Tan Sri Sheriff Kassim, a Malaysian former civil servant and an active member of the G-25, offered some riveting insights on two timely aspects of constitutional democracy in Malaysia – first, the administration of Islam; and second, the system of governance in the public sector.
To enhance the understanding of dynamic economic, social, and political developments in Indonesia, in May 2017, the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute commissioned a nationwide survey in Indonesia, called the Indonesia National Survey Project (INSP).
Interesting insights by Mr Yoshitaka Ishii on the Japanese National Railways (JNR) presented at a seminar at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.
Dr Andrea Acri, Associate Fellow at the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre (NSC) and Maître de conférences at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Paris), discussed the important socio-religious phenomenon of tantrism and state-formation processes in premodern Southeast Asia.
A collection of commentaries and analyses by ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute researchers and other experts on 50 years of ASEAN.
Based on her analysis of the various factors which could impact the Malaysian GE-14 election, Dr Bridget Welsh concluded that the electoral outcome is uncertain unlike previous general elections.
Dr Micah Morton spoke on how the global resurgence of religious and ethnic identity politics have been playing out in the borderlands of the Upper Mekong Region; and also on how local, national, and transnational religious and ethnic identities are being transformed by the region’s ongoing political and economic integration initiatives.
Dr Hun Kim, Visiting Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, spoke on how urban planning and development in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is simultaneously a highly bureaucratic process on one hand, and also flexible on the other.
Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-At-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore delivered the ASEAN Lecture on “The ASEAN Charter at 10: Prospects and Retrospect”.