Past Events

Myanmar: Looking Ahead – Foreign Policy, Democracy & The Military

Myanmar’s transformation is underway at remarkable speed, but reforms are far from complete. With the…

June 10, 20133 min

Commentaries

Human Cities

The tangled web of international organizations that constitutes global governance has become so remote and…

May 23, 20136 min

Past Events

The Great Convergence: Implications and Challenges of the New Global Condition

In a world full of pessimism, Kishore Mahbubani argues in The Great Convergence that the…

May 7, 20131 min

Commentaries

Nations are no longer driving globalization- cities are

Urbanization has already declared itself the mega-trend of the 21st century, with half the world’s…

May 3, 20138 min

Commentaries

The coming culture contest

Signs are that questions of culture are returning to Singapore, albeit differently. The Government is…

April 11, 20137 min

Commentaries

What makes a S’porean? A debate returns

Debate has returned, for both the Government and citizens, about what it means to be…

April 8, 20136 min

Past Events

Malaysia and Singapore: 2013 Elections and the Implications for Cross-Strait Relations

With elections due by June, Malaysia is preparing to go to the polls. Observers are…

April 4, 20132 min

Commentaries

The 4Rs our Singapore Conversation needs

In the midst of our Singapore Conversation, the debates on the Population White Paper and…

March 22, 20135 min

Commentaries

The False Divide

The projections in the Government’s White Paper have raised concerns among Singaporeans, in particular the…

February 25, 20135 min

Commentaries

Reframe the Great Population Conversation

Controversy followed the Government’s White Paper on Population, from its introduction to the last day…

February 21, 20137 min

Past Events

ASEAN Economic Community Mid Term Report discussion

The 41st ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) held in Bangkok in 2009 requested to the…

February 7, 20131 min

Past Events

SIIA New Year’s Party

The SIIA held our New Year’s Party at IndoChine Club Street on 24th January 2013. We…

January 24, 20131 min