Event Highlights

Webinar on “COVID-19 and MCO in Malaysia: Grassroots Perspectives”

 

In this webinar, YB Jannie Lasimbang and Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj draws on their community activism and political advocacy experiences to explain the ground-level realities during the MCO and critically assess the country’s policy responses of the past year.

 

Webinar on “Tech for Good in Indonesia: Humanitarian Chatbots for Climate Disaster Response and Recovery”

 

In this webinar, Ms Nashin Mahtani spoke about her work leading a multidisciplinary team in developing open-source software for democratic climate adaptation and humanitarian aid. Discussing the award-winning platform, PetaBencana.id (Disaster Map Indonesia), she highlighted the factors that enable the success of this platform and how it had helped affected regions in their responses toward natural disasters.

 

Webinar on “Regulating Over-indebtedness: Local State Power in Cambodia’s Microfinance Market”

 

In this webinar, Dr Nathan Green shared on his paper on the over-indebtedness crisis suffered by Cambodian borrowers, Dr Green argues that local authorities performing key regulatory roles of the state are essential for the microfinance market to function.

 

Webinar on “Digital Finance and Regulatory Landscape: Malaysian Experience”

 

In this webinar Prof Nafis Alam shares on the development of Digital finance, FinTech regulation in Malaysia and how it might be relevant within Southeast Asia, including the need for an effective, new or expanded regulatory perimeter to cover the scope of digital finance and FinTech providers.

 

Roundtable Discussion on “ASEAN’s Mission in Myanmar: What Next?”

 

The ASEAN Studies Centre organized this online roundtable to discuss how ASEAN can operationalise the ‘‘Five-Point Consensus’’ from the 24 April 2021 ASEAN Leaders Meeting in response to the political and humanitarian crisis in Myanmar.

 

Webinar on “Plundering Security: The Evolution of Khaki Capital in Thailand Today”

 

In this webinar, Dr Paul Chambers scrutinizes the evolution of khaki capital over time in Thailand. How has Thai khaki capital progressed, where does it stand today, and what is its likely future?

 

Webinar on “Coercion and Resistance: How Australia Awoke from its China Dream”

 

In this webinar, Professor Rory Medcalf talked about the deterioration in Australia-China relations.

 

Webinar on “Indonesia’s Economy 2021: Recovery or Stagnation?”

 

In this webinar, Dr Muhamad Chatib Basri shared his observations on the current economic trends in Indonesia and provided insights on Indonesia’s economic recovery from the effects of COVID-19 pandemic.  

 

Webinar on “Malaysia’s Post-2018 Parliament: from “rubber stamp” to “frog exchange”

 

In this webinar, Professor Wong Chin Huat discussed Malaysia’s parliamentary structure, which in recent times have seen MPs change their party affiliation in order to climb the hierarchy.