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Why Was There No Singapore Before Raffles?

 

In commemoration of the bicentennial of Stamford Raffles’s establishment of an East India Company settlement on Singapore in 2019, the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre (NSC), at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, has organised a special lecture series entitled ‘1819 and Before: Singapore’s Pasts’.

 

“The Sabah question” – An Op-Ed by Malcolm Cook in Lowy’s Interpreter

 

This article was first published by Lowy’s Interpreter on 26 July 2018.

Dr Malcolm Cook is Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

Vannarith Chheang quoted in The Australian: “Cambodia’s exiled opposition predicts mass boycott of poll”

 

This article was published by The Australian on 26 July 2018.

Dr Vannarith Chheang is Visiting Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

Vannarith Chheang quoted in The Australian: “Hun Sen has poll sewn up”

 

This article was published by The Australian on 25 July 2018.

Dr Vannarith Chheang is Visiting Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

Seminar on “Rethinking Transnational Chinese Capitalism and Diplomacy: Reflections on Research Projects in Northern Thailand and their Implications for Singapore”

 

Dr Lee Kian Cheng spoke at an ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute Thailand Studies Programme seminar on findings from his six years of research on Chinese capitalism and transnational entrepreneurship in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.

 

“印尼伊斯兰官方派与反对派之争” – An Op-Ed by Leo Suryadinata in Lianhe Zaobao

 

This article, which discussed the keynote speech of Prof Amin Abdullah at the recently held ISEAS-Yusof Ishak – LIPI joint Conference on “Religious Authority in Indonesian Islam: Contestation, Pluralization, and New Actors” held on 3-4 July, was published by Lianhe Zaobao on 24 July 2018. 

Dr Leo Suryadinata is Visiting Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

The 42nd Singapore Lecture

 

“Constitutional Reform in the Philippines: Two Worrying Omens”, by Malcolm Cook

 

2018/80, 23 July 2018

Supporters of federalism in the Philippines have long argued that revisions to the 1987 Constitution would not be limited to replacing the current unitary state system with a federal one. Instead revisions would extend to relaxing the 1987 Constitution’s articles and sections limiting foreign participation in utilities and key services, and introducing articles constraining political dynasties.

 

Norshahril Saat interviewed on Suria: “Muslim.sg”

 

This documentary on the Muslim community in Singapore was published by Suria on 19 July 2018.

Dr Norshahril Saat is Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

The 42nd Singapore Lecture by H.E. Moon Jae-in, President of The Republic of Korea