The article was first published by Southeast Asia Globe on November 25, 2016.
Dr Norshahril Saat is Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute organized the 39th Singapore Lecture, delivered by His Excellency Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands at Raffles City Convention Centre on Thursday, 24 November 2016. The Lecture, chaired by DPM Tharman Shanmugaratnam, was titled “The Netherlands, Singapore, our Regions, our World: Connecting our Common Future”.
In this seminar, Dato’ Dr Mujahid pointed out that Malaysia is the only country in the world where one finds a constitutionally-defined ethnicity. Click on to read more.
The article was first published by The Straits Times on November 25, 2016.
The 39th Singapore Lecture was delivered by His Excellency Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands on Thursday, 24 November 2016 at the Raffles City Convention Centre. It was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister, and Coordinating Minister for Economics and Social Policies, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, and titled “The Netherlands, Singapore, our Regions, our World: Connecting our Common Future”.
The article was first published by Xinhua on November 24, 2016.
The 39th Singapore Lecture was delivered by His Excellency Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands on Thursday, 24 November 2016 at the Raffles City Convention Centre. It was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister, and Coordinating Minister for Economics and Social Policies, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, and titled “The Netherlands, Singapore, our Regions, our World: Connecting our Common Future”.
“The Hour Of Europe – Without England?” an Op-Ed by Joergen Oerstroem Moeller in The Huffington Post
The article was first published by The Huffington Post on November 25, 2016.
Joergen Oerstroem Moeller is Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
The article was published online by The News Lens on November 25, 2016.
Hew Wai Weng is Visiting Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
The article was first published by The Straits Times on November 24, 2016.
Ye Htut is Visiting Senior Fellow at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
“The FTAAP Dilemma”, a Commentary by Malcolm Cook
Donald Trump’s victory has made APEC’s Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) aspiration more important and more difficult. Trump’s promise to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement immediately raises interest in alternatives like the ASEAN-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) process and FTAAP. China’s decision to make the FTAAP aspiration the focus of its APEC year in 2014 bolsters FTAAP’s credibility. The Lima Declaration on FTAAP released at the end of this year’s summit predicts that “efforts in support of the realization of the FTAAP will serve as a driving force to further advance regional economic integration.”