Think Tank (January to February 2019)
HIGHLIGHT
APPSMO Alumni Distinguished Speakers’ Lecture
15 Feb 2019
On the occasion of Singapore’s Total Defence Day on 15 February 2019, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing kicked off the inaugural Asia Pacific Programme for Senior Military Officers (APPSMO) Alumni Distinguished Speakers Series with a lecture on “The Evolution of Singapore’s Approach towards Total Defence”.
Minister Chan, an APPSMO alumnus himself, discussed how Total Defenc ...
RECENT BOOKS BY STAFF
Restraining Great Powers: Soft Balancing from Empires to the Global Era
T.V. Paul
At the end of the Cold War, the United States emerged as the world’s most powerful state, and then used that power to initiate wars against smaller countries in the Middle East and South Asia. According to balance-of-power theory—the bedrock of realism in internationa ...
Negotiating Governance on Non-Traditional Security in Southeast Asia and Beyond
06 Mar 2019
RSIS organised a seminar on 6 March 2019 to launch the book Negotiating Governance on Non-Traditional Security in Southeast Asia and Beyond. Written by Dr Mely Caballero-Anthony, Professor of International Relations and Head of the RSIS Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studie ...
China’s Global Identity: Considering the Responsibilities of Great Power
29 Jan 2019
“China’s great power identity, contrary to general assessments, is not “newly found” but has longer and deeper antecedents, going back to a time when China had a civilisational complex of a “great central kingdom”.
This book is the first sustained study to track the evolution of Chinese ...
CSCAP Study Group Meeting on International Law and Cyberspace
26 Feb 2019
The Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) held its first CSCAP Study Group Meeting on International Law and Cyberspace at Grand Copthorne Waterfront hotel in Singapore from 26 to 27 February 2019. The meeting was hosted by CSCAP Singapore.
The CSCAP Study Group is ...
CSCAP — Nuclear Energy Experts Group Meeting
24 Jan 2019
The Nuclear Energy Experts Group of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) met in Singapore from 24 to 25 January. The meeting was jointly convened by RSIS, the coordinator of the Singapore CSCAP Committee, and the Pacific Forum, which serves as the Secretariat for th ...
Ngee Ann Polytechnic Overseas Merit Fellowship
25 Feb 2019
The Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) Overseas Merit Fellowship is a programme to deepen NP students’ understanding of key regional and global issues affecting Singapore. It also aims to develop useful skill sets as well as to inspire the students to make a difference in society. RSIS is proud to cont ...
Competition or Cooperation? US Responses to the Rise of China and India
18 Feb 2019
Dr Manjeet Pardesi, Senior Lecturer at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and an RSIS alumnus, gave a presentation on his upcoming book examining America’s disparate responses to the rise of China and India on 18 February 2019.
Titled “Competition or Cooperation? ...
EU–Singapore Dialogue: Addressing Security Challenges in a Changing World
30 Jan 2019
RSIS, the European Union (EU) Delegation to Singapore, and the European Union Institute for Security Studies co-hosted a one-day conference titled “EU–Singapore Dialogue: Addressing Security Challenges in a Changing World”. The conference was the first in a series of four high-level EU–Singapo ...
Regional Maritime Security Outlook 2019
23 Jan 2019
RSIS brought experts together to discuss the “Regional Maritime Security Outlook 2019” on 23 January 2019. Organised by the Maritime Security Programme of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) at RSIS, the conference provided a platform for speakers and participants to exchange ...
Workshop on Maritime Domain/Situational Awareness
24 Jan 2019
RSIS’ Maritme Security Programme held the inaugural Southeast Asia-focused workshop on maritime domain/situational awareness (MDA/MSA) on 24 January 2019. It was part of a broader project on MDA/MSA in the Indo-Pacific region.
The objective of this project is to closely examine the diff ...
Terrorism Analyst Training Course 2019
21 Jan 2019
The International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) organised the 12th Terrorism Analyst Training Course (TATC) from 21 January to 1 February 2019. In line with the Centre’s objective of maintaining and improving the professional competence and development of analys ...
A Mid-Term Assessment of the Trump Administration and US Foreign Policy
10 Jan 2019
Prof Michael E. Brown, Professor of International Affairs and Political Science at the Elliot School of International Affairs, the George Washington University, and Dr Bates Gill, Professor of Asia-Pacific Security Studies at Macquarie University, took stock of US foreign policy under the Dona ...
