The world has been transformed by the global financial crisis giving rise to numerous
questions on the future of the international. New uncertainties have derived from a shifting
power distribution as well as from a series of transnational challenges including climate
change and resource management.
Through these unprecedented developments, the Asia Pacific region is becoming
strategically more significant and a key player in international affairs.
The Singapore Global Dialogue is Asia’s foremost platform to examine pressing challenges in
international affairs. Moving beyond regional concerns, the inaugural event addressed the
broader strategic environment and provided an Asian voice to global debates.
Presented by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), this annual event in
its 2010 debut, brought over 400 participants, including leading practioners, policymakers,
and opinion formers from various government policy sectors, security forces, the international
business community, academia, think tanks and NGOs from across Asia, North America,
Europe and Africa to Singapore.
Delivering Singapore Global Dialogue’s opening keynote address – “The Evolution of the
International Landscape and the Role of China” – was Tang Jiaxuan, Former State
Councillor, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China. The Honourable
John Howard, Former Prime Minister of Australia, presented the World Leader Keynote
Address – “Strategic Challenges of the Region.”
Other speakers at Singapore Global Dialogue included eminent individuals such as Dr Paul
Wolfowitz, former President of the World Bank; His Excellency M K Narayanan, a former
National Security Advisor who is currently the Governor of West Bengal, India; Ambassador
Christopher Hill, Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and former US
Ambassador to Iraq; Andrew Sheng, and Chief Adviser to the China Banking Regulatory
Commission and former Chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong;
Dr Nur Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesia’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Professor
Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore.
Speakers and participants of the conference had an insightful, and occasionally heated,
exchange on the current global and regional developments. The themes discussed and
debated included the prospects for cooperation or competition between resurging powers;
global responses to common transnational uncertainties and an outlook on the future of
global governance.
global financial crisis has transformed the world and raised numerous questions on the future of international order. A series of transnational challenges such as climate change and resource management has created new uncertainties. New technology has given a greater voice to its users across the internet.
As the world's economic centre of gravity shifts eastwards, these unprecedented developments have made the Asia Pacific region strategically more significant as a key player in international affairs.
To gain an Asian perspective on global strategic trends, the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) hosts the Singapore Global Dialogue annually in September. Set in the cosmopolitan city of Singapore in the heart of this strategic region, the Singapore Global Dialogue aims to be Asia's foremost platform to discuss international strategic issues.
Participants of the conference discuss current developments in the Asia Pacific and beyond, and explore the most pressing challenges to the contemporary international order. Themes discussed at the event include managing the shifting global balance of power; global responses to a complex set of challenges to human wellbeing and the impact of new technologies on international systems.
Since its debut in 2010, the Singapore Global Dialogue has brought over 400 participants annually, including leading policymakers and opinion formers from various government policy sectors, security forces, the international business community, academia, think tanks and NGOs from across Asia, North America, Europe and Africa to Singapore.
Speakers and participants of the conference engage in robust, and occasionally heated, exchanges of views on global and regional developments.
Through sustained and high level engagements, the Singapore Global Dialogue will influence contemporary debates on international affairs.
Over the last year, numerous questions on the future of international order have been raised by the eurozone financial crisis, the Arab Spring revolutions in the Middle East, the continuing rise of China, and the new U.S. pivot or rebalancing strategy towards Asia. Transnational challenges such as climate change and resource management have created new uncertainties, while the Fukushima disaster has cast doubts on nuclear energy as a clean source of energy for the future. As the world's economic centre of gravity continues to shift eastwards, the Asia Pacific region has become strategically more significant as a key player in international affairs.
To gain an Asian perspective on these global strategic trends, the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) will host the third Singapore Global Dialogue on 20-21 September 2012, which aims to be Asia's foremost platform to discuss international strategic issues.
Participants of the conference will discuss current developments in the Asia Pacific and beyond, and explore the most pressing challenges to the contemporary international order. Themes that will be addressed at the event include U.S.-China relations, contemporary global security challenges, and world economic governance.
Since its debut in 2010, the Singapore Global Dialogue has brought over 400 participants to Singapore annually, including leading policymakers and opinion formers from various government policy sectors, security forces, the international business community, academia, think tanks and NGOs from across Asia, North America, Europe and Africa. Speakers and other participants engage in robust exchanges of views on global and regional developments.
Through sustained and high level engagements, the Singapore Global Dialogue will influence contemporary debates on international affairs.
