Information Sessions

Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 1200-1330: Graduate Programmes Information Session + Masterclass

Join us to find out more about our programmes, meet the admission team and experience RSIS teaching through a masterclass titled “Can wars still be won?” by Dr Bernard Loo, Coordinator of the MSc (Strategic Studies) at RSIS.

Register here by 18 September 2020. Registered participants will receive Zoom details one day before the event.

Masterclass Details: Can Wars Still Be Won?

In the aftermath of September 11, the United States and its partners initiated a war in Afghanistan. Very quickly, a series of battle victories ensued—Mazar-i-Sharif, Kabul and Kandahar were all captured from the Taliban within the month of combat operations. Yet, in August 2021, the Taliban would return to power in Afghanistan. Is this episode unique? Or is there a pattern in military history where wars are lost by the side that wins the major battles? What does Afghanistan tell us about how we think about war and strategy? Are wars winnable?

Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 1200-1330: Graduate Programmes Information Session + Masterclass

Join us to find out more about our programmes, meet the admission team and experience RSIS teaching through a masterclass on “Weaponized interdependence: how global network power shapes economic coercion behaviour”  by Asst Prof Gong Xue.

Register here between by 10 October 2021. Registered participants will receive Zoom details one day before the event.

Masterclass Details: Weaponized interdependence: how global network power shapes economic coercion behaviour

We are entering what appears to be a geoeconomics-driven world order, featured by restructuring global supply chain networks and rising great power rivalry between the United States and China. How the network shapes economic coercion behaviors? And what does it mean for global production, trade and communication?

Wednesday, 8 November 2021, 1200-1330: Graduate Programmes Information Session + Masterclass

Join us to find out more about our programmes, meet the admission team and experience RSIS teaching through a masterclass on “China under Xi Jinping: trends in Chinese political economy and foreign policy”  by Assoc Prof Li Mingjiang.

Register here between by 7 November 2021. Registered participants will receive Zoom details one day before the event.

Masterclass Details: China under Xi Jinping: trends in Chinese political economy and foreign policy

China has been under Xi Jinping’s rule for nearly a decade now. How has Xi transformed China politically and economically? How do we understand China’s foreign relations from the perspectives of its domestic political economy? In response to these questions, this presentation argues that the growth of political authoritarianism in the country has brought significant challenges for China’s socio-economic development and its foreign policy.

Please email us at [email protected] with any queries you may have regarding our graduate programmes and application procedures.