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Le Hong Hiep quoted by VOA: “China Finding Vietnam a Demanding Business Partner”

 

This article was published by Voices of America on 5 September 2018.

Dr Le Hong Hiep is Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

Sanchita Basu Das quoted in The ASEAN Post: “Regional trade deal to be concluded by November”

 

This article was published by The ASEAN Post on 4 September 2018.

Dr Sanchita Basu Das is Lead Researcher (Economic Affairs) ASEAN Studies Centre with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

“围绕在罗兴亚问题的最新陈述” – An Op-Ed by Oh Su-Ann and Nicolas Lainez in Lianhe Zaobao

 

This article was first published as ISEAS Perspective 2018/47 Trafficking, Cybergangs, and Paedophiles: Genuine Threats or a Fuzzy Narrative Surrounding the Displaced Rohingya? and reproduced with permission by OpenDemocracy on 1 September 2018. 

Dr Oh Su-Ann is Visiting Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.  Nicolas Lainez is Research Affiliate at the Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur les Enjeux Sociaux (Paris, France). 

 

“PM Morrison’s Visit: A New Era for Indonesia-Australia Relations?” by Siwage Dharma Negara and Leo Suryadinata

 

2018/86, 4 September 2018

The newly elected Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison visited Indonesia from August 31 to September 2. It is his first foreign trip a week after his inauguration.  The visit indicates Australia’s foreign policy priority to improving bilateral relations with Indonesia.

Traditionally, new Australian leaders have always visited Jakarta as part of their first overseas visit. This latest visit seems to continue this tradition and serves as a signal that PM Morrison would further build cordial relations with Indonesia, which has been orchestrated by his predecessor, PM Malcolm Turnbull.

 

Sanchita Basu Das interviewed by Vietnam Television: “RCEP Negotiations”

 

This programme was published by VTV on 1 September 2018.

Dr Sanchita Basu Das is Lead Researcher (Economic Affairs) ASEAN Studies Centre with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

“RCEP key to restoring faith in multilateral trade” – An Op-Ed by Sanchita Basu Das in The Business Times

 

This article was published by The Business Times on 4 September 2018.

Dr Sanchita Basu Das is Lead Researcher (Economic Affairs) ASEAN Studies Centre with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

Deasy Simandjuntak quoted in TODAY: “Not 10/10, but pulling off 2018 Asian Games has Jokowi looking for more”

 

This article was published by TODAY on 3 September 2018.

Dr Deasy Simandjuntak is Associate Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

Party Funding and Money Politics in Malaysia and Indonesia: Different Solutions – The Same Dilemma

 

The latest instalment of the Malaysia Studies Programme Seminar series was delivered by Dr Wolfgang Sachsenröder at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute on 27 August 2018. Entitled, Party Funding and Money Politics in Malaysia and Indonesia, Different Solutions – The Same Dilemma, the lecture overviewed the entrenchment of money politics in the party financing systems of the two Southeast nations.

 

ASEAN Lecture: ASEAN: Securing Relevance Amidst Change

 

“Traffickers, cybergangs and paedophiles: a genuine threat or a fuzzy narrative surrounding displaced Rohingya?” – An Op-Ed by Oh Su-Ann and Nicolas Lainez in OpenDemocracy

 

This article was first published as ISEAS Perspective 2018/47 Trafficking, Cybergangs, and Paedophiles: Genuine Threats or a Fuzzy Narrative Surrounding the Displaced Rohingya? and reproduced with permission by OpenDemocracy on 31 August 2018. 

Dr Oh Su-Ann is Visiting Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.  Nicolas Lainez is Research Affiliate at the Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur les Enjeux Sociaux (Paris, France).