Event Highlights

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.

 

Webinar on “Investment Facilitation: Advancing Investments in ASEAN”

 

In this webinar, Mr Marc Proksch and Mr Tan Tai Hiong discussed the importance and development of investment facilitation at the multilateral and regional levels and how enhancements in investment facilitation and investment promotion activities can attract new investments, improve investment retention and promote re-investments from investors interested in ASEAN.

 

Webinar on “Autonomy and Agency in Southeast Asia: Rethinking “Don’t Make Us Choose” and Resolving the Deer-Dragon Dilemma”

 

In this webinar, Dr Donald Emmerson, editor of The Deer and the Dragon: Southeast Asia and China in the 21st Century, discussed the “Don’t Make Us Choose”, a popular Southeast Asian plea to the United States and China in light of their rivalry in the region.

 

Webinar on “The Impacts of Financial Inclusion: From a global review of reviews, what can we know about Southeast Asia?”

 

In this webinar, Dr Philip Mader presents his findings in a first-of-its-kind study in international development, a systematic Review of Reviews of the impacts of financial inclusion in low- and middle-income countries.

 

Webinar on “COVID-19 Damage Done and Lessons Learnt: Malaysian Workers’ and Employers’ Perspective”

 

In this webinar, Mr Andrew Lo and Datuk Hj Shamsuddin Bardan shared their observations of the most significant impacts of COVID-19 and the most important lessons Malaysia should take heed of from the crisis.

 

Webinar on: “Emerging Auto-Mobility Landscapes and Transportation Infrastructures in Vietnam”

 

In this webinar, Dr Ivan Small examined the emerging infrastructure and market for automobiles in Vietnam and how the public and experts are anticipating them in the wake of AFTA, RCEP, and other trade agreements and policies that are reshaping the country’s urban and peri-urban transportation landscapes and everyday living patterns.

 

Webinar on “Drivers of Ar-Rahnu (Pawn) Acceptance: Malaysian Evidence”

 

In this webinar, Dr Hassanudin Mohd Thas Thaker shared on his research paper on Ar-Rahnu or pawn financing as a form of personal borrowing in Malaysia.

 

Webinar on “How to Understand China: Civilization or Socialism?”

 

In this webinar, Professor William A. Callahan examines how Socialism guides policy-making in China, and considers how it impacts China’s view of Southeast Asia,

 

Webinar on “Prospects of Vietnam’s Strategic Engagement with the Quad”

 

In the last of a four-part series on the implications of Vietnam’s recently concluded 13th Party Congress, Mr Derek Grossman examined the status of strategic engagements between the Quad members – the United States, Japan, Australia, and India – and Vietnam, and their prospects in the next five years.