Ready to take the next step in your academic journey? Applications are now open!
Find out more here: https://rsis.edu.sg/gpo/admissions/how-to-apply/
Scholarship Application Period: 1st November – 31 December
Still undecided? Attend RSIS Information Sessions and Masterclasses to find out more. Click the links below!
Tuesday, 25 November, 1200-1330: Virtual Graduate Programmes Information Session + Masterclass
Join us to find out more about our programmes, meet the Admissions team and experience RSIS teaching through a masterclass titled “The Rise of Big Tech and the Changing Dynamics of International Politics” by Asst Prof Zhang Hongzhou.
Masterclass by Asst Prof Zhang Hongzhou
1245-1330
The Rise of Big Tech and the Changing Dynamics of International Politics?
In recent decades, leading technology firms, commonly referred to as Big Tech, have emerged as powerful global actors reshaping the contours of international politics, the global economy, and governance structures. This lecture examines the rise of Big Tech, such as the United States’ Nvidia, Alphabet, Apple, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft, alongside China’s Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, and Huawei, and their expanding influence in global affairs. Moving beyond traditional state-centric analyses, it explores how these firms function as political and economic power centers, often rivaling nation-states in their capacity to shape policy, security, and development agendas.
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Tuesday, 02 December, 1200-1330: Virtual Graduate Programmes Information Session + Masterclass
Join us to find out more about our programmes, meet the Admissions team and experience RSIS teaching through a masterclass titled “From Ententes to Minilaterals: The Changing Architecture of Alliance Politics” by Asst Prof William D. James.
Masterclass by Asst Prof William D. James
1245-1330
From Ententes to Minilaterals: The Changing Architecture of Alliance Politics
Alliances have long shaped world order, from the tangled pacts before 1914 to the US- and Soviet-led blocs of the Cold War. Are today’s alignments – from the China-Russia “no-limits” partnership to minilaterals in the Indo-Pacific such as AUKUS and the Quad – genuinely different? This masterclass explores what drives states to ally, how modern forms of cooperation compare to older models, and why some partnerships, like NATO or the Five Power Defence Arrangements in Southeast Asia, have endured long after their original purpose faded.
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