We are happy to invite you to a talk by Mr. Bilahari Kausikan in cooperation with Asia House. 

The rules-based international order is under increased pressure. The cooperative multilateral global relations are being replaced by interstate rivalry that is leading to the reorganization of relationships within regions with tendencies toward a multipolar order. U.S.-Chinese rivalry seems set to become the defining feature of international relations in the twenty-first century.

Bilahari Kausikan is a former Ambassador-at-Large in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore. Between 2001 and May 2013, he was first the Second Permanent Secretary and then Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During his career he has served in a variety of appointments, including as Singapore’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and as Ambassador to the Russian Federation. He studied at Raffles Institution, the University of Singapore and Columbia University in New York. He is currently serving as Chairman of the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore and Member of the Advisory Council at The International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Opening remarks by Susanne Rumohr Hækkerup CEO Asia House.