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“Reflections on the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting”, a Commentary by Tang Siew Mun

 

Commentary 2016/36, 26 July 2016

Much to the surprise of the ASEAN member states, a joint communique of the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) was issued on 25th July 2016, a day after the AMM. ASEAN watchers had been resigned to a déjà vu of the 2012 Phnom Penh meeting where ASEAN failed to issue the joint communique for the only time in its history. ASEAN has dodged a bullet in Vientiane, but did not come away unscathed.

 

“Rule of Law in the South China Sea: Where does ASEAN Stand?”, a Commentary of by Hoang Thi Ha

 

Commentary 2016/35, 26 July 2016

After the disappointment at ASEAN’s failure to issue its collective statement on the landmark arbitration ruling on the South China Sea (SCS), its hopes for a joint position hinged on the 49th ASEAN Foreign Minister Meeting (AMM) on 24 July in Vientiane. With the presence of the Foreign Ministers, it was hoped that the power of persuasion, peer pressure and the need to display some semblance of ASEAN unity would offer a face-saving remedy for the grouping. Such hope was not met as we read the Joint Communique (JC) of the AMM which was released today (25 July).

 

“The Veto: ASEAN’s Growing Liability”, a Commentary by Jason Salim

 

Commentary 2016/34, 26 July 2016

After three days of intense negotiations into the wee hours, Asean has finally issued its traditional joint communique following the 49th Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) in Vientiane, Laos.

 

Tang Siew Mun and Termsak Chalermpalanupap quoted in TODAY: “Asean joint statement on S China Sea omits mention of Hague ruling”

 

The article which was first published by TODAY on July 26, 2016, can be viewed here.

Dr Tang Siew Mun is Senior Fellow and Head of the ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and Dr Termsak Chalermpalanupap is ISEAS Fellow and Lead Researcher at the same centre.

Ian Storey quoted in The Washington Post: “The first new rule for South China Sea talks: Don’t talk about the South China Sea”

 

The article which was first published by The Washington Post on July 25, 2016, can be viewed here.

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

Malcolm Cook and Tang Siew Mun quoted in The Japan Times: “Watered-down ASEAN statement could diminish grouping’s already waning clout: analysts”

 

The article which was first published online by The Japan Times on July 25, 2016, can be viewed here.

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

Ian Storey quoted in Bloomberg: “Asean Fails to Single Out China Over South China Sea at Meeting”

 

The article which was first published by Bloomberg on July 25, 2016, can be viewed here.

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

Seminar on The Implications of the Arbitral Tribunal Award in the Philippines vs. China Case on the South China Sea

 

The seminar provided a background of the implications of the Arbitral Tribunal Award in the Philippines vs. China Case on the South China Sea.    

 

“Asean must reassess its ‘one voice’ decision-making,” an Op-Ed by Tang Siew Mun in TODAY

 

The article was first published by TODAY on July 25, 2016.

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

 

Anjana Sharma quoted in TODAY: “Nalanda to give out postgrad degrees for the first time in 800 years”

 

The article which was first published by TODAY on July 23, 2016, can be viewed here.

Dr Anjana Sharma is Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.