2015/16 IPS-Nathan Lectures: Lecture I (An Age without Definition)

The series of 2015/16 IPS-Nathan Lectures is titled “Dealing with an Ambiguous World”.

The first lecture will examine the factors making for greater uncertainty in the contemporary international system, arguing that the post-Cold War international system lacks structure and hence leadership, leaving many urgent international issues neglected or dealt with only sub-optimally and the global environment more complex. It will thereby try to show how the subjects of subsequent lectures fit into this overall framework.


Downloads

• Report on Lecture I: An Age without Definition
• Speech by Mr Bilahari Kausikan (Revised, 25 February 2016)
• 2015/16 IPS-Nathan Lecture Series: Lecture I by Mr Bilahari Kausikan (Soundcloud)

Video

Media Coverage

• The Straits Times. 2016. Navigating a global order lacking in clarity. 3 February
• The Straits Times. 2016. Singapore’s sovereignty ‘never a given’: Bilahari Kausikan. 30 January