Past Events

The Uncertain Legacy of Crisis: European Foreign Policy Faces the Future

One significant outcome of the European financial crisis was the impact on Europe-Asia relations. For…

October 20, 20143 min

Insights

Where the impact of the Scottish referendum lies

After Scottish voters delivered a relatively clear decision in the referendum on independence for Scotland,…

September 25, 20143 min

Insights

Asia a bad backup for Russia’s gas exports

The crisis in Ukraine has raised the possibility of Russia cutting off its natural gas…

September 4, 20143 min

Past Events

The EU’s Risks and Opportunities Ahead: Ukraine, Scotland and Recovery in the Eurozone

The European Union (EU) looks set for a challenging but nevertheless promising season ahead, said…

August 26, 20142 min

Insights

Abe’s European tour: a success

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s week-long tour of Europe was a sales pitch for Japan,…

May 9, 20143 min

Insights

Energy and the Ukrainian crisis: towards Russia’s pivot to Asia?

As the Ukrainian crisis continues unabated, the US and Europe look set to impose further…

April 24, 20143 min

Insights

Crisis in Crimea: setting patterns of behaviour

A meeting in Paris last night (5 March) between US Secretary of State John Kerry…

March 6, 20143 min

Commentaries

A year in the world

I probably travelled too much this year. I went to New York, Europe, and as…

December 28, 20138 min

Commentaries

A safe pair of hands for Germany or a stroke of good luck? Merkel and the future of Europe

Angela Merkel and her CDU/CSU bloc have won a landslide victory in Sunday's elections (22…

September 20, 20139 min

Commentaries

An EU model for ASEAN?

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) continues its move towards greater institutionalization of the…

January 21, 201313 min

Past Events

Annual Members’ Circle 2013

The SIIA's Annual Members’ Circle (AMC) is a closed-door event and kept to around 30-40…

January 17, 20134 min

Commentaries

Singapore and the world, in 2013 and beyond

The optimistic view - if you can call it that - is that crisis will…

January 3, 20136 min