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RSIS Welcomes the M.Sc./Ph.D. Class of 2009 Think Tank News from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies RSIS Welcomes the M.Sc./Ph.D. Class of 2009 n 24 July 2008, RSIS wel- comed the new batch of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. OOver the course of the following two days, an orientation was organized for the Class of 2009. The orienta- tion involved briefings on the various programmes at RSIS as well as visits to SAFTIMI and ISEAS. Our Dean, Ambassador Barry Desker, delivered the following welcome speech to the new students: “It is my great pleasure to welcome you all to the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), a Dean Barry Desker having a photo opportunity with some of the new students of professional Graduate School of the the M.Sc. programmes Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Our aim is to train you to top quality students from many ar- 1 RSIS Welcomes the M.Sc./Ph.D. participate actively in a globalizing eas of work. From a small class of 10, Class of 2009 world. Some of you will work away all Singaporeans, all fully sponsored 3 Seminar on “The U.S. Take on from your home countries, others students in 1998/99, more than 160 Combating Terror” by Dr. James Jay Carafano will be based in your countries of or- students are enrolled in our gradu- 3 Seminar on “Four Broad Themes igin but all of you will travel, interact ate teaching programmes this aca- of Jihadi Online Curriculum” by Mr. with people of other nationalities, demic year. Students from close to Stephen Ulph handle issues dealing with interna- 40 different countries have passed 4 APPSMO 2008 tional society. Our job is to train you through the School since 1998. This 6 Seminar on “Myanmar’s Militarized State and its Priorities: How It to meet these demands. Besides a year, we have students from 28 coun- Uses Cyclone Victims to String the tough academic programme in the tries. More than half of our current International Community Along” by next 10 months, you will have the student body comes from overseas.” Dr. Maung Zarni opportunity to learn about how to “We are proud at RSIS to provide 6 Visit by European Union Experts, handle media interviews, write pol- a rigorous professional education Office of the Delegation of the European Commission icy papers, participate in crisis man- with a strong practical emphasis. 6 Visit by the National Institute for agement workshops.” Our key teaching goal is to prepare Defense Studies, Japan “Since our establishment in 1996, our students for a career in a broad 7 Visit by African Leaders and we have experienced robust growth range of strategic professions, in- Policymakers cluding the foreign and national 8 Ahlan Wa Sahlan (Warm Greetings) in student numbers and quality. Our Inside … from Damascus, Syria! enrolment has diversified and we security-related ministries, MNCs have been successful in attracting and local corporations, investment Issue No. 6 • August 2008 • MICA Permit Number : MICA (P) 287/05/2006 banks, regional and international or- ism Research (ICPVTR), the Centre courses. As students, you are at the ganizations, NGOs and journalism.” of Excellence for National Security centre of our teaching programme. “Our students get globally com- (CENS), the Centre for Non-Tradi- We aim to produce graduates who petitive educational opportunities tional Security Studies (CNTS) and can make a difference to society.” through four graduate programmes; the Temasek Foundation Centre for “It is once again my pleasure to namely, the Masters of Science in Trade and Negotiations.” welcome you to RSIS and I hope that Strategic Studies, International Re- “The School also convenes nu- you will find your time in the School lations, International Political Econ- merous conferences, workshops, to be a challenging and rewarding omy, and Asian Studies. Next year, seminars, and colloquia on aspects experience.” we will add a two-year Master of related to the security and stability Business Administration in Interna- of the Asia-Pacific and their impli- tional Studies taught jointly with the cations for Singapore and other re- Nanyang Business School. We have gional countries. One of the high- a small Ph.D. programme. But as a lights of the School’s activities is the professional school of international annual Asia Pacific Programme for affairs, we will be judged by how Senior Military Officers (APPSMO), many go into careers dealing with which will start on Sentosa island on the regional and international envi- 3 August. You are welcomed to join ronment, not the number going on those sessions, which are open to to a Ph.D.” our students. You are encouraged to “RSIS is not only a school of inter- participate in all these research and national affairs but also a think tank networking activities. We believe focusing on policy and academic re- that attendance and active partici- search. Constituents of RSIS, besides pation in our seminars and confer- The new students being briefed by the IDSS, include the International Cen- ences makes your MSc programme Head of Graduate Studies, Associate tre for Political Violence and Terror- different from other Masters degree Professor Ralf Emmers Congratulations to the Class of 2008 On 21 July 2008, RSIS was proud to confer the Master of Science degrees in International Political Economy (IPE), International Relations (IR) and Stra- tegic Studies (SS) to the M.Sc. Class of 2008. Of the 106 students being conferred the degrees, the three top students from the respective programmes were also awarded various medals. They were Alvin Tan Poh Heng, winner of the Lion Group Gold Medal for the IPE programme; Ang Tiau Linn, winner of the Singapore Technologies Engineer- ing Gold Medal for the IR programme; and Ho Shu Huang, winner of the United Overseas Bank Gold Medal for the SS programme. RSIS would also like to congratulate Miss Gonzalez Lozano Alma Arcelia for being awarded the prestigious Nanyang President’s Graduate Scholarship to pursue her Ph.D. at RSIS. We welcome the new members to the RSIS Alumni and hope that they would all maintain a continuing interest in RSIS. Dean Barry Desker at the convocation ceremony for the Class of 2008 The top students of the Some of the students respective M.Sc. from the RSIS Class programmes: of 2008 with Mr. S R (from left) Alvin Nathan, President Tan, Ho Shu of Singapore and Huang and Ang Chancellor of NTU, and Tiau Linn Dean Desker. 2 Think Tank News from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Seminar on “The U.S. Take on Combating Terror” by Dr. James Jay Carafano n 16 April 2008, ICPVTR was terest. A long war is a war of attrition: privileged to host Dr. James direct confrontation with the enemy is Jay Carafano. Dr. Carafano impossible. Ois Assistant Director at the Kathryn Dr. Carafano touched on the four and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for good elements of long-war strategy. International Studies and Senior Re- The first is security, where offence is search Fellow at the Douglas and Sa- more important than defence. Second Dr. James Jay Carafano rah Allison Center for Foreign Policy is economic growth and competition, Studies. He is a leading expert in de- which is necessary to pay for security fence affairs, military operations and and the society’s needs. The third is the ing the Cold War. He also stated that strategy, and homeland security at protection of the liberties of the citi- in order to win the Long War, the state The Heritage Foundation. zens in order to protect the underlying has to appeal to the emotional and the Dr. Carafano spoke to ICPVTR staff element of social cohesion. Finally, the metaphysical. The state cannot sim- on “The U.S. Take on Combating Ter- nation has to win the war of ideas. As ply focus on terrorism and ignore the ror”. Names of wars change over time, Clausewitz said, “Defeat is in the mind extremists. History shows that people and the War on Terror has since been of the enemy commander.” flourish after winning long wars but renamed the Long War by the vast Dr. Carafano believes that the society has to be either authoritarian majority of observers. This renaming United States has to take the basic or very liberal in order to win. captures the nature of the conflict. Ac- principles of fighting a long war and The participants of the seminar had cording to him, the dynamics of a long apply it to its fight against global ter- an engaging session and RSIS wishes war are fairly consistent. It does not rorism, much in the same way that it to thank Dr. James Jay Carafano for his end until the sovereign entity loses in- out-competed the Soviet Union dur- insightful sharing. Seminar on “Four Broad Themes of Jihadi Online Curriculum” by Mr. Stephen Ulph On 18 April 2008, ICPVTR hosted a semi- The first is the undermining of the nar on “Four Broad Themes of Jihadi On- present cultural order by targeting democ- line Curriculum”. We were privileged to racy, secularism and pluralism. The sec- have Mr. Stephen Ulph, Senior Fellow at ond is the undermining of the current order The Jamestown Foundation and founder within Muslim society and the world by re- and editor of Terrorism Security Monitor, to moving any kind of legitimacy for Muslim speak on the nature of the Internet becom- regimes, state systems, political conduct, ing an important media platform for jihadist and pro-establishment Muslim scholars propaganda. and those who do not strive against those Mr. Stephen Ulph Mr. Ulph spoke about the “jihadi cur- regimes, systems and political conduct.
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