Think Tank (1/2024)
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The Regional Maritime Security Outlook 2024
25 Jan 2024
Experts gathered at the annual Regional Maritime Security Outlook held from 25 to 26 January. They analysed contemporary maritime affairs and discussed emerging issues that affect both the region and the global community. More than 90 participants from around the world attended the Regional Maritime Security Outlook 2024, which offered a platform for critical evaluation and a vibrant disc ...
RECENT BOOKS BY STAFF
Strategic Currents: China and US Competition for Influence
Bernard Loo Fook Weng, James Char
The advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution amidst the increasingly intensified global competition between the United States and China promises to be a major inflection point in human history. The authors assembled in this volume provide a sober assessment of this techno-nationalist contest and their implications for the rest of the world.
Indonesia’s 2024 General Elections: Dynamics in Sumatra and West, Central, and East Java
07 Feb 2024
The Indonesia Programme conducted a webinar titled “Indonesia’s 2024 General Elections: Dynamics in Sumatra, West Java, Central Java, and East Java” on 7 February 2024. The webinar provided the latest information on the electoral dynamics of key electoral battlegrounds in Sumatra as well as th ...
Indonesia’s 2024 Presidential and Legislative Elections: Election Update
17 Jan 2024
The latest political developments in Indonesia as well as expert assessments on how the elections could play out was the focus of a webinar held on 17 January 2024.
The webinar commenced with insights from Dr Djayadi Hanan, Head of the Ph.D. Programme in Political Science at the Departm ...
The 2024 Indonesian General Election – How Would Indonesia Vote?
18 Jan 2024
Dr Irman Lanti, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Padjajaran University; and a Visiting Senior Fellow with the Indonesia Programme, RSIS; led a seminar on 18 January 2024 that asked the question: “How would Indonesia vote next month?” After reviewing the timeline of th ...
Competing Visions for the Indo-Pacific and the World
02 Feb 2024
The S. T. Lee Distinguished Annual Lecture held on 2 Feb 2024 featured Lieutenant General (Ret) H. R. McMaster, who spoke on “Competing Visions for the Indo-Pacific and the World.” In his Lecture, he covered how Russia’s war on Ukraine, as well as the support Russia has received from other s ...
Salafism in India and its Approach to Democracy, Secularism and Violence
21 Feb 2024
In a seminar conducted on 21 February 2024 and titled “Salafism in India and its Approach to Democracy, Secularism and Violence”, Mr Mohammed Sinan Siyech, Doctoral Candidate at the Middle East Studies Department of the University of Edinburgh, delineated the various approaches of Salafist mov ...
Rivalry and International Cooperation in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
16 Feb 2024
An ever-present zeitgeist of international relations, US-China geostrategic competition was the central focus of a recent conference titled “Rivalry and International Cooperation in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution”. It was jointly conducted on 16 February 2024, by RSIS and King’s C ...
The Art of Conjuring Alternate Realities – Disinformation via AI
07 Feb 2024
The Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) brought experts together to speak on “The Art of Conjuring Alternate Realities – Disinformation via Artificial Intelligence”. The webinar held on 7 February 2024 explored disinformation and its mitigation in the context of Artificial Intell ...
Hedging by Multiple Means? Middlepowership and the Bilateral-Multilateral Nexus in Indo-Pacific
05 Feb 2024
The Centre for Multilateralism Studies (CMS) hosted Dr Cheng-Chwee Kuik, Professor of International Relations and Head of Centre for Asian Studies, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, National University of Malaysia; on 5 February, when he spoke on “Hedging by Multiple Means? Mid ...
Planetary Health Proposal Development Meeting and Workshop
02 Feb 2024
The Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies (NTS Centre) held the Planetary Health proposal development meeting and workshop on 2 February 2024. Following a series of meetings within the last two years, this workshop also served to finalise the grant proposal which aims to investigate how ...
The Return of Autarkic Thought
29 Jan 2024
With recent renewed interest in protectionist economic policies, how could autarkic thought be attractive to political leaders around the world? Could multilateral free trade ebb the tide of contemporary autarkic thinking? That was the focus of a seminar held on 29 January 2024. The seminar fe ...
Marcos Jr’s Administration's Key Security Policies
22 Jan 2024
RSIS hosted Dr Rommel Banlaoi, former President of the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies (PACS) [2018 to 2022], for a seminar on 22 January 2024 focusing on the security strategies of the Marcos Jr. administration. Dr Banlaoi spoke on the administration’s main focuses: tackling ...
Launch of CSIS Report on "Deep Blue Scars: Environmental Threats to the South China Sea"
12 Jan 2024
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) partnered with RSIS to launch its latest report on the South China Sea in Singapore. Titled “Deep Blue Scars: Environmental Threats to the South China Sea,” the report touches on environmental threats caused by human activities includin ...
India-China Relations in 2024 and Beyond
10 Jan 2024
India’s approach to China and the situation following the Galwan Valley clashes in June 2020 along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh, was the focus of a public lecture held on 10 January 2024. Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (retd.), Director, Strategic Studies Programme, Tak ...
RSIS Executive Programme for Siemens -"Shifting Tectonics in Geopolitics"
14 Dec 2023
How can multi-national corporations navigate the complexities of great power politics and current affairs? On 14 December 2023, RSIS conducted the Siemens Executive Programme in a seminar, titled “Shifting Tectonics in Geopolitics”. Bringing together RSIS’ key experts, the programme created a ...
Beyond Nuclear: Disruptive Technologies and Strategic Stability in the 21st Century
21 Nov 2023
As the boundaries of science and innovation continue to expand, the realm of military capabilities is being reshaped at a breathtaking pace and we are entering an era where disruptive technologies hold the power to redefine the character of warfare and the dynamics of international security. “ ...
