Nanyang Technological UniversityS. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Nanyang Technological University’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) is a university-based center, established in 2007 to conduct policy research and provide advanced training on strategic and international affairs in the Asia-Pacific region. RSIS has served for three years as a ‘core’ institution under the Foundation’s Asia Security Initiative, during which time it managed a cluster of Asian policy research institutions working on security challenges that derive from within states. This grant would support policy research on the sources of inter-state instability in the Asia-Pacific region and the policy implications for governments in the region. Funds will be used for salary support, travel and convening, and project-related administrative costs.

To support an event commemorating the launch of the Asia Security Initiative.

In support of an Asian Security Initiative core institution (over three years).

The S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies’ (RSIS) mission is to be a leading research and graduate teaching institution in strategic and international affairs in the Asia Pacific. This grant supports a meeting hosted by RSIS on behalf of the MacArthur Foundation to solicit the views of Asia-based experts in security studies to aid the development of a grantmaking initiative on Asian security. It is intended to determine whether and how support for a new policy research agenda might improve official and public understanding of Asia-Pacific security challenges over the next 7-10 years.