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Moe Thuzar interviewed by Insight: “Insight 2018/2019 – EP26 Is ASEAN ready for 4.0”

This episode of Insight 2018/2019 – EP26 Is ASEAN ready for 4.0 was broadcasted by Channel Newsasia on 8 November 2018.

Ms Moe Thuzar is Lead Researcher (Socio-Cultural Affairs), ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

Moe Thuzar quoted by Reuters: “Rohingya crisis, Suu Kyi under the microscope at Southeast Asia summit”

This article was published by Reuters on 8 November 2018.

Ms Moe Thuzar is Lead Researcher (Socio-Cultural Affairs), ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

Seminar on “Defining New Malaysia”

The unexpected results of Malaysia’s 14th General Elections (GE14) came as a shock to most experts. Mr Liew Chin Tong, however, is a notable exception. In April 2017, Mr Liew gave a talk at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute entitled “Black Swans in Malaysian Politics”.

Seminar on “China’s New Policy and Its Impact: The Case of Chinese Indonesians”

Leo Suryadinata, who recently received a Cultural Award from Indonesia for this contribution to the study of Chinese Indonesians, shared his insight on Beijing’s new policy towards overseas Chinese and its implications on the ethnic Chinese in Indonesia, a democratic Muslim-majority country.

“Aksi Bela Tauhid: Manufacturing Religious Cleavages for the 2019 Presidential Election?” by Ahmad Najib Burhani

2018/98, 8 November 2018

With the appointment of Ma’ruf Amin as his running mate for the 2019 presidential election, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is believed to have shielded himself from the prospect of a bitter campaign using religion. Instead the economy will become the key campaign issue. However, the recent demonstrations in several cities in Indonesia, named Aksi Bela Tauhid (Defending Tauhid [Oneness of God] Action), appear to be an effort to exploit Islam for political purposes and undermine Joko Widodo’s support base by attacking one of his main supporters, the NU (Nahdlatul Ulama).

In the News: 44th Singapore Lecture by His Excellency Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China

The 44th Singapore Lecture by His Excellency Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, is organised by ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute in collaboration with Business China.

First organised by ISEAS—Yusof Ishak Institute in 1980, the Singapore Lecture is one of the intellectual highlights of Singapore. It provides an opportunity for distinguished global statesmen and leaders to reach a wider audience in Singapore and speak on topics of international and regional interest.

Premier Li’s lecture, titled “Pursuing Open and Integrated Development for Shared Prosperity 在开放融通中共创共享繁荣” will touch on Singapore-China and ASEAN-Singapore relations, as well as China’s determination to promote free trade and support economic globalisation.