Mr Nicholas Fang, SIIA's Director of Security and Global Affairs, was quoted in an article by Lianhe Zaobao on the US midterm elections 2018. Here's an excerpt of his quotes, translated from Chinese. Nicholas Fang, Director of Security and Global Affairs at the Singapore Institute of International...
SIIA Director of Security and Global Affairs, Mr Nicholas Fang spoke to CGTN on the world's first multilateral air guidelines signed by ASEAN defence chiefs on Friday, 19 October 2018. This interview was broadcasted on the same day. In the interview, he said: "It's a very important first...
Initiated by the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF), the second edition of the ASEAN Capital Market Conference 2018 was hosted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on 11 October 2018 (Thursday). It brings together senior capital market regulators and key industry leaders to develop...
Indonesia Singapore-Indonesia Bilateral Leaders’ Retreat – Seven Agreements Signed Singaporean and Indonesian leaders signed seven wide ranging agreements during a Bilateral Leaders’ Retreat on 10-11 October. In particular, the bilateral investment treaty aims to protect investors’ interests and reinforce economic ties, while the US$10 billion currency...
Chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs Associate Professor Simon Tay has been invited to serve on a UN Commission: the Financial Sector Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking (“Liechtenstein Initiative”). The global, multi-stakeholder project is established by the United Nations University Centre for...
Date :19 Oct 2018 For close to two decades, the SIIA has focused on how fires and haze, among the major controversies plaguing the plantation and agroforestry sector, can be managed and eventually eradicated. Ensuring the sector’s supply chain improves its sustainability practices not only matters...
As the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government ventures beyond its first 100 days in power, it is apparent that its transformation of Malaysia is as yet incomplete. Different factions within Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) are becoming more outspoken in the lead-up to their hotly contested party...
At the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) on 19 October 2018, defence ministers from the ten ASEAN nations agreed on the first multilateral air guidelines on engagement between military planes. At the ADMM+ meeting the following day, major powers such as the United States and...
