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Seminars and roundtables
are held frequently within RSIS on a wide
variety of topics related to security,
geo-politics, and international relations.
Speakers have included academics, political
leaders, analysts, and diplomats. Seminars
and roundtables are held in a congenial
atmosphere to facilitate a free exchange
of views. Listed below are the seminars
and roundtables held in IDSS to date.
2008
- RSIS Seminar by Prof. Sisira Jayasuriya, an economist at La Trobe University, Melbourne on "Economics of Reconstruction: Lessons from the Post-Tsunami Experience of Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.", 8 Sep
- RSIS Seminar by Dr Jon B. Alterman, Director and Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), Middle East Programme on "The Vital Triangle: The United States, China and the Middle East.", 4 Sep
- RSIS Seminar by Prof William Tow, Visiting Professor, RSIS and Professor of International Security at the Australian National University's Department of International Relations and Chief Investigator for the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS) on "U.S. Security Approaches in the Asia-Pacific and a New Presidency Salvaging Hubs and Spokes or Finding a New Bicycle Wheel ?", 3 Sep
- RSIS Roundtable by Professor T. J. Pempel, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeleon on "The Economic-Security Nexus and East Asian Regionalism", 2 Sep
- RSIS Seminar by Prof Neil MacFarlane, Head of Dept, Dept of Politics and International Relations, Lester B. Pearson Professor of International Relations, Fellow, St. Anne's College, Oxford University and S. Rajaratnam Chair in Strategic Studies (2008), 15 Aug
- RSIS Seminar by Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal, (Retd.), Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies, New Delhi, 23 Jul
- RSIS Seminar by Dr Clive Schofield, QEII Research Fellow, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong on "The Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries in the Malacca and Singapore Straits: A Jigsaw on the way to Completion?", 21 Jul
- RSIS Seminar by Dr. Huang Yanzhong, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Global Health Studies, John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University on "Public Health Surge Capacity Building in China: From SARS to HFMD.", 10 Jul
- RSIS Roundtable by Dr Essop Goolam Pahad Minister In The Presidency, Republic Of South Africa on "Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development.", 26 Jun
- RSIS Seminar by Dr. Peter Mandaville, Director of the Center for Global Studies and Associate Professor of Government & Islamic Studies at George Mason University, Washington DC on "Beyond Political Islam? Post-Islamism and New Religious Movements in the Muslim World.", 23 Jun
- RSIS Seminar by Dr. Zarni, Visiting Research Fellow, The Department of International Development, Oxford University on "Myanmar's Militarized State and its Priorities: How It Uses Cyclone Victims to String the International Community Along", 2 Jun
- RSIS Roundtable Discussion by Dr. Yan Xuetong, Director, Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University on "Assessing China's Relations with Major Powers in the Next Five Years.", 21 May
- RSIS Seminar by Dr Lorraine Elliott, Senior Fellow in International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University on "Climate Change and Non-Traditional Security: Beyond Climate Wars?", 16 May
- RSIS Seminar by Dr Lorraine Elliott, Senior Fellow in International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, 16 May
- Seminar Series on the Practice of Diplomacy by Ambassador Ilan Ben-Dov, Embassy of Israel on "Israel's diplomacy and negotiations in the Middle East.", 14 May
- RSIS Seminar by Dr Nishchal N. Pandey, Dept. of Conflict, Peace and Development Studies, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, Hon. Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), NUS on "South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and Regional Cooperation efforts in South Asia.", 13 May
- RSIS Seminar by John G. Butcher, Dept of Int'l Business & Asian Studies, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland on "A short history of fisheries depletion, illegal fishing, and fisheries conflict in Indonesia since the 1960s", 12 May
- RSIS Seminar by HRH Prince Mired Bin Raad Al-Hussein, Chair of Jordan's National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation on "The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention: Landmines and Human Security - Relevance for Southeast Asia.", 8 May
- RSIS Seminar by Dr. Shannon Brown, Associate Professor, National Security Studies, U.S. Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF), National Defense University on "The US Defense Industry after Iraq and Afghanistan: A Hard or Soft Landing?", 7 May
- RSIS Seminar by Dr. Stéphane Lacroix, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sciences-Po, Paris on "Wahhabism and its Influence in the Contemporary Islamic Sphere", 6 May
- Seminar Series
on the Practice of Diplomacy by Ambassador
Rodolfo Severino, Former Secretary-General,
ASEAN and Visiting Senior Research Fellow,
ISEAS on "Asean Charter and the
building of an Asean Community”,
30 Apr
- RSIS Seminar by
Dr. Sam Bateman, Senior Fellow and Adviser
to Maritime Security Program, RSIS on "The
Australia 2020 Summit – An Experiment
in National Agenda Setting.”,
28 Apr
- Informal talk by
James Clad, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary
of Defense for South and Southeast Asia.
Mr. Clad was a professor of Near East
and South Asian studies at the National
Defense University in Washington, DC,
from 2005-2007 on "An Update on
U.S. Strategy in Southeast Asia with
James Clad.”,
24 Apr
- RSIS Seminar by
HE Dr Mohamad Amin Kurdi, Ambassador
of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Singapore
on "Saudi
Arabia's Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
in the Middle East.”,
21 Apr
- RSIS Seminar by
Mr. Stephen Ulp, Senior Fellow, The Jamestown
Foundation. Mr. Ulph is a preeminent
analyst of the Islamic world and is the
founder and editor of the Terrorism Security
Monitor on "The Jihadi Curriculum
Online.”,
18 Apr
- RSIS Seminar by
Dr Evelyn Goh, University Lecturer in
International Relations & Fellow
of St. Anne's College, University of
Oxford on "Awakening Giant: Evaluating
China's Power and Influence in Asia”,
11 Apr
- Seminar Series
on the Practice of Diplomacy by Amb.
Joergen Oerstroem Moeller, Former Danish
Ambassador to Singapore and Visiting
Senior Research Fellow, Institute of
Southeast Asian Studies on "New challenges
for Diplomacy: “Safeguard and pursue
national interests inside regional integration”,
10 Apr
- RSIS Seminar by
Dr Chandran Jeshurun. He earned his BA
and MA at the University of Malaya before
obtaining a PhD in International History
at the London School of Economics and
Political Science on "The Occupational
Hazards of Writing Contemporary Diplomatic
History: Some Insights into the writing
of Malaysia: 50 years of Diplomacy, 1957-2007",
10 Apr
- RSIS / NTS Seminar
on Marine Conservation by Dr Herminia
Francisco, Director, Economy and Environment
Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA),
International Development Research Centre
(IDRC), 9 Apr
- RSIS Roundtable
by by Dr. K. Subrahmanyam, a prominent
strategic analyst, diplomat, journalist
and former Indian civil servant on "Globalising
India: How it views Asia and the West.",
8 Apr
- Roundtable on The Report
of the Warwick Commission. Hosted by: RSIS
(IPE Programme) & the University of Warwick,
4 Apr
- Seminar Series
on the Practice of Diplomacy by Ambassador
Zhang Xiaokang, Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic
of China to the Republic of Singapore
on "China's Foreign Policy and Diplomacy",
26 Mar
- RSIS Seminar by
Mr Ilan Mizrahi, Distinguished CENS Visiting
Fellow, Executive VP of Bronfman International
Ltd, Bronfman Group & former Head
of the National Security Council of Israel
on "Intelligence and National Security",
19 Mar
- Seminar Series
on the Practice of Diplomacy by Ambassador
Rodolfo Severino, Former Secretary-General,
ASEAN and Visiting Senior Research Fellow
on "Asean Charter and the building of
an Asean Community", ISEAS, 19 Mar
- RSIS Seminar by
Prof. Dr. Joachim Krause, Director, Institute
of Social Science, University of Kiel,
Germany on "The Future of the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Regime", 12 Mar
- Presentation by
Dr Josef Janning, Head, International
Relations Program, Bertelsmann Stiftung,
Gütersloh; Director, Bertelsmann
Group for Policy Research,
Center for Applied Policy Research (C·A·P),
Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. on
"The Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2008",
12 Mar
- Series of Seminars
on Negotiations by Dr Razeen Sally, Senior
Lecturer in International Political Economy
at the London School of Economics and
Political Science on "The Diminishing
Returns of Trade Negotiations", 29 Feb
- RSIS Seminar by
Prof Jean-Pierre Filiu, Paris Institute
of Political Sciences (Sciences Po) and
member of its Middle East Chair on "Al-Qaida’s
War Against Islam.",
27 Feb
- Asia Talks Lecture
Series organized by Asian Media Information
and Communication Centre (AMIC), the
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and
Information (WKWSCI) and RSIS featuring
eminent Asian experts inaugural talk
by Dr. Shashi Tharoor, noted Indian novelist
and former Under Secretary-General of
the United Nations on "The Soft
Power of India", 26 Feb
- RSIS Panel discussion
on the upcoming Malaysian Elections on
"Outlook for Malaysia’s Twelfth
General Elections",
26 Feb
- RSIS Seminar by
Dr. Kogi Balakrishnan, PhD, Principal
Assistant Secretary, Defence Industry
Division, Ministry of Defence, Malaysia
on "Managing Defence Technology:
The Case of Malaysia", 22 Feb
- Talk by Richard
Hooke, Head of Aerospace & Defence, The
Royal Bank of Scotland on "Growing
Pains: Delivering Corporate Value in
Aerospace & Defence",
21 Feb
- RSIS / CENS Social
Resilience Workshop on "(Un)Problematic
Multiculturalism and Social Resilience",
21 Feb
- Series of Seminars
on the Practice of Diplomacy by Mr Bilahari
Kausikan, 2PS MFA, Singapore, on "Evolving
East Asia Architecture - Challenges and
Implications for ASEAN", 20 Feb
- Talk by Professor Stephen
P. Cohen, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution,
Washington, D.C. and Visiting Professor, Lee
Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore
on "Pakistan’s Several Futures",
15 Feb
- Seminar jointly organised
by RSIS / ICPVTR, the Commercial Affairs
Department, Singapore and the Association
of Banks in Singapore on "Countering the
Financing of Terrorism.", 12 Feb
- RSIS Talk by Arnaud de
Borchgrave, Editor-at-large, United Press International
on "New World Order or New World Disorder?",
6 Feb
- RSIS Talk by Mr Daniel
Nomanbhoy, Asia Pacific Polyolefins Planning
Manager, ExxonMobil Chemical Asia Pacific Pte
Ltd on "Outlook for Energy: A View to 2030.",
5 Feb
2007
- RSIS Seminar by A/P Brian Farrell, Department
of History, NUS on "The Small Boat War:
Stopping Indonesian Maritime Incursions during
Confrontation, 1963-65.", 21 Nov
- Series of Seminars on Negotiations by Ambassador
Colin S. Heseltine, Executive Director, APEC
Secretariat on "APEC’s Role in Regional
Development – Challenges and Prospects
for the Future", 14 Nov
- RSIS Series of Seminars on Diplomacy by: Prof
Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew
School of Public Policy, Former Permanent Secretary,
MFA, Singapore; Amb
Rodolfo Severino, Visiting Senior Research
Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Former ASEAN Secretary General, Amb Jorgen Orstrom
Moeller, Visiting Senior Research Fellow,
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Former
Danish Ambassador to Singapore; and Mr. Richard
Smith, Distinguished Fellow, S. Rajaratnam
School of International Studies, Former Secretary
of the Department of Defence, Australia on "Diplomacy: Yesterday,
Today and Tomorrow.", 12 Nov
- RSIS Seminar by Dr. Frank Umbach, Head of
the “Security Policies in Asia-Pacific” Programme
and Co-Chair CSCAP-Europe on "EU Common
Energy Policies", 6 Nov
- RSIS Seminar by the Indonesia
Programme: Dr. Michele Ford, Sr Lecturer,
Dept of Indonesian
Studies, University of Sydney, Australia;
A/P Lenore Lyons, Director, Centre for Asia-Pacific
Social Transformation Studies (CAPSTRANS)
University of Wollongong, Australia;
Mr. Nick Long, Honorary William Wyse Student
of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge,
UK. on "Singaporean Constructions of the
Riau Islands and Riau Islander's Constructions
of
Singapore.",
25 Oct
- RSIS seminar by Mr. Yongwook RYU, RSIS Visiting
Research Associate, PhD candidate at the Department
of Government, Harvard University on "Naturalistic
Decision-making and Implications for National
Security Policymaking.", 24 Oct
- RSIS seminar by Mr. Yongwook RYU, RSIS Visiting
Research Associate, PhD candidate at the Department
of Government, Harvard University on "The Yasukuni
Controversy: How Japan’s Political Elite
See It.", 23 Oct
- RSIS Faculty discussion with Professor
Harry Harding, University Professor of International Affairs
at the George Washington University, currently on leave of absence
from GW to serve as Director of Research and Analysis at the
Eurasia Group in New York, former Dean of the Elliott School
of International Affairs, and member of RSIS’ Board of
Governors., 16 Oct
- RSIS Seminar by Dr. Zhao Hong, Visiting
Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, NUS on
"China-US Oil Rivalry in Africa.", 10 Oct
- RSIS Seminar by Mr.
Martin Andrew, Ph.D. Candidate,
Bond University on "China’s
Arms Sales and Asian Regional Security",
9 Oct
- Series of Seminars on the Practice of Diplomacy – Talk
by Mr Richard C. Smith, Former Secretary of
the Department of Defence, Australia on "Australia's
relations with East Asia --challenges and prospects" [For
Staff & Students Only],
8 Oct
- RSIS Panel Discussion by Prof. Raja
Mohan, Mr. Richard Smith, Dr. Tang Shiping,
and Dr. Hiro Katsumata on US-Japan-Australia-India
Quadrangle Security Partnership, 5 Oct
- RSIS Seminar by Professor
Antonio Marquina, Chair in International
Security, Madrid University, Director of Research
Unit
on International Security and Cooperation
on "The
Stabilization of Iraq: From 'Holding Together'
to 'Fragmentation and Internal Wars'" From “Holding
Together” to “Fragmentation and
Internal Wars", 3 Oct
- Series
of Seminars on the Practice of
Diplomacy – Talk by Mr
See Chak Mun, Senior Adviser,
MFA, Adjunct Senior Fellow, RSIS
/ NTU, ISAS / NUS on "From
Tokyo to Doha - Perspectives
of a Singapore Trade Negotiator" [For
Staff & Students Only], 3
Oct
- RSIS Seminar by Prof.
Simon Chesterman, Global Professor and Director,
New York University School of Law Singapore
Programme on "From Mercenaries to Market:
The Rise and Regulation of Private Military
Companies", 2 Oct
- RSIS Seminar
by Professor Edward A. Kolodziej,
Director, Center for Global Studies
and Emeritus Research Professor
of Political Science, University
of Illinois, USA. [For Staff & Students
Only], 26
Sep
- RSIS
Seminar by Mr Michael Moodie, private
consultant on international security
affairs, specializing in issues at
the intersection of security, science
and technology, especially biological
and chemical weapons on 'Disease
Surveillance and National Security: Reconciling
Tensions, Promoting Synergies" and
RSIS Seminar by David R. Franz, D.V.M.,
Ph.D. , VP & Chief Biological Scientist,
Midwest Research Inst., Director, National
Agricultural Biosecurity Center, Kansas
State University, Dy. Director, Center
for Emergency Care & Preparedness,
University of Alabama at Birmingham
on "Species-Neutral Disease Surveillance
and Other Opportunities in International
Biosecurity", 25 Sep
- RSIS Seminar
by Dr Brad Williams, Visiting
Fellow, Department of Political
Science, National University
of Singapore on "North Korea-Japan
Relations: Abduction Issue and
Diplomatic Standoff", 21
Sep
- Series of Seminars
on the Practice of Diplomacy – Talk by
Mr Richard C. Smith, Former Secretary of the
Department of Defence, Australia on "Australia’s
Foreign and Defence Policies Making" [For
Staff and Students only], 19 Sep
- RSIS Seminar
by Dr Gerard Chaliand, pre-eminent observer of
insurgency and counterinsurgency warfare (Guerillas
and Terrorisms). on "Can Western Armies
of Today Win Irregular Warfares: Iraq , Afghanistan",
14 Sep
- RSIS Seminar
by Dr Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, Universiti Sains
Malaysia on "The Islamic Opposition in Malaysia:
New Trajectories and Directions.", 11
Sep
- RSIS Seminar
by Bapak Taufik Kiemas, Chairman of the Central
Advisory Board, Partai Demokrasi Indonesia-Perjuangan
(PDI-P) on "Current Political Developments
in Indonesia." [close door], 11
Sep
- RSIS Seminar by Dr Brad
Williams, Visiting Fellow, Department of Political
Science, National University of Singapore on "North Korea-Japan Relations: Abduction
Issue and Diplomatic Standoff", 7 Sep
- RSIS Seminar
by Mr. Labeeb Majeed Abbawi, Deputy Minister
for Policy Planning & Acting Deputy Minister
for Political Affairs & Bilateral Relations
on "Foreign Policy of Iraq",
6 Sep
- RSIS Seminar
by Dr. Evelyn Goh, Lecturer in International
Relations and Fellow of St. Anne’s College,
University of Oxford, on "Great Powers and
Southeast Asian Regional Security Strategies".
From 2002 to 2005, she was Asst Prof. at IDSS,
5 Sep
- RSIS
Seminar by Prof.
Chulacheeb Chinwanno,
Chairman of
IR Department,
Thamasat University,
Thailand, RSIS
Visiting Senior
Research Fellow
on "Thai-Chinese
Strategic Relations".,
4 Sep
-
RSIS Seminar
by Dr Gillian Goh Hui Lynn, Post-Doctoral
Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of
Public Policy on "Apostasy,
Islam and International Law: Finding the way
forward for Human Rights and the Freedom of
Religion.", 3 Sep
- RSIS Seminar by Dr
Nicholas Kay-Siang Khoo, Lecturer in International
Relations, School of Politics and Communications
Studies, University of Liverpool on "Sino-Soviet
Rivalry and the Termination of the Sino-Vietnamese
Alliance (1964-1979)", 29
Aug
- RSIS Seminar by HE
Fathulla Jameel Former Foreign Minister of the
Maldives on "South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC): The Expectations and
Disappointments.", 29 Aug
- RSIS Seminar by
Dr Rajesh Basrur, Visiting Research Fellow, RSIS
on "Patterns in Nuclear Rivalry: Implications for
Theory and Strategy", 28 Aug
- RSIS
Seminar by Professor
Syed Rifaat
Hussain, Executive Director of
the Regional Centre
for Strategic
Studies (RCSS),
Colombo,
Sri Lanka on "India-Pakistan
Peace Process:
Promise and Pitfalls.",
12
Jul
- RSIS
Seminar by Professor
George Mclean
Director - Center for the Study
of Culture and Values,
Professor Emeritus – School
of Philosophy,
Catholic University on "The
Implication
of Culture, Values & Religion
for International
Relations and Global
Cooperation.", 4
Jul
- RSIS
Seminar by Professor
Alessandro Gobbicchi,
Deputy Director, Military Centre
for Strategic
Studies,
Rome on "The
world in
2030: Regional Trends and Global
Issues.",
29 Jun
- RSIS
Seminar by Prof
Peter Gourevitch, Distinguish
Professor
of Political
Science, School of International
Relations and
Pacific Studies,
of which he was the founding
Dean
(1996-2006),
UCSD on "Political
Development as told by “longue
durée economists:
some thoughts”",
21 Jun
- RSIS
Seminar by Dr.
Peter R. Lavoy, Director,
Center
for Contemporary
Conflict, Naval Postgraduate
School, USA
on "Pakistan's Nuclear
Posture",
18 Jun
- RSIS
Seminar by Dr. Sonia
Ben Ouagrham, Senior
Project
Manager, Center
for Nonproliferation
Studies, Washington,
D.C. Office., 14 Jun
- RSIS Seminar by Professor of National
Security Studies, Jeff Norwitz, US Naval
War College on "Is the Global War
on Terror a ‘World War’?",
13 Jun
- RSIS
Seminar by Ambassador
Raymond Burghardt, former
US Ambassador to Vietnam,
Chairman
of the American Institute
in Taiwan, Director,
East-West Seminars, East-West
Center, USA
on "US and Vietnam:
Old Enemies to Friends.",
8 Jun
- RSIS
Seminar by Assoc Prof
Paul Mitchell on "Wikis
in the Classroom:
Digital Tools for Improving
Seminars.", 5 Jun
- RSIS
Seminar by Prof. David
Shambaugh, Prof. of Political
Science & International
Affairs, Elliott School
of International
Affairs, George Washington
University,
1 Jun
- RSIS Seminar by
MG Robert Lee, Adjutant General, State
of Hawaii, Advisor on Homeland
Security to the Governor of Hawaii, USA
on "Mobilization of American Soldiers
for Operations in Iraq & Afghanistan",
28 May
- RSIS Seminar by
Dr. Alexander Lam Vuving, Visiting
Research Fellow, RSIS on "The
Repositioning of U.S. Foreign Policy and
Its Implications for Asia", 21 May
- Seminar jointly
organized by RSIS Multilateralism and
Regionalism Programme and the ESRC
(UK) New Security Challenges Programme
on "ASEAN, Securitization, and Transnational
Challenges", 30 Apr
- RSIS Seminar
by Dr Yuddy Chrisnandi, Member of Parliament;
Member DPR Commission
I; Department Head, Membership and Caderisation
DPP Golkar; Head, Mass Organizations, DPP
MKGR; and Lecturer, PPS-Political Studies,
FISIP, University of Indonesia on "Post-
Suharto military reforms and the future
of the TNI", 25 Apr
- RSIS Seminar
by H. E. Dr. Daniel Woker, Ambassador,
Embassy of Switzerland on "The Ambassador is
dead. Long live the Ambassador: The changing
nature of an ancient craft.", 18 Apr
- RSIS Seminar
by Mr. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, Executive
Director of the Aceh & Nias
Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency
(BRR Aceh-Nias) on "Aceh
Reconstruction", 17 Apr
- RSIS Seminar
by H.E. Rodolfo Severino, Visiting Senior
Research Fellow, ISEAS, 13 Apr
- RSIS Seminar
by Dr Ebubekir Ceylan, Asst. Prof., Dept.
of History, Fatih University,
Istanbul on "The Role of Islam in
the Ottoman/Turkish Society",
1 Apr
- RSIS Seminar by Mr Zaid Hamzah, Consultant,
MicroSoft Asia Pacifi on "The Crescent
and the Code: Strategic Technology Thinking
in Malaysia & the 'Reorientation' of Islamic
Worldview.", 30 Mar
- RSIS Seminar
by Prof Ned Lebow, James O. Freedman
Presidential Professor of Government,
Dartmouth College on Roundtable on
"Counterfactuals, Contingency and
Causation", 27 Mar
- RSIS Seminar
by Prof Ned Lebow, James O. Freedman
Presidential Professor of Government,
Dartmouth College on "The Politics of
Memory: Europe & Asia", 26 Mar
- RSIS Seminar
by Prof. Ron Matthews, Academic Leader
of the Master of Defence Administration
Programme, Dept of Defence Mgmt & Security
Analysis, Cranfield University, UK on
The Management of Defence Technology, 22
Mar
- RSIS Seminar
by Norman Vasu, Asst Professor & Coordinator
of the Social Resilience Programme, CENS,
RSIS on "Rethinking Singaporean Multicultculturism:
Conceptual and Practical Issues Surrounding
Singapore's Management of its Multi-racial
Composition", 5 Mar
- RSIS Seminar
by Dr Irman G. Lanti, Programme Manager,
Civic Education & Electoral
Support, Governance Unit, UNDP Indonesia
on "Acheh: A Post-Election
Analysis", 1 Mar
- RSIS Seminar
by Mr. Michael Richardson, Senior Visiting
Research Fellow, ISEAS
on “Maritime Related Terrorism:
Al Qaeda, Hizbollah…What next from
the International Jihadist Network?", 12
Feb
- RSIS Seminar
by Professor Geoffrey Till, Visiting
Senior Fellow, RSIS on “The
Future of Seapower.", 30 Jan
- RSIS Seminar by
Professor Christopher Coker, Professor of
International Relations, LSE on "Geopolitics
and Africa in the 21st Century.", 23 Jan
- RSIS Seminar
by Dr. Norrin Ripsman, Associate Professor,
Concordia Niversity, Montreal, Canada
on "Learning the Correct Lesson from the
Post-war European Transition: Neither a
Kantian, Nor a Realist Peace", 23 Jan
- RSIS Seminar by
Professor Christopher Coker, Professor of
International Relations, LSE on "The
Etiquettes of Atrocity", 22 Jan
- RSIS Seminar by
Professor T. V. Paul, James McGill Professor
of International Relations, McGill
University, Montreal, Canada on "The
Tradition of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons.",
10 Jan
- RSIS Seminar by
Dr Terence Lee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Olin
Institute, Harvard University, USA on "The
Armed Forces and Authoritarian Regime
Maintenance: Why Militaries Disobey Orders
to Suppress Popular Protests", 10 Jan
2006
- IDSS Seminar
by Major General (Ret) E. D'Souza on
"Indo-Pakistan Stand-Off in Kashmir: Velvet
Glove in an Iron Fist Approach", 19 Dec
- IDSS Seminar
by Dr. Fraser Cameron, Senior Advisor,
the European Policy Centre, Brussels
on “The Geopolitics of Asia: What
Role for the EU?", 15 Dec
- IDSS Seminar
by Mr. Lex Rieffel, Non Resident Senior
Fellow, The Brookings Institution, on
"Reforming Military Business in Indonesia:
Exploring Policy Options", 4 Dec
- IDSS Seminar by
Sir Rupert Smith, Former Deputy Supreme
Commander, Allied Powers Europe 1998-2001,
on "The Utility of Force: The Art of War in
the Modern World", 27 Nov
- IDSS Seminar
by Professor Ahmad Kazemi Moussavi,
Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland
and University of Virginia, U.S.A., on "
Representing God's Sovereignty on Earth in
Iran", 23 Nov
- IDSS Seminar
by Professor Alan Dupont, Director,
International Security Studies, University
of Sydney
on “Australia’s More Assertive
Foreign & Defence Policy", 20 Nov
- IDSS Seminar
by Professor Mohammed Ayoob,
Distinguished Professor of International
Relations, Michigan State University, USA on
"The Many Faces of Political Islam", 26 Oct
- IDSS Seminar
by Dr. Mohammed Ayoob, Distinguished
Professor of International Relations,
Michigan State University, U.S.A., on
"Inequality and Theorizing in International
Relations", 25 Oct
- IDSS Seminar by
Dr. Patricia Martinez, Associate Professor,
University of Malaya on "A Survey on
Malaysian Muslim Identities, Issues, and
Concerns", 19 Oct
-
IDSS Seminar by Ms. Cathrine Bjune,
Director, BI Shipping, Norway, 19 Oct
- IDSS Seminar
by VADM (Ret’d) MK Roy, former
VADM, Royal Indian Navy, 16 Oct
- IDSS Seminar
by Ms. Amina Rasul-Bernardo, Philippines
Council
for Islam and
Democracy, on 'Assessment of the 10-year Implementation of the GRPMNLF Peace
Agreement", 12 Oct
- IDSS Seminar
by Ms. Amina Rasul-Bernardo, Philippines
Council for Islam and
Democracy, on "MNLF and MILF: The
Current Status and the Future", 12 Oct
- IDSS Seminar
by Ms. Amina Rasul-Bernardo, Philippines
Council for Islam and Democracy, on 'MG,
RSM and other Actors: The Current Status
and the Future", 11 Oct
- IDSS Seminar
by Ms. Amina Rasul-Bernardo, Philippines
Council for Islam and
Democracy, on "Sulu Archipelago:
Ethnicity, Demography and Actors", 10 Oct
- CENS-IDSS Public
Seminar on WMD Terrorism by Dr. Michael
Moodie, President, Chemical and
Biological Arms Control Institute on "How
Imminent is the Threat?", 10 Oct
- Roundtable by Professor Rosemary Foot,
S. Rajaratnam Professor of
Strategic Studies, Professor of International
Relations and the John
Swire Senior Research Fellow in the International
Relations of East Asia,
St. Antony's College, University of
Oxford, on "The Framing of Security Threats:
Institutions and the State", 9 Oct
- IDSS Seminar
by Ms. Amina Rasul-Bernardo, Philippines
Council for Islam and Democracy, on
"Mindanao: Its Current Status and Its
Failure", 9 Oct
- IDSS Seminar
by Ms. Amina Rasul-Bernardo, Philippines
Council for Islama and Democracy, on
"Mindanao: Background, Mistakes, Lessons
Identified and Lessons to be Learnt", 9 Oct
- IDSS Seminar by
Dr. Friedrich Wu, Adjunct Associate
Professor, IDSS. On "What Could Brake
China's Rapid Ascent in the World Economy",
5 Oct
- CENS Seminar by
Dr. Dave Snowden, Founder and Chief
Scientific Officer, Cognitive Edge, on "Risk
Assessment Horizon Scanning", 2 Oct
- IDSS Seminar
by Professor Chung Min LEE, Visiting
Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public
Policy, NUS on "Future Paths on
the Korean Peninsula: North Korea’s
Strategic Choices and Consequences.",
21 Sep
- IDSS Seminar
by Professor Donald K Emmerson,
Southeast Asia Forum, Stanford University,
USA on "Debating 'Islamism': Language,
Legitimacy, and the 'War On Terror'", 20 Sep
- IDSS Seminar
by Dr. Robyn Lim, Professor of International
Relations, Nanzan University, Nagoya,
Japan on "Nuclear Japan? Can Extended
Deterrence Work in a Multi-threat Environment?",
18 Sep
- IDSS Seminar
by Dr. Gerard Chaliand on "US policy
since the fall of the Soviet Union", 12 Sep
- IDSS Seminar
by Professor Chung Min Lee, Visiting
Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public
Policy, National University of Singapore, 7
Sep
- IDSS Seminar by Dr. Christoph Marcinkowski,
Visiting Research Fellow, IDSS,
on "Features of Shi'ite Islam vis-a-vis Sunnite Islam: Basic Convergences
and Differences", 6 Sep 2006
- IDSS Seminar by Mr. Aftab Ahmad Malik,
Visiting Fellow, Centre for Ethnicity and
Culture, University of Birmingham, on
"Extremism on the World Wide Web, 4 Sep
- IDSS Seminar
by Dr. Gerard Chaliand, Leading
Counterinsurgency Expert and Author,
Guerrilla Strategies: A Historical Anthology
on "Afghanistan: Realities and Prospects", 1
Sep
- IDSS Seminar
by Dr. Bates Gill, Centre for Strategic
and International Studies (CSIS),
Washington D.C., on "China's High-Tech Trade
and Investment with Singapore and other
Countries: Political and Military Concerns,
25 Aug
- IDSS Seminar
by Dr. Christoph Marcinkowski, Visiting
Research Fellow, IDSS on "Facets
of Shi’ism in Southeast Asia:
Past and Present.", 23 Aug
- IDSS Seminar
by Dr. Farish Noor., 22 Aug
- IDSS Seminar
by Commander Gurpreet Singh Khurana,
Research Fellow, Institute for Defence
Studies and Analysis (IDSA), India on
"India and Malacca Straits Security.", 21
Aug
- IDSS Seminar by Major-General Zhu Chenghu,
Professor and Commandant, College of
Defence Studies, National Defense University,
People's Liberation Army, on "Training
the New Generation of PLA Officers", 21
Aug
- Seminar by
Professor Vinod Aggarwal, Director,
Berkeley APEC Study
Centre (BASC), University of California,
Berkeley, on "Prospect for a Free
Trade Area of the Asia-Paciffic", 10 Aug
- Roundtable
by Mr. Gideon Samet, Columnist and
Editorial Board
Member of Israeli Newspaper Ha'aretz, on
"US. Policy on Islam, Terrorism and the
Muslim World, 26 Jul
- Seminar by Sir Richard Dearlove, KCMG,
OBE, former Chief of
Secret Intelligence Service and current
Master of Pembroke College,
Cambridge, on "Role of Intelligence
in Counter-terroism", 25 Jul
- IDSS Seminar
by Professor Robert W. Hefner, Professor
of Anthropology, Boston University, USA on
"The Conservative Turn in Indonesian
Islam: Politics and Education", 24 Jul
- Seminar by
Associate Professor Paul Mitchell, Dr.
Richard Carney, Dr. Christoph Marcinkowski
and Dr. John Harrison, IDSS, on "From
Crisis to War in the Middle East?
Economic, Political and Strategic
Dimensions?', 21 Jul
- IDSS Seminar
by Associate Professor Ali Riaz on “Reforming
Pakistani Madrassahs: What's New?", 20
Jul
- IDSS Seminar
by Associate Professor Ali Riaz,
Associate Professor of Politics and
Government, Illinois State University, USA
on "Not Alone: The Dynamics of Islamist
Militancy in Bangladesh", 18 Jul
- IDSS Seminar
by Dr. Nadirsyah Hosen, Visiting Research
Fellow, IDSS on “Wither The Indonesian
Council of Ulama (MUI)?", 12 Jul
- IDSS Roundtable
by Professor Muthiah Alagappa,
Director of East-West Center, Washington DC.
USA on "Global-Regional Nexus: Re-visioning
Asia-pacific Security", 7 Jul
- Roundtable by Ms. Katja Freistein,
Research Associate, Peace Research
Institute Frankfurt, Germany, on
"Transforming ASEAN: An Analysis of the
Regional Discourse of an ASEAN Security
Community", 5 Jul
- Seminar by Mr.
Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari, Research
Fellow, Institute Strategics Studies
Islambad (ISSI), Pakistan on "Internal
Dynamics of of Afghanistan after the 2005
Parliamentary Elections and the Impact on
the Region, 29 Jun
- Seminar by
Professor Susan Woodward, City University
of New York, on 'State Failure and
International Security: The International
Debate", 21 Jun
- IDSS Roundtable
by Professor T. J. Pempel, Director,
Institute of East Asian Studies, UC,
Berkeley, USA, 27 Jun
- IDSS Distinguished
Public Lecture by Mr. Richard Lee Armitage
on "The United States, Asia, And A Rapidly
Changing World, 2 Jun
- IDSS Roundtable
by Mr. Michael Glosny, Ph.D Candidate,
Pol. Sci. Dept, MIT, USA on "Heading
toward a Win-Win Future? Recent developments
in China's Policy toward Southeast Asia, 1
Jun
- IDSS Symposium on Asian Feminists on
Asian Security, 29 May
- Roundtable discussion*
with Prof Gilles Kepel, 15 May
- CENS Public Seminar
by Dr. Adam Dolnik, Research Fellow,
IDSS on "Reducing the Threat of Bioterrorism
in Singapore.", 15 May
- IDSS Seminar
by Mr. P. Mukundan, International
Maritime Bureau on "Piracy and Armed Robbery
Against Ships Today.", 11 May
- CENS Seminar
by Mr. John Petersen, President, The
Arlington Institute, on '"Wild Cards' and
Transnational Terrorism", 5 May
- CENS Public Seminar
by David Heyman, Senior Fellow and Director,
Homeland Security Program, Center for
Strategic and International Studies (CSIS),
Washington, D.C., on "Pandemic
Preparedness and Countering Bioterrorism:
The Nexus", 26 Apr
- IDSS Seminar
by Mr. Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal,
Director Security Studies, Observer
Research Foundation, New Delhi, 21 Apr
- IDSS Roundtable
by Mr. Terence Lee, Ph.D Candidate,
Department of Political Science, University
of Washington on The Armed Forces and Regime
Maintenance: Explaining the Role of the
Military in 1973 and 1992 Thailand, and 1998
Indonesia, 13 Apr
- IDSS Seminar by Professor Ibrahim
Abu-Rabi, Visiting Professor on "Current
Critiques of Islamism", 13 Apr
- IDSS Seminar
by Professor Jaideep Srivastava,
Professor, University of Minnesota, USA on
"Data Mining for Computer Security", 12 Apr
- IDSS Seminar by Professor Grant
Hammond, Air War College, USA on
Transformation and Restructuring: A
Commentary, 6 Apr
- IDSS Seminar by Professor Emmanuel
Sivan, Professor of Islamic History, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem on "Why Islamist
Movements are taking over Governments:
Socio-Political Change in the Middle East",
4 Apr
- IDSS Seminar
by Mr. Mark Farha, Doctoral candidate,
Havard University, on "Secularism
Under Siege", 30 Mar
- IDSS Seminar
by Ambassador Ingrid M. Hall, Former
Chair of the IAEA Board of Governors
and former Ambassador of Canada to the
UN Agencies in Vienna on "The IAEA
and the threat of nuclear proliferation",
23 Mar
- IDSS Public Seminar
by Dr. Changhee Nam, Associate Professor,
Inha University, Koreaon "Relocating
the US Forces in Northeast Asia:
Opportunities and Constraints to the
US-Japan-Korea Security Cooperation", 23 Mar
- IDSS Seminar
by Professor Kal Holsti, Dept of Political
Science, University of British Columbia,
Canada on “Citius, Altius, Fortius:
International Athletic Competition and the
Creation and Sustenance of States.", 14 Mar
- IDSS Seminar
by Dr. Richard A. Falkenrath, Senior
Fellow, Brookings Institution, USA on "The
Future of Homeland Security", 13 Mar
- IDSS Seminar by Professor William Tow,
Department of International Relations,
Australian National University, 13 Mar
- IDSS Seminar
by Professor Kal Holsti, Institute of
International Relations, University of
British Columbia, Canada. On "Exceptionalism
in American Foreign Policy: Is it
Exceptional?", 10 Mar
- IDSS Seminar
by Professor Kal Holsti, Institute of
International Relations, University of
British Columbia, Canada. On "The ' Great
Debates' in International Relations
Theory: What are They Really About?", 8
Mar
- Public Talk by
Lt-Col Mark Shankle, Strategic
Command, U.S. Army on "U.S. Civic Military
Operations in support of Counterinsurgency
in Iraq", 6 Mar
- IDSS Public Seminar by Dr. Karim
Douglas Crow, Catholic University of America
on "Dilemmas Facing the Contemporary Muslim
Mind", 1 Mar
- IDSS Seminar by Mr. Ong Keng Yong,
Secretary General of ASEAN on "ASEAN
Diplomacy", 28 Feb
- IDSS Seminar
by Professor Ethan B. Kapstein, Professor
of Sustainable Development, INSEAD on
"Economic Performance of Young Democracies:
Politics and Performance", 23 Feb
- IDSS Seminar
by Mr. Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan, Bureau Chief,
Al-Jazeera Satellite Chennel, Isamabad
on "Current State of the Taliban and Jihad
Groups in Pakistan", 22 Feb
- IDSS Public Seminar
by Mr. Luthfi Assyaukanie, Ph.D, candidate
in Islamic Studies, the University of
Melbourne, Australia on "Liberal
Islan and its challenge in Indonesia",
21 Feb
- IDSS Public Seminar
by Professor Chung Min Lee on IDSS Public
Seminar by Dr. Chung Min Lee, Visiting
Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of
Public Policy, National University of
Singapore on "Transformation in Asia's
American Allies: Japan and South Korea", 17
Feb
- IDSS Public Seminar
by Dr. Ehsan Ahrari, Defense
Consultant and Independent Strategic Analyst
on "Why the U.S. Military Transformation
Remains an Abiding Challenge?", 14 Feb
- IDSS Public Seminar
by Professor John Ravenhill, Chair in
International Relations, Australian National
University (ANU) on "Is China an
Economic Threat to Southeast Asia?", 9 Feb
- IDSS Public
Seminar by Mr. Richard Bitzinger, Associate
Professor, Asia-Pacific Center for Security
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