Tag: Southeast Asia

USA/Southeast Asia – Biden comes face-to-face with Southeast Asian diplomacy (East Asia Forum)

Hoang Vu and Thuc D Pham, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam Due to the COVID-19 pandemic restricting international travel, US diplomacy has shifted from conventional face-to-face...

(Southeast Asia/Pandemic) Is there a way out of Southeast Asia’s COVID-19 disaster? (East Asia Forum)

Swee Kheng Khor writes for East Asia Forum: The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic has not been kind to Southeast Asian countries. The region...

Southeast Asia – Finding a new approach to water security in Southeast Asia (Angelo Paolo L. Trias, The Interpreter)

Finding a new approach to water security in Southeast Asia (lowyinstitute.org)

Southeast Asia/USA/China – Is Southeast Asia ready for a US-China tech decoupling? (The Interpreter)

Media reports have pointed to new fronts opening up in US-China tech competition (丁亦然/Unsplash) MANOJ HARJANI Some regional countries have sought to diversify. But this doesn’t...

China/Southeast Asia/Pandemic – Covid-19 pandemic and China’s rising soft power in mainland Southeast Asia (ThinkChina)

Vannarith Chheang The Covid-19 pandemic provides a window of opportunity for China to exert its international leadership and influence. It has managed to turn the...

USA/Southeast Asia – Biden Versus Trump in Southeast Asia: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
 (ISEAS)

MALCOLM COOK Southeast Asian leaders, senior officials and the region’s geopolitics commentariat place great stock in the personal engagement, or not, of the US president...

Southeast Asia – Post-Covid disaster governance in Southeast Asia (The Interpreter)

ANGELO PAOLO L. TRIAS,  ALISTAIR D.B. COOK The pandemic revealed a narrow focus on natural hazards,lacking the systems needed for an increasingly complex world. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/post-covid-disaster-governance-southeast-asia

North Korea/Southeast Asia – North Korea’s dwindling relations with Southeast Asia (East Asia Forum)

Liang Tuang Nah, RSIS For much of its history, North Korea has not only lived up to its reputation as a rogue state but also...

(China/Southeast Asia/Vaccine Diplomacy) China’s vaccine diplomacy stumbles in Southeast Asia (Al Jazeera)

Richard Javad Heydarian Delays and concerns about the efficacy and politics of China’s vaccine shipments plague its vaccine drive in the region. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/4/5/chinas-vaccine-diplomacy-stumbles-in-southeast-asia

(Southeast Asia/USA) What Southeast Asia wants from the Biden presidency (East Asia Forum)

Dewi Fortuna Anwar, P2P-LIPI Southeast Asians are predisposed to welcome the Biden presidency after four years of tumultuous US foreign policy under Donald Trump. There is a...

(Southeast Asia) Boosting regional cooperation and training in maritime law enforcement (The Strategist)

Anthony Bergin Maritime law enforcement (MLE) vessels are non-naval vessels employed on maritime law enforcement duties, primarily coastguard vessels, but also vessels of other MLE...

(Southeast Asia) Southeast Asia’s post-pandemic recovery outlook (Brookings)

Roland Rajah As the world looks forward with hope for recovery from the pandemic recession, what are the prospects in Southeast Asia? Will it make...

(Southeast Asia) Certification fails to transform the palm oil industry – what next? (China Dialogue)

Nithin Coca In 2004, a new entity was formed with big goals to end deforestation, stop environmentally harmful practices and improve ethical sourcing in the...

(Southeast Asia/Vaccine Diplomacy) Vaccine Diplomacy in Southeast Asia (Stimson Center)

Featured Speakers Amb. Robert O. Blake, Senior Director at McLarty Associates and Former U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Professor Yanzhong Huang, Director of the Center...

(Southeast Asia/Democracy/Rights) Screening and Discussion of “A Thousand Cuts” (CFR)

Speakers Ramona Diaz Filmmaker, A Thousand Cuts, FRONTLINE, PBS Joshua Kurlantzick Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia, Council on Foreign Relations; @JoshKurlantzick Maria Ressa Author and Journalist; Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer, Rappler Presider Jacob M. Weisberg Cofounder...

(Southeast Asia) Climate security and the strategic energy pathway in Southeast Asia (Council on Strategic Risks)

By Shiloh Fetzek, Rachel Fleishman and Andrea Rezzonico https://imccs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Climate-Security-and-the-Strategic-Energy-Pathway-in-SOUTHEAST-Asia_February-2021.pdf