassim & Nur Azha Putra RSIS Commentary No. 43 Click here to download Commentary
	Rule of Law or National Security? Legal Policy Shifts under Obama by Alvin Tan RSIS Commentary No. 42 Click here to download Commentary
	South China Sea: Emerging China - Taiwan Cooperation by Li Mingjiang RSIS Commentary No. 41 Click here to download Commentary
	US Nuclear Summit: Nuclear Warheads Vs Nuclear Energy by Alvin Chew RSIS Commentary No. 40 Click here to download Commentary
	Indonesia, the United States and Australia: New Age, New Issues by Yang Razali Kassim RSIS Commentary No. 39 Click here to download Commentary
	CHINA: Leading the Rebirth of Asia's Commercial Aircraft Industry? by Richard A. Bitzinger RSIS Commentary No. 38 Click here to download Commentary
	Is Japan Tilting towards China? by Bhubhindar Singh RSIS Commentary No. 37 Click here to download Commentary
	March
	LESSONS FROM THE PAST:RESPONDING TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS by Bill Durodié RSIS Commentary No. 36 Click here to download Commentary
	Our Road out of Afghanistan by Samuel Chan RSIS Commentary No. 35 Click here to download Commentary
	Sri Lanka's Search for Peace:Round Two, Politics by Gloria Spittel RSIS Commentary No. 34 Click here to download Commentary
	Reintegration versus Reconciliation in Afghanistan by Sumit Ganguly and Harinder Singh RSIS Commentary No. 33 Click here to download Commentary
	Thai Balance of Power: Pi Ta Khon, Spirit Houses, and Political Nerve by Antonio L. Rappa RSIS Commentary No. 32 Click here to download Commentary
	Terror in the Malacca Strait:The Risks of Overreaction by Sam Bateman RSIS Commentary No. 31 Click here to download Commentary
	THE MALACCA STRAIT:WILL IT CONTINUE TO BE SAFE? by Joshua Ho RSIS Commentary No. 30 Click here to download Commentary
	Darul Uloom Deoband:Stemming the Tide of Radical Islam in India by Taberez Ahmed Neyazi RSIS Commentary No. 29 Click here to download Commentary
	Riding Shotgun:Armed Security Guards onboard Merchant Ships by Sam Bateman RSIS Commentary No. 28 Click here to download Commentary
	Reflections on the Water's Rim:A Third Generation Amphibious Culture? by Nicholas Floyd RSIS Commentary No. 27 Click here to download Commentary
	Three Youths and a Pastor:A Deconstruction of the Current Debate by Yeap Su Yin RSIS Commentary No. 26 Click here to download Commentary
	An Integration Grant?: Sweetening the Ethnic Integration Policy by Yolanda Chin and Norman Vasu RSIS Commentary No. 25 Click here to download Commentary
	February
	From Aceh to Chile: Is ASEAN Prepared for Another Disaster? by Yang Razali Kassim RSIS Commentary No. 24 Click here to download Commentary
	‘Islamophobia’ or ‘Europhobia’?: Deconstructing the Contemporary Debates by Tuty Raihanah Mostarom and Eric Frécon RSIS Commentary 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 Commentary No. 22 Click here to download Commentary
	India’s Pune Blast: Hinting of another 26/11? by Harinder Singh RSIS Commentary No. 21 Click here to download Commentary
	“Cyber War” in the 21st Century: The Emerging Security Challenge by Commodore (retd) Ashok Sawhney RSIS Commentary No. 20 Click here to download Commentary
	The 2010 US Quadrennial Defence Review: Implications for Southeast Asia by Joey Long RSIS Commentary No. 19 Click here to download Commentary
	The Dog That Didn’t Bark? The 2010 Quadrennial Defence Review by Richard A. Bitzinger RSIS Commentary No. 18 Click here to download Commentary
	UAE Nuclear Agreement: A Model for Southeast Asia? by Alvin Chew RSIS Commentary No. 17 Click here to download Commentary
	Securing the Motherland through the Mother Tongue Policy by Yolanda Chin RSIS Commentary No. 16 Click here to download Commentary
	A SOLDIER’S EDUCATION: PREPARING FOR THE “UNFORGIVING MINUTE” by Ho Shu Huang RSIS Commentary No. 15 Click here to download Commentary
	The Underwear Bomber: A Malaysia Connection? by Clint Lorimore RSIS Commentary No. 14 Click here to download Commentary
	Copenhagen: A Missed Opportunity by Sadhavi Sharma RSIS Commentary No. 13 Click here to download Commentary
	Singapore's Aerospace Development 'Model' by Ron Matthews and Nellie Zhang RSIS Commentary 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 Commentary No. 11 Click here to download Commentary
	Fighting Piracy: Another first for SAF by Samuel Chan RSIS Commentary No. 10 Click here to download Commentary
	The Catastrophe in Haiti: A Repeat Lesson for Us all by Paul Tapponnier and Kerry Sieh RSIS Commentary No. 9 Click here to download Commentary
	Lessons from the Haiti Earthquake: Protecting Small States by Alan Chong RSIS Commentary No. 8 Click here to download Commentary
	Religion and Identity in Malaysia by Joseph Liow and Farish A. Noor RSIS Commentary No. 7 Click here to download Commentary
	Singapore’s Defence Spending: A Long-term Approach by Ong Weichong RSIS Commentary No. 6 Click here to download Commentary
	The Other Curriculum In Pesantren:Exploring Possible Triggers Of Radicalism by Sharifah Thuraiya S A Alhabshi RSIS Commentary No. 5 Click here to download Commentary
	SOMALIA ONE YEAR ON : Making the Anti-Piracy Drive More Effective by Commodore (retd) Ashok Sawhney RSIS Commentary No. 4 Click here to download Commentary
	Asian Threat Forecast 2010 by Rohan Gunaratna RSIS Commentary No. 3 Click here to download Commentary
	Beyond the Sea: Fighting Piracy in Southeast Asia by Eric Frécon RSIS Commentary No. 2 Click here to download Commentary
	Environmental Issues: Challenges or Opportunities for Indonesia? by Eric Frécon RSIS Commentary No. 1 Click here to download Commentary

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