Event Highlights

Webinar on “Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Indonesia: Association Between Vaccination and Voting Patterns in 2019 Presidential Election”

 

In this webinar, Mr Takayuki Higashikata shared his analysis of the correlation between voting behaviours and vaccine hesitancy in Indonesia. He found that the level of trust in government, in the form of votes for the incumbent President Joko Widodo in the 2019 presidential election, might influence the vaccine hesitancy in the country, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 and 2022.

 

Seminar on “Carbon Markets: An ASEAN Outlook”

 

In this hybrid seminar, Dr. Raúl Rosales from the Imperial College Business School of London and Ms. Melissa Low from the National University of Singapore (NUS) offered their perspectives on ASEAN member states’ current progress and prospects on the carbon market landscape. This is the second instalment of a seminar series exploring carbon markets in the Southeast Asian region. A recording of the webinar can be viewed here.

 

Webinar on “US Indo-Pacific Strategy and Southeast Asia”

 

In this webinar, Dr Michael Green shared his insights on the trends in US strategy towards the Indo-Pacific.

 

Webinar on “The Realities of Humanitarian Assistance for Myanmar”

 

The webinar discussed the post-coup realities of humanitarian assistance in Myanmar from in-country realities, and bilateral and regional viewpoints. The webinar also addressed basic social service needs multiplying country-wide related to the coup and further exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Webinar on “The Role of Fisheries in Vietnam’s South China Sea Strategy”

 

In this webinar, Dr Edyta Roszko discussed the role of fisheries in Vietnam’s South China Sea strategy and the historical continuity of fishers’ practices in Vietnam.

 

ADB-ISEAS Joint Webinar on “Implementing a Green Recovery in Southeast Asia”

 

In this joint webinar by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, a set of distinguished speakers and panellists discuss prospects for regional green recovery efforts, including recommendations from the ADB’s recent report “Implementing a Green Recovery in Southeast Asia”, which examines the significant potential benefits of a green recovery as well as the key policy actions needed to drive it.

 

Webinar on “Protest and Digital Repression: Repercussions and Pushback in Myanmar and Thailand”

 

In this webinar, Dr Janjiira Sombatpoonsiri and Ms Thinzar Shunlei Yi addressed the issue of digital repression in Myanmar and Thailand. They touch on the intertwining of digital and traditional approaches to repression, and its impact on protest movements.

 

Webinar on “Mare Clausum with Chinese Characteristics: China’s Lawfare in the South China Sea”

 

In this webinar, Prof Clive Schofield and Prof Jay L Batongbacal covered the different ways China has continued to assert its territorial and maritime claims in defiance of the South China Sea Arbitration Award of 2016.

 

Webinar on “Smoothing Subversion: Silk as Political Strategy in Modern Thailand”

 

In this hybrid seminar, Dr Alexandra Dalferro explored the roles that silk and sericulture played in Thailand during the Cold War period, highlighting the ways silks were integrated into counterinsurgency and rural development projects established across provincial Thailand.

 

Webinar on “Political Coalitions and Malaysia’s Next General Election: Compete or cooperate? (It’s complicated)”

 

In this webinar, Dr Ong Kian Ming, Member of Parliament for Bangi, Selangor, delved into the complex political dynamics between and within coalitions in the run-up to Malaysia’s 15th General Election.