FASS Commentaries
Expert opinions and thought leadership from FASS faculty, researchers, students and alumni.
Commentary: Could Anwar’s government bring back Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR project?
In ‘Commentary: Could Anwar’s government bring back Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR project?’ (Channel NewsAsia, December 2022), Dr Serina Rahman (NUS Southeast Asian Studies and ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute) discusses whether Malaysia’s new prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim, will revive the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project. With the fall of the Barisan Nasional …
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Could Anwar Ibrahim’s Unity Government Fight for the Interests of the People?
Commentary by Dr Serina Rahman (NUS Southeast Asian Studies) in Suria News Online.
Fixing ‘Broken’ Youth Not Enough to Tackle Mental Health Issues
Commentary in TODAY by Assoc Prof Vincent Chua, from the Dept of Sociology and Anthropology at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and Ms Isabelle Tan (Research Assistant) and Dr Chew Han Ei (Senior Research Fellow) of the Social Lab, Institute of Policy Studies at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS.
Cultural Diplomacy and Intelligence in a Multicultural Workplace
Dr Soh Kai Ruo (NUS Communications and New Media) explains the value of recognising, understanding and being able to navigate cultural complexities that may appear when we work in a multicultural environment.
Reforestation Could Boost Water Security in some Asia-Pacific Areas
A new study led by researchers at the NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions (CNCS) indicates that if all areas suitable for forest growth in the Asia-Pacific were planted up, rainfall would go up in 4 of its 15 water-stressed regions, writes NUS CNCS Science Communication and Outreach Lead and FASS alumna Audrey Tan (NUS Sociology, ’13) in this The Straits Times article.
Exploring Teochew Culture Inheritance Through Art of Temple Carving
A profile by Lianhe Zaobao of undergraduate and FASS Student Ambassador Tan Guan Fan (NUS History) who recently attained the prestigious Ngee Ann Kongsi Distinguished Scholar Award, and whose recently published paper “If Roofs could Talk and Walls could Speak: The Understated Arts of Yueh Hai Ching Temple” was a lauded study in Teochew culture and the arts.
Xi’s China Dream – Its Appeal and Dangers
Whatever personnel and policy changes emerge from the 20th party congress, China’s ambitions and revanchist ethnonationalist goals will endure, says Mr Bilahari Kausikan, Chairman of the Middle East Institute at NUS, former Singaporean diplomat and NUS Political Science alumnus.
Caring is Complicated
How societies can better adapt to an ageing population is an important issue. By 2030, more than 20% of Singapore’s population will be aged 65 or above, which means that every fourth person you encounter at a kopitiam will be a senior citizen. ‘Caring is Complicated’ (The ALUMNUS, Oct-Dec 2022) …
Closer Neighbours are Better than Distant Relatives
Associate Professor Thang Leng Leng from NUS Japanese Studies shares how her experience and that of her friends’, having lived in Japan and Singapore, has led her to appreciate the value of having a good neighbourhood.
Singapore Youth: In Defence of ‘Strawberries’
Dr Chew Han Ei, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS, and Assoc Prof Vincent Chua from NUS Sociology and Anthropology ask: What can be done to engage young people in Forward Singapore?
What does Queen Elizabeth’s Death Mean for Countries where she’s Head of State?
Queen Elizabeth II was a powerful obstacle to republican calls from Commonwealth countries that wanted to break the link to the British crown. But she is now gone, and the new King cannot match that stature, says NUS history professor Brian Farrell.
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Land-strapped Singapore May Struggle to Fulfil the New Global Biodiversity Deal but…
By FASS Alumna Ms Audrey Tan (NUS Sociology ’13) who is Science Communication and Outreach Lead at the Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions at the Faculty of Science and the Tropical Marine Science Institute at NUS.