Event Highlights

Webinar on “Resistive Identity and Radical Ideology Claims in Cyberspace”

 

This webinar examined through various cases in which differences of race, ideology and religion may become organising principles in resistive identity and radical ideology claims in cyberspace.

 

Webinar on “Sabah’s September 2020 State Elections: What Just Happened?”

 

In this webinar, Dr Arnold Puyok and Dr Anantha Raman Govindasamy reflect on the results of the freshly concluded polls of the Sabah state election. They unpack the wins and losses, the main factors that played out, and the implications of this historic moment.

 

Webinar Series on “Southeast Asian Countries’ Updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs): Spotlight on Cambodia and Vietnam”

 

In this webinar, the second of an ongoing series, Dr Hak Mao and Dr Chu Thi Thanh Huong provided updates on the key features of Cambodia’s and Vietnam’s 2020 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) respectively.

 

ISEAS-SPF Webinar on “Business Imperatives of Environmental Protection”

 

This webinar discussed the current status of environmental protection and sustainable investments into Southeast Asia, and how future sustainability projects can be financially optimised.

 

Webinar on “Old Politics, New Technologies: Social Media in the Democratic Process”

 

This second webinar of the webinar series on Digital Technologies and Democracy in Southeast Asia discussed various ways in which digital technologies can be opportunities or weapons in institutional politics, and the transformative or detrimental effects these may have on the democratic process.

 

Webinar on “Between State Responsibility and ASEAN Principles: A Perspective from Malaysia on Resolving Transboundary Haze Pollution”

 

In this webinar, Dr Hanim Kamaruddin from Faculty of Law in UKM examines the issue of the transboundary haze pollution in Southeast Asia through the lenses of international law and offers a Malaysian perspective to the problem.

 

Webinar on “Understanding Jokowi’s Leadership Amidst Covid-19 Crisis”

 

In this webinar, Mr Ben Bland explains that the Covid-19 crisis reveals cracks and contradictions in President Jokowi’s leadership. Dr Yanuar Nugroho explains that these apparent contradictions may be due to Jokowi and Indonesian political leaders seeking political settlements instead of permanent solutions in the day-to-day operations of the government.