While democratic efforts continue to be channelled effectively through social media, social media’s popularity and affordances are also exploited in ways that destabilise or erode democracy’s functioning. This webinar examined the complicated relationship between social media and democracy across Southeast Asia.
This webinar discussed the role of the finance sector in driving more responsible business practices and investments in support of a sustainable and inclusive post-Covid recovery, as well as in reducing social inequalities.
In this webinar, YB Wong Shu Qi gave a review of the recently concluded parliamentary session of Malaysia’s new Perikatan Nasional government.
This webinar discusses the significance of the latest US position on the South China Sea, China’s calculations and objectives, as well as the responses and options of key ASEAN claimant states such as Vietnam and the Philippines. It will further examine the prospects of ASEAN and China concluding negotiations for a Code of Conduct on the South China Sea by 2021 as well as Japan’s views and position on the disputes in the area.
This webinar examined the issues and challenges of foreign direct investments and business activities in Southeast Asia, and their impact on local and migrant labour.
The first in a series of webinars on China’s defence diplomacy in Southeast Asia, this webinar discussed China-Indonesia defence relations in the wake of COVID-19 and analysed China’s role within the wider context of Indonesia’s defence partnerships.
In this webinar, Dr Jayant Menon examines how the US-China trade war has impacted the region through global supply chains. It will try to answer two inter-related questions: Why did the restructuring of GSCs happen so soon after the first tariffs were raised? And how can a relatively small bilateral tariff disrupt GSCs, causing seemingly costly restructuring?
In this webinar, Mr Amit Prothi and Ms Milag San Jose-Ballesteros highlighted climate change issues in an urban context and the importance of local government in implementing the transition to sustainable and equitable cities.
In this first webinar of the webinar series “Financial Transformation, Credit Markets and Household Debt in Southeast Asia”, Dr Milford Bateman examines the microfinance sector using Cambodia as an illustration given that its microfinance sector is considered as the world largest and most profitable.
This webinar discussed how companies across Southeast Asia can enhance their responsible business practices to address labour issues and societal inequalities that have been magnified by the Covid-19 pandemic.