Conclusion: Beginning, Change, and Future: The RSIS Way

I joined the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) on November 3, 2014 as Executive Deputy Chairman. I succeeded Dean Barry Desker as the Chief Executive of RSIS. I had heard of RSIS often, as it frequently came up in my conversations at home and abroad with Singapore officials and foreign diplomats. I met several graduates, researchers, and teaching staff from the School over the years and was impressed with their focus on security issues, strategic concerns, and policy relevance. They always seemed to look at the future and to advance Singapore’s interests in an ever-changing world…