News Releases/Speeches

News Releases

25 April 2019
Singapore Set to Convene First International Conference on Cohesive Societies to Drive Global Collective Action for Peace and Harmony

8 April 2019
13ᵗʰ Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO 2019)

30 January 2019
EU-Singapore Dialogue: Addressing Security Challenges in a Changing World

18 January 2019
Visit of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of the Kingdom of Thailand

4 October 2018
The 2018 Southeast Asia Counter-Terrorism Symposium: A Collective Approach

9 August 2018
Dr Tony Tan Awarded the Order of Temasek (First Class)

30 Jul 2018
New Chairman at RSIS

7 May 2018
12ᵗʰ Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO 2018)

28 Apr 2018
Joint News Release on the 15th ASEAN Leadership Forum

25 Apr 2018
Joint News Release on the ReCAAP ISC-RSIS Maritime Roundtable

17 Apr 2017
Joint Press Release by The ReCAAP ISC, BIMCO, INTERTANKO, and RSIS

02 Feb 2017 
RSIS Signs MOUs with Six Religious Institutions in Singapore

23 Dec 2016
Forward Engagement: RSIS as a Think Tank of International Studies and Security in the Asia Pacific

01 Nov 2016
Asia-Europe Counter-Terrorism Dialogue: Countering Daesh Extremism in Asia and Europe

11 Apr 2016
APPSNO 2016

26 Jan 2016
RSIS Launches Annual Terrorism Threat Assessment

04 May 2015
APPSNO 2015

28 Oct 2014
Leadership Transition at RSIS

9 Jun 2014
Singapore Philanthropist Peter Lim’s $3 Million Gift to NTU Creates New Professorship in Peace Studies at RSIS

22 Jul 2013
Barry Desker Conferred Honorary Doctorate by The University of Exeter

Speeches

8 April 2019
Opening Address by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the 13th Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO) 

8 April 2019
Welcome Remarks by Ambassador Ong Keng Yong, Executive Deputy Chairman of RSIS, at the 13th Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO)

7 October 2018
Keynote Speech by Mr Bilahari Kausikan, Chairman of the Middle East Institute of the National University of Singapore, at the seventh ERIA Roundtable on “ASEAN and Indo-Pacific: Challenges Ahead”

4 October 2018
Opening Remarks by Ambassador Ong Keng Yong, Executive Deputy Chairman of RSIS, at the “2018 Southeast Asia Counter-Terrorism Symposium: A Collective Approach”

4 October 2018
Opening Address by HE GEN (Ret) Ryamizard Ryacudu, Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Indonesia, at the “2018 Southeast Asia Counter-Terrorism Symposium: A Collective Approach”

4 October 2018
Remarks by Dr Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman, Senior Minister of State for Defence and Foreign Affairs, at the Official Dinner of the “2018 Southeast Asia Counter-Terrorism Symposium: A Collective Approach”

22 September 2018
SRP Distinguished Lecture by Professor Alwi Shihab, Indonesian President’s special envoy to the Middle East and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, at the 4^th SRP Distinguished Lecture and Symposium

22 September 2018
Keynote Lecture by Professor Gavin Flood, Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion, Oxford University & Yap Kim Hao Visiting Professor of Comparative Religious Studies, Yale-NUS College at the 4^th SRP Distinguished Lecture and Symposium

22 September 2018
Keynote Lecture by Professor Lai Pan-Chiu, Dean of Arts Faculty, The Chinese University of Hong Kong at the 4^th SRP Distinguished Lecture and Symposium

6 August 2018
Speech by Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, Former President of the Republic of Singapore and Chairman of RSIS Board of Governors, at the Opening Dinner for the 20th Asia Pacific Programme for Senior Military Officers (APPSMO)

6 August 2018
Keynote Speech by Dr Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Defence, at the 20th Asia Pacific Programme for Senior Military Officers (APPSMO)

7 May 2018
Opening Address by Mrs Josephine Teo, Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Home Affairs, at the 12th Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO)

7 May 2018
Welcome Remarks by Ambassador Ong Keng Yong, Executive Deputy Chairman of RSIS, at the 12th Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO)

21 Jun 2017
Remarks by Tan Lian Choo, Editor, at the RSIS Distinguished Book Launch of Singapore is Not an Island: Views on Singapore Foreign Policy

21 Jun 2017
Remarks by Professor S Jayakumar, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, at the RSIS Distinguished Book Launch of Singapore is Not an Island: Views on Singapore Foreign Policy

21 Jun 2017
Remarks by Ambassador Bilahari Kausikan, Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore, at the RSIS Distinguished Book Launch of Singapore is Not an Island: Views on Singapore Foreign Policy

15 May 2017
Opening Address By Professor Ralf Emmers, Associate Dean of RSIS, at RSIS-WTO Parliamentarian Workshop

15 May 2017
Remarks by Keith Rockwell, Director, Information And External Relations, DivisionWorld Trade Organization At RSIS-WTO Parliamentarian Workshop

15 May 2017
Opening Address by Mdm Halimah Yacob, Speaker, Parliament of Singapore, at RSIS-WTO Parliamentarian Workshop 2017

08 May 2017 
Framing Session for Ambassador Ong Keng Yong for the US-ASEAN Conference on Legal Issues of Regional Importance: Key Legal Issues Affecting ASEAN

01 Feb 2017
Keynote Lecture by Professor Joseph Liow, Dean of RSIS, at the 3^rd SRP Distinguished Lecture and Symposium

01 Feb 2017
SRP Distinguished Lecture by Professor R. Scott Appleby, Marilyn Keough Dean, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame at the 3^rd SRP Distinguished Lecture and Symposium

28 Apr 2016
Keynote Address by Dr Ali Allawi, Former Iraqi Minister of Defence and Minister of Finance at the RSIS Conference on “Islam in the Contemporary World”

28 Apr 2016
Opening Address by Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for Communications and Information, Minister-In-Charge of Cyber Security and Minister In-Charge of Muslim Affairs, at the “Islam In the Contemporary World” Conference Organised by the RSIS

11 Apr 2016 
Welcome Remarks by Ambassador Ong Keng Yong, Executive Deputy Chairman of RSIS, at the 10th Asia Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO)

4 May 2015
Welcome Remarks by Ambassador Ong Keng Yong, Executive Deputy Chairman of RSIS, at the 9th Asia Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO) 

4 May 2015
Opening Address by Mr Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs, at the 9th Asia Pacific Programme For Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO) 

22 Jul 2013
Speech by Barry Desker at the Conferment of the Honourary Degree of Doctor of Laws, University of Exeter

31 Mar 2008
Speech by Ambassador Barry Desker, Dean of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, at the Launch of the RSIS Endowment Fund

11 December 2006
Speech by President S R Nathan at 10th Anniversary Celebration of IDSS and the Launch of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

17 Jan 2000
Opening Address By Dr Tony Tan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, at The IDSS Millennium Conference