Commentaries
The Think Tank is an e-newsletter published by RSIS, NTU Singapore. It features expert discussions and opinions on geopolitics, counter-terrorism, national security, non-traditional security, and other topical issues covered in RSIS workshops and lecture. It also carries news on the latest books by RSIS scholars and the most-read commentaries published by RSIS.
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Analysing China’s 2025 Rare-Earth Export Controls
Analysing China’s 2025 Rare-Earth Export Controls
Categories: RSIS / RSIS Commentary Series / East Asia and Asia Pacific / South Asia / Southeast Asia and ASEAN / Country and Region Studies / International Political Economy / International Politics and Security / Global / International Economics and Security
23 December 2025
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SpaceAI for Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges for Southeast Asia
SpaceAI for Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges for Southeast Asia
Categories: RSIS / FIT / RSIS Commentary Series / East Asia and Asia Pacific / South Asia / Southeast Asia and ASEAN / Country and Region Studies / Global / Technology and Future Issues
22 December 2025
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Indonesia’s Gaza Troop Offer and the Making of a Middle Power
Indonesia’s Gaza Troop Offer and the Making of a Middle Power
Categories: RSIS / RSIS Commentary Series / East Asia and Asia Pacific / South Asia / Southeast Asia and ASEAN / Middle East and North Africa (MENA) / Country and Region Studies / International Politics and Security / Global
18 December 2025
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Seeking Sustainable Competition: The “Rebalance” in US-China Policy
Seeking Sustainable Competition: The “Rebalance” in US-China Policy
Categories: RSIS / RSIS Commentary Series / East Asia and Asia Pacific / South Asia / Southeast Asia and ASEAN / Country and Region Studies / International Political Economy / Global / International Economics and Security
17 December 2025
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Regional and Domestic Interests in the Philippines’ ASEAN Agenda
Regional and Domestic Interests in the Philippines’ ASEAN Agenda
Categories: RSIS / CMS / RSIS Commentary Series / East Asia and Asia Pacific / South Asia / Southeast Asia and ASEAN / General / Country and Region Studies / Regionalism and Multilateralism / Global
16 December 2025
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Sabah State Election: Contextualising Regionalism in the Rise and Decline of UMNO
Sabah State Election: Contextualising Regionalism in the Rise and Decline of UMNO
Categories: RSIS / RSIS Commentary Series / East Asia and Asia Pacific / South Asia / Southeast Asia and ASEAN / General / Country and Region Studies / International Political Economy / International Politics and Security / Regionalism and Multilateralism / Global / International Economics and Security
12 December 2025
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Understanding Banī Isrā’īl, Yahūd, and Ahl al-Kitāb in the Qur’an: Co-existing in Contemporary Plural Societies
Categories: RSIS / ICPVTR / RSIS Commentary Series / East Asia and Asia Pacific / South Asia / Southeast Asia and ASEAN / General / Country and Region Studies / International Politics and Security / Global
12 December 2025
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Multilateralism Going Forward
Categories: RSIS / RSIS Commentary Series / East Asia and Asia Pacific / Europe / South Asia / Southeast Asia and ASEAN / Country and Region Studies / International Politics and Security / Global
10 December 2025
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Between Ambition and Implementation: Just and Inclusive Energy Transitions in Southeast Asia
Between Ambition and Implementation: Just and Inclusive Energy Transitions in Southeast Asia
Categories: RSIS / RSIS Commentary Series / Southeast Asia and ASEAN / Energy Security / Non-Traditional Security
09 December 2025
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Southeast Asia’s Nuclear Future
Southeast Asia’s Nuclear Future
Categories: RSIS / RSIS Commentary Series / Southeast Asia and ASEAN / Energy Security / Non-Traditional Security
09 December 2025
