NEWS HEADLINES
THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 20TH EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (EDP 20/2025) FOR SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Monday, 4 August 2025 – The Ministry of Defence officially launched the 20th Executive Development Programme for Senior Government Officials in Public Policy and Management (EDP 20/2025) at an opening ceremony held at the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (SHHBIDSS), Bolkiah Garrison.
SHHBIDSS SHARING SESSION 03/2025 ON ‘WARFARE TRENDS: GREY ZONE CONFLICTS AND CONVENTIONAL WARS IN A SHIFTING GLOBAL LANDSCAPE’
Thursday, 10 July 2025 – The Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (SHHBIDSS) held its third Sharing Session of the year at the SHHBIDSS Executive Smart Class today, titled “Warfare Trends: Grey Zone Conflicts And Conventional Wars In A Shifting Global Landscape”.
SHHBIDSS RECEIVES FAREWELL CALL FROM HIGH COMMISSIONER OF CANADA TO BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 – The Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (SHHBIDSS) hosted a farewell call from Her Excellency Ambra Dickie, the High Commissioner of Canada to Brunei Darussalam this afternoon.
SHHBIDSS PARTICIPATED IN THE 3RD CHINA-ASEAN DEFENCE THINK TANKS EXCHANGE
GUIYANG, China, Thursday, 19
June 2025 – The 3rd China-ASEAN
Defense Think Tanks Exchange (CADTE) was held from 18 to 21 June 2025 in Guiyang,
China. Leading the delegation from the Institute was Dk Dr Noor Hasharina binti
Pg Haji Hassan, Director of SHHBIDSS, accompanied by Siti Nurnabilah binti Haji
Abdul Rahman, SHHBIDSS Research Officer
TRACK II NETWORK OF ASEAN DEFENCE AND SECURITY INSTITUTIONS (NADI) MEETING ON “CONCRETIZING DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION IN THE HEIGHT OF GEOECONOMIC CONFRONTATIONS”
ALABANG, Philippines, Wednesday, 18 June 2025 – The Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (SHHBIDSS) attended the Track II Network of ASEAN Defence and Security Institutions (NADI) Meeting themed ‘Concretizing Defense Industrial Cooperation in the Height of Geoeconomic Confrontations’. The meeting was co-organised by the Armed Forces of the Philippines Office for Strategic Studies and Strategy Management (AFP OSSSM) and the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) and was held from 17 to 20 June 2025 at the Crimson Hotel, Filinvest City, Alabang, Philippines.
THE NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY, PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA VISITS SHHBIDSS
Tuesday, 10 June 2025 – A delegation of 44 participants from the National Defence University (NDU), People’s Liberation Army (PLA), The People’s Republic of China, visited the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (SHHBIDSS) today as part of their four-day study tour to the Defence Academy Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) in Brunei Darussalam. The delegation was led by Major General Li Yanhua, Political Commissar of Military Management College, NDU.