ISEAS Perspective provides analysis of specific current events and their significance for the Southeast Asian region. This will be published occasionally, and is aimed at keeping decision-makers in both the public and private sectors informed; as well as scholars, laymen and the interested public. This series undergoes a peer-review process.
2024 No. 5
Malaysia’s online and offline support for Palestine in light of the 7 October 2023 attacks seems to indicate a dualism in solidarity— voluble support for the Palestinian cause juxtaposed with opposition to taking in Palestinian refugees and asylum seekers.
2024 No. 4
Five explosive issues will come to a head in Thailand in the first two months of this new year.
2024 No. 3
While the reach of Chinese education – and thus, Chinese soft power – is growing in SEA, it is still limited.
2024 No. 2
Two axis of tension were revealed in 2023 during the lead into the Presidential election campaign.
2024 No. 1
The Digital Silk Road (DSR) has become a key pillar of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and involves the prevalent participation of Chinese private tech companies.
2023 No. 101
In engaging Cambodia, China puts a strong emphasis on fostering ties with the ruling elites of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and backs their regime legitimacy while having limited interactions with grassroots communities or the local population.
2023 No. 100
Infrastructure development plays a pivotal role in enhancing Indonesia’s economic competitiveness and supporting the country’s ambition to become one of the biggest economies in the world by 2045.
2023 No. 99
Thailand’s Pheu Thai-led coalition government is struggling to amend the Constitution of 2017, or to draft a totally new replacement for it.
2023 No. 98
More federal functions should be devolved to the states, particularly in social welfare and public health, and state capacities should be bolstered by statutory expansion of revenue collection, especially through consumption taxes.
2023 No. 97
Increasing scrutiny of mineral resources at the global level has led to greater domestic interest in Malaysia’s mineral resources.