Ambassador Barry Desker
Dean of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)

The Singapore Global Dialogue, held annually, to coincide with a prestigious sporting event - the Singapore F1 Grand Prix - brings together a distinguished group of key policymakers, business practitioners, professionals and public opinion leaders from around the world. Organised by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), this is the first time that a global meeting of minds on strategic issues of international significance is initiated by a local think-tank.  

This year's Singapore Global Dialogue coincides with the growth of the Asia-Pacific region as an even more dynamic player in world affairs. Shifts in the global distribution of wealth, and the continued expansion of the Asian economies, have pushed Asian countries to the forefront of international political and economic affairs.

The high level of participation at the Dialogue will provide a global perspective on strategic challenges and transnational issues that confront the world.

RSIS is privileged to host such an eminent assembly. RSIS is internationally renowned as a leading research and graduate teaching institution in the Asia-Pacific region. It has created this platform to examine current challenges to global stability and ponder solutions to strategic issues of pan-regional security and non-traditional security. Themes of the Dialogue cut across national, regional and global concerns.

Singapore, with its constantly changing landscape and evolving cosmopolitan identity, provides an easily accessible setting for this Dialogue in the heart of the Asia-Pacific region. To extend the global reach of this ground-breaking event, we offer this website to provide information on the Dialogue and answer other queries of participants and observers.

Welcome to the Singapore Global Dialogue.