Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies

URL: http://www.idss.edu.sg/

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Working Papers

Title: America's Security Role in a Changing World: A Global Strategic Assessment
Date: April 2009

Title: From Counter-Society to Counter-State: Jemaah Islamiyah According to PUPJI
Authors: Elena Pavlova
Date: November 2006

Title: 'Voice of the Malayan Revolution':The Communist Party of Malaya's Struggle for Hearts and Minds in the 'Second Malayan Emergency' (1969-1975)
Authors: Ong Wei Chong
Date: October 2006

Title: Islam, State and Modernity : Muslim Political Discourse in Late 19th and Early 20th century India
Authors: Iqbal Singh Sevea
Date: August 2006

Title: Twelver Sh'ite Islam: Conceptual and Practical Aspects
Authors: Christoph Marcinkowski
Date: July 2006

Title: Rewriting Indonesian History, The Future in Indonesia’s Past
Authors: Kwa Chong Guan
Date: June 2006

Title: Freedom and Control Networks in Military Environments
Authors: Paul T. Mitchell
Date: May 2006

Title: UNCLOS and its Limitations as the Foundation for a Regional Maritime Security Regime
Authors: Sam Bateman
Date: April 2006

Title: Globalization And Military-Industrial Transformation In South Asia: An Historical Perspective
Authors: Emrys Chew
Date: April 2006

Title: Myanmar and Argument for Engagement: A Clash of Contending Moralities?
Authors: Christopher B. Roberts
Date: March 2006

Title: International Regime Building in Southeast Asia: ASEAN Cooperation against the Illicit Trafficking and Abuse of Drugs
Authors: Ralf Emmers
Date: February 2006

Title: Changing Conflict Identities: The case of the Southern Thailand Discord
Authors: S.P. Harish
Date: February 2006

Title: The LTTE’s Online Network and its Implications for Regional Security
Authors: Shyam Tekwani
Date: January 2006

Title: The Korean War June-October 1950: Inchon and Stalin in the "Trigger vs. Justification"; Debate
Authors: Tan Kwoh Jack
Date: January 2006

Title: The Incidence of Corruption in India: Is the Neglect of Governance Endangering Human Security in South Asia?
Authors: Shabnam Mallick, Rajarshi Sen
Date: January 2006

Title: Securitizing/Desecuritizing the Filipinos' ' Outward Migration Issue'in the Philippines' Relations with Other Asian Governments
Authors: José N. Franco
Date: January 2006

Title: Securitizing border-crossing: The case of marginalized stateless minorities in the Thai-Burma Borderlands
Authors: Mika Toyota
Date: January 2006

Title: Securitization Of Illegal Migration of Bangladeshis To India
Authors: Josy Joseph
Date: January 2006

Title: Re-conceptualising the Military-Industrial Complex: A General Systems Theory Approach
Authors: Adrian Kuah
Date: January 2006

Title: Non-Traditional Security Issues: Securitisation of Transnational Crime in Asia
Authors: James Laki
Date: January 2006

Title: Food Security and the Threat From Within: Rice Policy Reforms in the Philippines
Authors: Bruce Tolentino
Date: January 2006

Title: Environmental Management and Conflict in Southeast Asia – Land Reclamation and its Political Impact
Authors: Kog Yue-Choong
Date: January 2006

Title: Bandung And The Political Economy of North-South Relations: Sowing The Seeds For Revisioning International Society
Authors: Helen E.S. Nesadurai
Date: January 2006

Title: The Impact of RMA on Conventional Deterrence: A Theoretical Analysis
Authors: Manjeet S. Pardesi
Date: December 2005

Title: The East Asian Experience: The Poverty of "Picking Winners"
Authors: Barry Desker, Deborah Elms
Date: December 2005

Title: Africa and the Challenge of Globalization
Authors: Jeffrey Herbst
Date: December 2005

Title: Local Elections and Democracy in Indonesia: The Case of the Riau Archipelago
Authors: Nankyung Choi
Date: November 2005

Title: Piracy in Southeast Asia New Trends, Issues and Responses
Authors: Catherine Zara Raymond
Date: October 2005

Title: Geopolitics, Grand Strategy and the Bush Doctrine
Authors: Simon Dalby
Date: October 2005

Title: China's Political Commissars and Commanders: Trends & Dynamics
Authors: Srikanth Kondapalli
Date: October 2005

Title: Maritime Disputes In The South China Sea: Strategic And Diplomatic Status Quo
Authors: Ralf Emmers
Date: September 2005

Title: Autobiography, Politics And Ideology In Sayyid Qutb's Reading Of The Qur'an
Authors: Umej Bhatia
Date: September 2005

Title: Global Jihad, Sectarianism and The Madrassahs in Pakistan
Authors: Ali Riaz
Date: August 2005

Title: Great Powers and Southeast Asian Regional Security Strategies: Omni-Enmeshment, Balancing and Hierarchical Order
Authors: Evelyn Goh
Date: July 2005

Title: The State And Religious Institutions In Muslim Societies
Authors: Riaz Hassan
Date: June 2005

Title: On Being Religious: Patterns Of Religious Commitment In Muslim Societies
Authors: Riaz Hassan
Date: June 2005

Title: How Bargaining Alters Outcomes: Bilateral Trade Negotiations And Bargaining Strategies
Authors: Deborah Elms
Date: June 2005

Title: Civil-Military Relationship And Reform In The Defence Industry
Authors: Arthur S. Ding
Date: June 2005

Title: Towards Better Peace Processes: A Comparative Study Of Attempts To Broker Peace With MNLF And GAM
Authors: S.P. Harish
Date: May 2005

Title: The Security Of Regional Sea Lanes
Authors: Joshua Ho
Date: May 2005

Title: Multilateralism, Sovereignty And Normative Change In World Politics
Authors: Amitav Acharya
Date: May 2005

Title: Southeast Asian Maritime Security In The Age of Terror: Threats, Opportunity, And Charting The Course Forwards
Authors: John Bradford
Date: April 2005

Title: Deducing India's Grand Strategy Of Regional Hegemony From Historical And Conceptual Perspectives
Authors: Manjeet Singh Pardesi
Date: April 2005

Title: Maritime Terrorism In Southeast Asia: A Risk Assessment
Authors: Catherine Zara Raymond
Date: March 2005

Title: The Indonesian Military As A Professional Organization : Criteria And Ramifications For Reform
Authors: John Bradford
Date: January 2005

Title: Malaysia And The United States: Rejecting Dominance, Embracing Engagement
Authors: Helen E.S. Nesadurai
Date: December 2004

Title: "Constructing"; The Jemaah Islamiyah Terrorist: A Preliminary Inquiry
Authors: Kumar Ramakrishna
Date: October 2004

Title: China In The Mekong River Basin: The Regional Security Implications Of Resource Development On The Lancang Jiang
Authors: Evelyn Goh
Date: July 2004

Title: The Shifting Of Maritime Power And The Implications For Maritime Security In East Asia
Authors: Joshua Ho
Date: June 2004

Title: Examining The Defence Industrialization - Economic Growth Relationship:The Case Of Singapore
Authors: Adrian Kuah, Bernard Loo
Date: June 2004

Title: UAVs/UCAVs – Missions, Challenges, And Strategic Implications For Small And Medium Powers
Authors: Manjeet Singh Pardesi
Date: May 2004

Title: Technological Globalisation And Regional Security In East Asia
Authors: J.D. Kenneth Boutin
Date: May 2004

Title: Singapore's Reaction To Rising China: Deep Engagement And Strategic Adjustment
Authors: Evelyn Goh
Date: May 2004

Title: Outlook for Malaysia's 11th General Election
Authors: Joseph Liow
Date: March 2004

Title: Not Many Jobs Take A Whole Army: Special Operations Forces And The Revolution In Military Affairs
Authors: Malcolm Brailey
Date: March 2004

Title: Globalization And Non-Traditional Security Issues: A Study Of Human And Drug Trafficking In East Asia
Authors: Ralf Emmers
Date: March 2004

Title: Outlook On The Indonesian Parliamentary Election 2004
Authors: Irman G. Lanti
Date: February 2004

Title: Testing Alternative Responses To Power Preponderance: Buffering, Binding, Bonding And Beleaguering in the Real World
Authors: Chong Ja Ian
Date: January 2004

Title: Force Modernisation Trends In Southeast Asia
Authors: Andrew Tan
Date: January 2004

Title: Critical Mass: Weighing in on Force Transformation & Speed Kills Post-Operation Iraqi Freedom
Authors: Irvin Lim
Date: January 2004

Title: The Advent of a New Way of War: Theory and Practice of Effects Based Operations
Authors: Joshua Ho
Date: December 2003

Title: The Indo-Chinese Enlargement Of ASEAN: Implications For Regional Economic Integration
Authors: Helen E.S. Nesadurai
Date: November 2003

Title: Revisiting Responses To Power Preponderance: Going Beyond The Balancing-Bandwagoning Dichotomy
Authors: Chong Ja Ian
Date: November 2003

Title: Pre-Emption and Prevention: An Ethical and Legal Critique of the Bush Doctrine and Anticipatory Use of Force in Defense of the State
Authors: Malcolm Brailey
Date: November 2003

Title: Fireball on the Water: Naval Force Protection-Projection, Coast Guarding, Customs Border Security & Multilateral Cooperation in Rolling Back the Global Waves of Terror...from the Sea
Authors: Irvin Lim
Date: October 2003

Title: American Unilaterism, Foreign Economic Policy and the 'Securitisation' of Globalisation
Authors: Richard Higgott
Date: October 2003

Title: The Correlates of Nationalism In Beijing Public Opinion
Authors: Alastair Iain Johnston
Date: September 2003

Title: In Search of 'Suitable Positions' in the Asia Pacific: Negotiating the U.S. China Relationship and Regional Security
Authors: Evelyn Goh
Date: September 2003

Title: Sovereignty and the Politics of Identity in International Relations
Authors: Adrian Kuah
Date: August 2003

Title: Examining the Role of Foreign Assistance in Security Sector Reforms: The Indonesian Case
Authors: Eduardo Lachica
Date: April 2003

Title: The WTO in 2003: Structural Shifts, State-Of-Play and Prospects for the Doha Round
Authors: Razeen Sally
Date: March 2003

Title: The War On Terror And The Future Of Indonesian Democracy
Authors: Tatik S. Hafidz
Date: March 2003

Title: Seeking Security In The Dragon's Shadow: China and Southeast Asia In The Emerging Asian Order
Authors: Amitav Acharya
Date: March 2003

Title: Deconstructing Political Islam In Malaysia: UMNO'S Response To PAS' Religio-Political Dialectic
Authors: Joseph Liow
Date: March 2003

Title: Regionalisation of Peace in Asia: Experiences and Prospects of ASEAN, ARF and UN Partnership
Authors: Mely C. Anthony
Date: January 2003

Title: A UK Perspective On Defence Equipment Acquisition
Authors: David Kirkpatrick
Date: January 2003

Title: The Securitization of Transnational Crime in ASEAN
Authors: Ralf Emmers
Date: November 2002

Title: Report on IDSS Panel Dialogue on "The Future of Indonesia's Islam: The Quest for an Equilibrium"
Authors: Irman Lanti, Leonard Sebastian
Date: November 2002

Title: Liquidity Support And The Financial Crisis: The Indonesian Experience
Authors: J. Soedradjad Djiwandono
Date: November 2002

Title: The Political Economy of FDI Location: Why Don't Political Checks and Balances and Treaty Constraints Matter?
Authors: Andrew Walter
Date: October 2002

Title: Not Yet All Aboard... But Already All at Sea Over Container Security Initiative
Authors: Irvin Lim
Date: October 2002

Title: Indonesia and the Washington Consensus
Authors: Premjith Sadasivan
Date: October 2002

Title: Hegemonic Constraints: The Implications of September 11 for American Power
Authors: Evelyn Goh
Date: October 2002

Title: Financial Liberalization and Prudential Regulation in East Asia: Still Perverse?
Authors: Andrew Walter
Date: October 2002

Title: Islam and Society in Southeast Asia after September 11
Authors: Barry Desker
Date: September 2002

Title: 11 September and China: Opportunities, Challenges, and Warfighting
Authors: Nan Li
Date: September 2002

Title: Reconceptualizing the PLA Navy in Post--Mao China: Functions, Warfare, Arms, and Organization
Authors: Nan Li
Date: August 2002

Title: Attempting Developmental Regionalism Through AFTA: The Domestic Politics-Domestic Capital Nexus
Authors: Helen E. S. Nesadurai
Date: August 2002

Title: What Fear Hath Wrought: Missile Hysteria and the Writing of "America"
Authors: Tan See Seng
Date: July 2002

Title: International Responses to Terrorism: The Limits and Possibilities of Legal Control of Terrorism By Regional Arrangement with Particular Reference to Asean
Authors: Ong Yen Nee
Date: July 2002

Title: Great Power Politics in Contemporary East Asia: Negotiating Multipolarity or Hegemony?
Authors: Tan See Seng
Date: July 2002

Title: Understanding Financial Globalisation
Authors: Andrew Walter
Date: June 2002

Title: The Evolution of China's Maritime Combat Doctrines and Models: 1949-2001
Authors: You Ji
Date: May 2002

Title: The Concept of Security Before and After September 11
Authors: Amitav Acharya, Steve Smith
Date: May 2002

Title: Democratisation In South Korea And Taiwan: The Effect Of Social Division On Inter-Korean and Cross-Strait Relations
Authors: Chien-peng Chung
Date: May 2002

Title: Comprehensive Security: The South Asian Case
Authors: S. D. Muni
Date: January 2002