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“Duterte and the US-China balance of power in South-east Asia,” an Op-Ed by Daljit Singh in The Straits Times

 

The article was first published by The Straits Times on September 15, 2016.

Mr Daljit Singh is Senior Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Regional Strategic and Political Studies Programme at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

“Six takeaways from Asean summits,” an Op-Ed by Tang Siew Mun in The Straits Times

 

The article was first published by The Straits Times on September 15, 2016.

Dr Tang Siew Mun is Senior Fellow and Head of the ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

Ian Storey quoted in The Wall Street Journal: “Rodrigo Duterte’s Policy Shifts Confound U.S. Allies”

 

The article was first published by The Wall Street Journal on September 14, 2016.

Dr Ian Storey is Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

Seminar on Beyond Electoral Coordination: The Evolutionary Challenge for Malaysia’s Opposition

 

This 1.5-hour seminar discussed that the opposition faces a structural problem and may not be able to inspire voters to enthusiastically turn out to vote in the next polls, even if a straight fight deal is attained eventually between Pakatan Harapan, PAS and Mahathir’s new party Bersatu. 

 

“ASEAN Kicks-in the Next Phase of Regional Connectivity”, a Commentary by Sanchita Basu Das

 

Commentary 2016/60, 15 September 2016

At the 28th ASEAN Summit held recently in Vientiane, the region’s economic integration process advanced into its next phase. The Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) 2025 was adopted to continue the aims expressed in MPAC 2010. This new plan concentrates on five strategic areas:

 

“The SIJORI Cross-Border Region” book edited by Francis E. Hutchinson and Terence Chong launched

 

Editors of the new book “The SIJORI Cross Border Region: Transnational Politics, Economics and Culture“, Dr Francis E. Hutchinson, Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the Regional Economic Studies Programme at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, and Dr Terence Chong, ISEAS Senior Fellow, Coordinator of the Regional Social and Cultural Studies Programme and Co-coordinator of the Thailand Studies Programme, along with two authors, Dr Su-Ann Oh, ISEAS Visiting Fellow and Ms Anne Gasco, spoke on the publication at a Singapore-ETH Centre Seminar, jointly organised by the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) and ISEAS on Wednesday, 14 September 2016. 

The newly-launched book examines the interaction between Singapore, Johor, and the Riau Islands over the past quarter-century, and seeks to shed light on how these territories could develop in the future.

To date, more than 100 copies of the publication sold.  

For more information about the book, click here. 

“ASEAN’s RCEP Dilemma”, a Commentary by Malcolm Cook

 

Commentary 2016/59, 14 September 2016

The difficulty of ASEAN and the wider ASEAN-led diplomatic processes to reach a common position on the maritime rights disputes between China (and Taiwan) and five ASEAN member-states in the South China Sea dominates coverage of ASEAN. Intractable differences between the US and China over how the ASEAN Defence Minister Meeting Plus process should address (or not) the South China Sea was widely blamed for the failure to produce the promised joint statement last year in Kuala Lumpur. As this story goes, ASEAN’s unrivalled regional convening role was usurped by major power disagreement.

 

“Russia’s pivot east ignores South-east Asia,” an Op-Ed by Ian Storey in The Straits Times

 

The article was first published by The Straits Times on September 12, 2016.

Dr Ian Storey is Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

Lecture on New Data on Early Settlement Processes and State Formation in Highland Sumatra, Indonesia

 

This 1.5-hour seminar revealed an increase in territorial consolidation and socio-economic complexity which initiated a dense settlement pattern in this highland region from the 14th century.

 

Mustafa Izzuddin featured on Spotlight, Channel NewsAsia: “A look at how terror threats have evolved in Singapore”

 

The news video package was first broadcast by Channel NewsAsia on 12 September 2016. 

Dr Mustafa Izzuddin is a Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.