S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)

About the organization

The S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) was officially inaugurated on 1 January 2007. Before that, it was known as the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS), which was established 10 years earlier on 30 July 1996. RSIS was established as an autonomous institute within the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). It exists to develop a community of scholars and policy analysts at the forefront of security studies and international affairs. Its three core functions are research, graduate teaching, and networking.