SIIA’s latest media release
Media ReleaseFor Immediate Release Financing Conservation Key to Green Recovery and Resilience in ASEAN Singapore, 4 November 2020 – Southeast Asia faces not only immediate shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic, but also long-term sustainability challenges. In this regard, financing conservation efforts is key to green recovery and...
Media Release For Immediate Release Deeper Integration within ASEAN should be a Priority The SIIA’s “Renewed Concerns in Key ASEAN Economies: Politics and Growth Prospects after the First COVID-19 Wave” calls for greater cooperation within ASEAN Singapore, 6 August 2020 – As Southeast Asian countries look towards reopening their...
Media Release For Immediate Release Moderate Risk of Severe Transboundary Haze in 2020 SIIA Haze Outlook Report identifies COVID-19 as the major factor impacting fire prevention efforts for 2020 Singapore, 25 June 2020 – There is moderate risk of a severe transboundary haze incident in 2020 – rated Amber on...
Media Release For Immediate Release ASEAN Needs Stronger Coordination, Skills and Transparency to Elevate Sustainable Infrastructure Projects The SIIA’s “Financing Sustainable Infrastructure in ASEAN” Report Calls for Common Understanding to Unlock Capital Flows Singapore, 2 April 2020 – With Southeast Asia facing a funding deficit to meet its burgeoning...
Singapore, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 – "No one knows how long and how bad the Covid-19 outbreak will be. The first efforts from governments to shore up the economy are beginning and further measures may be needed if the outbreak is prolonged. Governments should come...
Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Singapore, Monday, 3 January 2020 – The Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA), Singapore’s oldest think tank, was ranked the top think tank in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Asia across several categories in the 2019 Global Go To...
Singapore, Thursday, 23 January 2020 – Associate Professor Simon Tay, Chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA), has been appointed Ambassador for Singapore. He will be accredited to the Hellenic Republic (Greece) on a non-residential basis. He will continue as SIIA chairman and in...
Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [Download PDF here] Singapore, Thursday, 29 August 2019 – ASEAN centrality is key to weathering the Sino-American conflict, according to a report launched today at the 12th ASEAN and Asia Forum (AAF) by the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA), Singapore’s oldest independent...
Media ReleaseFor Immediate Release SIIA Launches Haze Outlook Report for Southern ASEAN at the 6th Singapore Dialogue on Sustainable World ResourcesLikelihood of Occurrence of Bad Haze in 2019 is Amber Singapore, 2 May 2019 – The likelihood of occurrence of bad haze for 2019 is anticipated to...
Media Release For Immediate Release [Download PDF here] Tokyo, Japan, 19 March 2019 – Bilateral ties between Singapore and Japan were strengthened when officials, scholars, business leaders and journalists met in Tokyo for the annual Japan-Singapore Symposium (JSS). Held for the 13th time,...