Event Highlights

The 22nd ASEAN Lecture on “Brunei Darussalam’s ASEAN Chairmanship 2021: We Care, We Prepare, We Prosper”

 

The 22nd ASEAN Lecture was delivered by The Honourable Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof, Minister of Foreign Affairs II, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Negara Brunei Darussalam.

 

Webinar on “Indonesia’s Decentralisation Reforms 20 Years On: Part 2”

 

In this webinar, Dr Yanuar Nugroho, Dr Sujarwoto, Dr Wilmar Salim and Ms Uly Faoziyah explore the effects of Indonesia’s decentralisation reforms over the past two decades. They examined state capacity and infrastructure development at the subnational level.

 

Webinar on: “Working Together to Make a Brighter Day for the Mekong”

 

In this webinar, Dr Pham Tuan Phan assessed the performance of the Mekong River Commission (MRC), highlighted the challenges and constraints faced by the MRC, and explained how the MRC complements and/or competes with the other Mekong-related initiatives such as the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) and the Mekong-US Partnership.

 

Webinar on “Envisioning Indonesia’s New Capital Through Sustainable Design”

 

In this webinar, Mr Sibarani Sofian, master builder of the team behind the winning design proposal for Indonesia’s new capital, takes the audience through their plans for the highly anticipated urban development project. It is the second webinar in a two-part series on Indonesia’s new capital project.

 

Webinar on: “Malaysia-China Defence Relations, 2015-2020: Interrupted Progress Amid Political Changes and Geopolitical Tensions”

 

In the third of a webinar series on China’s defence diplomacy in Southeast Asia, Dr Ngeow Chow-Bing explored the development of China-Malaysia defence relations from 2015 to 2020 by examining high-level visits, bilateral combined exercises, naval port calls, academic and think tank exchanges and defence industry cooperation between China and Malaysia over the past five years.

 

Webinar on “Federal-State Relations under the Pakatan Harapan Administration”

 

In this webinar, Ms Tricia Yeoh discussed federal-state relations during the Pakatan Harapan government’s administration from 2018 to 2020.