Media

ASEAN Roundtable 2017: Has the AEC Reached its Potential?

 

https://youtu.be/WK-Mi1_c1TY

ASEAN Roundtable 2017: Assessing ASEAN Economic Integration

 

ASEAN Roundtable 2017: Opportunities and Obstacles of Regional Integration

 

ASEAN Roundtable 2017: What and Where can ASEAN Do Better?

 

ASEAN Roundtable 2017: ASEAN Today: Highs & Lows

 

“APEC Centrality” by Malcolm Cook

 

2017/62, 25 October 2017

In three weeks, the region’s annual round of leaders’ summits kicks off with the APEC summit in Vietnam on November 11 and the East Asia Summit (EAS) in the Philippines on November 14. Despite these summits being back-to-back and both in Southeast Asia, the major power make-up at APEC and EAS again will be markedly different.

 

Michael Montesano quoted in Washington Post: “Funeral for beloved Thai king a 5-day marathon of solemnity”

 

This article was published by Washington Post on 24 October 2017. South China Morning Post carried a similar article on 25 October 2017.  

Dr Michael Montesano is Visiting Senior Fellow and Coordinator, Thailand Studies Programme at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

Tham Siew Yean quoted in FMT: “Will Geely’s role in Proton impact Bumi vendors, asks expert”

 

This article was published by Free Malaysia Today on 24 October 2017, based on ISEAS Commentary, 2017/61, 23 October 2017 “Transforming Proton: Can Geely Do It and At What Costs?”

Dr Tham Siew Yean is Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

“雅加达新首长重燃土著主义” – An Op-Ed by Dr Leo Suryadinata in Lianhe Zaobao

 

This article, titled “Jakarta’s new leader rekindles “pribumism”” on the controversy from the maiden speech of the new Jakarta’s Governor at his swearing-in ceremony, was published by Lianhe Zaobao on 24 October 2017.

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

 

Seminar on “The Rohingya Crisis: Background & Security Aspects’’

 

Mr Ye Htut, Visiting Senior Fellow at the ISEAS—Yusof Ishak Institute gave an interesting presentation on the background and context of the Rohingya crisis in northern Rakhine state, bringing out information that is generally not well known.