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“Umno plays race card ahead of crucial polls,” an Op-Ed by Norshahril Saat

 

The article which was first published online by TODAY on May 30, 2016, can be viewed here.

Dr Norshahril Saat is Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute

Le Hong Hiep quoted in TODAY: “The Big Read: Hanoi’s delicate dance with the US shines a light on shifting regional alliances”

 

The article which was first published online by TODAY on May 27, 2016, can be viewed here.

Malcolm Cook & Le Hong Hiep quoted in The New York Times: ‘Southeast Asia’s Dance With China’

 

ISEAS Regional Strategic & Political Studies Programme researchers Dr Malcolm Cook & Dr Le Hong Hiep were quoted in an article first published online by The New York Times on 26 May 2016.

Dr Malcolm Cook is Senior Fellow, ISEAS, and Dr Le Hong Hiep is Fellow, ISEAS. 

The article can be viewed here.

Terence Chong & John Miksic quoted in The Middle Ground: ‘Treasure in Your Backyard – Is It Really Yours?’

 

Dr Terence Chong and Professor John Miksic were quoted in an article first published online by The Middle Ground on 26 May 2016.

Dr Chong is Head of the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre (NSC). Professor Miksic, currently Associate Professor in the Southeast Asian Studies Programme at the National University of Singapore, was the inaugural Head of the Archeaology Unit at the NSC.

The article can be viewed here.

“The Missing Common Thread”, a Commentary by Malcolm Cook

 

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“The Missing Common Thread”, by Malcolm Cook

 

Commentary 2016/19, 27 May 2016 

President Obama’s latest visit to East Asia has featured two symbolic highlights; the full lifting of U.S. arms embargo against Vietnam, and the first visit by a sitting U.S. president to the Hiroshima peace park. Media coverage of the arms embargo have focussed primarily on US-China relations, undoubtedly aided by Obama’s unbelievable claim that the lifting has nothing to do with China. Coverage of the visit to Hiroshima has focussed on Obama’s stated and unrecognised desire for a world without nuclear weapons.

 

 

Norshahril Saat quoted in Bloomberg: “Malaysia Whispers Sow Doubts on Najib’s Ability to Win Votes”

 

The article which was first published online by Bloomberg on May 26, 2016, can be viewed here.

“Singapore Muslim community to develop its own distinctive Islamic religious tradition,” opines Dr Ahmad Fauzi during a Malaysia Studies Programme Seminar

 

Dr Ahmad Fauzi suggested that a more open and democratic religious discourse which enabled the many contending sides to present their arguments in a civil manner would do well in ironing out controversial issues in public space during the seminar “Has Malaysian Islam been Salafized?”, which was held in ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute on Wednesday afternoon, 25 May 2016. 
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Seminar on Has Malaysian Islam been Salafized?

 

This seminar revealed that the form of Islam that normatively understood and practised in Malaysia, e.g. Malaysian Islam, has undergone myriad changes as a result of gradual internalization of the Wahhabi brand of Salafism since the 1970s. 

 

“By-elections reveal new Malay politics,” an Op-Ed by Ooi Kee Beng in The Straits Times

 

The article which was first published online by The Straits Times on May 26, 2016, can be viewed here.