Mr Lawrence Anderson is Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He joined RSIS in November 2021 after a 37-year career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). His areas of interest include regional security in the Asia-Pacific, ASEAN, Sino-US strategic competition, and conflicts including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Palestinian war. He was formerly Singapore’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Cambodia. He is a Senior Fellow at the MFA Diplomatic Academy. He is also Singapore’s Representative to the Advisory Board of the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (ASEAN-IPR). He is editor of the book “Beyond the Handshake: The Singapore Foreign Service”, a collection of essays by former Ambassadors and senior officials who served in the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has also contributed commentaries and articles to books and publications in both Singapore and abroad.

Commentaries

• Israel and Hamas at War: What Price Peace?

  20 November, 2023

• US-China Strategic Competition and ASEAN’s Regional Challenges

  12 December, 2022

• Region at a Crossroads: ASEAN Centrality Needs Traction

  28 June, 2022

• ASEAN Centrality: A Bridge Too Far?

  06 May, 2022

Edited Books / Special Issues

• Beyond the Handshake: Singapore’s Foreign Service. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2022

Op-Eds

• “Prospects for a Lasting Peace Remain Dim”, Council for Councils, 21 February 2024