Papers, Commentaries, and Studies
RSIS Commentaries
Below are links to S. Rajaratham School of International Studies (RSIS) commentary papers and working papers.
- RSIS Commentary: Solving Maritime Disputes: The Bangladesh-Myanmar Way (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: Pakistand and Baluch Irredentism: Dialogue Needed to Stem the Slide (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: Women in Combat Roles in US Military: Still a Small Step to Equality (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: Legal Reform in China: Quelling Tibetian Unrest? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: Domestic Security in China: The Xinjian Quagmire (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: Myanmar's China Policy Shift: Preparing for ASEAN Chair? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: Invisible Children: Advocating an Interventionist Policy in Africa (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: Kony 2012: Potentials and Pitfalls of Social Media (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: Iran's Purported Nuclear Ambitions: Commercial Sanctions Counter-Productive? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: Iran's Nuclear Conundrum: Israel's Strategic Operations (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: Making Things Right: Retrospective Honours for Distinguished Acts (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: The North Korean Nuclear Moratorium: More of the Same? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: The China - Philippines Dispute in the South China Sea: Does Beijing Have a Legitimate Claim? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: Greater Tumen Region Cooperation: Obstacles in Northeast Asia Regionalism? (PDF)
- RSIS Working Paper: The Process of ASEAN's Institutional Consolidation in 1968 - 1976: Theoretical Implications for Changes of Third-World Security Oriented Institution (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: Challenges in Cyberspace (PDF)
- RSIS Working Paper: How Indonesia Sees ASEAN and the World: A Cursory Survey of the Social Studies and History Textbooks of Indonesia, from Primary to Secondary Level (PDF)
- RSIS Working Paper: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) Negotiations: Overview and Prospects (PDF)
- China's Food Security: Threats from Conflict of Interest (PDF)
- Beyond Ceasefires: Myanmar's Precarious Peace Process (PDF)
- From Copier to Innovator? China's Ballistic Missile Modernisation (PDF)
- China-India Special Representative Talks: Moving Beyond the Boundary Dispute? (PDF)
- ASEAN Centrality: Year of Big Power Transitions (PDF)
- Fall of Singapore 70 Years On: Continuity and Change in Security Environment (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary The Challenge of Radicalization: Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bangladesh (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary India-Thai Relations: Look East, Look West (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Indonesia's New Submarines: Impact on Regional Naval Balance (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Indonesia's Naval Modernization: A Sea Change? (PDF)
- Yang Razali Kassim- After Japan (PDF)
- Tuty Raihanah Mostarom “Multiculturalism” in Europe (PDF)
- Samuel Chan- Leadership Changes in SAF (PDF)
- Manjeet S. Pardesi- India, US in East Asia (PDF)
- Leonard C. Sebastian and Iisgindarsah- Assessing 12-year Military Reform in Indonesia (PDF)
- Barry Desker- Nuclear Power After Fukushima (PDF)
- Evelyn Goh- Rising Power… To Do What? Evaluating China’s Power in Southeast Asia (PDF)
- Sophie Ng- The Arab Revolt: What it means for US in Afghanistan (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Terrorism Outlook in 2012: The Threat Continues (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Egypt One Year On: Stark Message for Arab Revolutionaries (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Targeted Assassinations: Implications for National Security (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Anwar's Aquittal: What Next for Najib? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Myanmar's Reforms: The Challenges Ahead (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary China's Economic Engagement in Africa: Changing Approach in Mozambique (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary India's Food Security Bill: A Waste or Win for the Hungry? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Freelance Fighters and 'Do-It-Yourself' Terrorism: What Lies Ahead for Indonesia (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary U.S. Sanctions Against Iran: Enough to go Nuclear? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Saudi Arabia Embraces Salafism: Countering the Arab Uprising? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary The Arab People's Uprising: The Jihadist Perspective (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Maylasia-Singapore Energy Cooperation: Prospects and Challenges (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary China's Global Role: Need for Soft Power? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Indonesia's Political Outlook 2012(PDF)
- RSIS Commentary The South China Sea Disputes: Is the Aquino Way the "ASEAN Way"? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Engaging Former JI Detainees in Countering Extremism: Can it Work? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Indonesia's Counter Radicalisation Programme: Challenges from the Radicals (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary India's Internal Security Outlook: Progress but Still Areas of Concern (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Ensuring Safety at Sea: The Southern Ocean and the South China Sea (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary North Korea's Power Transition: Rising Instability or Regime Resilience? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Tahrir and Change Squares: Two Models of Subverted Revolts (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary The European Aircraft Industry: Has it Lost Asia? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Kim Jong Il's Death: End of an Era? (PDF)
- RSIS Arab Monarchies: Chance for Reform Yet Unmet (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary The Bali EAS: Can ASEAN form an East Asian Community? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary South Korea's Defense Reforms: Impact on the Navy (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary China's Food Conundrum: Insecurity of the Rural Abandoned (PDF)
- RSIS Working Paper: Street, Shrine, Sqaure and Soccer Pitch: Comparative Protest Spaces in Asia and the Middle East (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Raising the Stakes: Russian Military Support for Syria (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Singpaore's Security in the 21st Century: Charting the Unknown (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary FPDA at 40: Still Effective and Relevant (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary U.S. and Myanmar: Need for Rapprochement (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Year of the Arab Uprising: Impact on Souteast Asia (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Stepping up Sanctions: Arab and Turkish Pressures on Syria (PDF)
- New US Strategy: Afghans losing Bargaining Power (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Egypt's Military Council: Between a rock and a hard place (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Japan's Internationalism and EAS (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Myanmar's Strategic 'Realignment' (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Indonesia and EAS: Search for a 'dynamic equilibrium' (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Syrian Uprising: Arab League acts on Damascus (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary East Asia Summit: Streamlining the Regional Architecture? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary The 19th ASEAN Summit: Tackling Floods, Food and Stability (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Visions at War? EAS in the Regional Architecture Debate (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary US in East Asia Summit: Implications for US-ASEAN Relations (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary ASEAN's World Cup Goal: Where Football Meets Diplomacy (PDF)
- RSIS Working Paper Street, Shrine, Square and Soccer Pitch: Comparative Protest Spaces in Asia and the Middle East (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Thailand's Floods: Political and Security Impact (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Mounting Israeli-Iranian Tension: Turkey in the Middle (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary EAS and Non-Traditional Security: How about Health and Food Concerns? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Indonesia's New Submarine Bids: An undersea Buildup? (PDF)
- RSIS Russia's Role in EAS: Promoting inter-regional cooperation (PDF)
- RSIS Israel and Hamas: A New Equation for Mid-East Peace (PDF)
- RSIS al-Qaeda after Awlaki (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary China's Marine Economy: Opportunities for International Cooperation? (PDF)
- RSIS MV Rena: Dealing with Sub-Standard Shipping (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Cannes Summit: Make G20 Plus Transparent (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Pakistan, India and Kashmir: Will Nature force an Aceh Effect? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Floods and Regional Disaster Preparedness: Too Little, Too Late? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary The Israel-Hamas Prisoner Exchange 2011 (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Indo-Afghan Strategic Treaty: Implications for Pakistan (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary China and Its Southern Neighbors: Issues in Power Connectivity (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary An Arab Development Bank: Institutionalising Change in the Middle East (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Online Indonesian Islamist Extremism: A gold mine of information (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Shipping Glut Portends Piracy, Safety Risks (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Responsibility to Protect: Tensions between Sovereignty and Security (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary US-Pakistan Row: Implications for Afghanistan End Goals (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Women at War: Possible Lessons for Small States (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Arab Protesters and Social Media: Need for Engagement (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary The South China Sea Dilemma: Options for the Main Actors (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Managing the South China Sea: Sovereignty is not the Issue (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Should the BRICs Bail Out Europe? (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Global Rebalancing in the Internet Age: Impact on Society, Government & Business (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary The Breivik Terrorist Attacks (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary UNSC Vote on Palestine State (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Syria's Widening Protests (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Countering Piracy at Sea (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Third Force In Malaysia (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary US and the Middle East (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary South China Sea Dispute (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Too Big to Fail US Debt Crisis (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Norway (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Indonesias New Offset Policy (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Indonesia and the 2011 ASEAN Chairmanship (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Asia Pacific Summits (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary After Norway (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary ARF at 18 (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: South China Sea Diplomacy (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: Arctic Sea Routes (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: Al Qaeda under Ayman Al Zawahiri (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: Militants In Pakistan Military (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary Refugee Swap Deal (PDF)
- RSIS Working Paper No. 229: Dealing with the “North Korea Dilemma” (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: Abu Bakar Bashir's Imprisonment (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: India's Medium Fighter Purchase (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: China and the South China Sea (PDF)
- RSIS Commentary: Asia's Food Security Conundrum (PDF)
- RSIS Commentaries - Thai General Election 2011: Continuity or Change? June 2011 (PDF)
- RSIS Working Paper - ASEAN+3: A Perception Survey of Opinion Leaders, June 03, 2011 (PDF)
- RSIS Commentaries - Asia's Food Security Conundrum (PDF)
- RSIS presentation - Indonesia's Anti-Ship Missiles: New Development in Naval Capabilities (PDF)
- Mushahid Ali and Yang Razali Kassim- Outcome of Jakarta Summit (PDF)
- Robert Beckman- Islands or Rocks? Evolving Dispute in South China Sea (PDF)
- Richard A. Bitzinger and Paul T. Mitchell- China’s New Aircraft Carrier (PDF)
- Justin Ewers- War Sells, but Not in Class (PDF)
- Kyaw San Wai- Myanmar’s ‘Civilian’ Government (PDF)
- Arpita Mathur- Water Disputes in South Asia (PDF)
- Zhang Hongzhou- China’s Food Security (PDF)
- Bernard Fook Weng Loo- Image Matters (PDF)
- Rohan Gunaratna- Osama bin Laden is Dead (PDF)
- Choong Pui Yee and Farish Noor- Post-Sarawak Elections (PDF)
- Kumar Ramakrishna- Osama’s Demise (PDF)
- Mushahid Ali- To Admit or to Exclude Timor Leste? (PDF)
- Aaron Ng- Facebook and Twitter (PDF)
- Rajesh Basrur- South Asia (PDF)
- Euan Graham- Transnational Crime in the Fishing Industry (PDF)
- Sajjad Ashraf- Strains in US-Pakistan Security Cooperation (PDF)
- Vinay Kumar Pathak- France’s Burqa Ban (PDF)
- Ong Weichong- The Need for Engagement in Singapore’s Defence Policies (PDF)
- Richard A. Bitzinger- Global Fighter Jets (PDF)
- Nah Liang Tuang- Urban Search and Rescue (PDF)
