Speakers

Mely Caballero-Anthony is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.  Her research interests include regionalism and regional security in Asia Pacific, multilateral security cooperation, politics and international relations in ASEAN, conflict prevention and management, as well as human security. At IDSS, she teaches Comparative Politics and Government in Southeast Asia. She is currently project co-ordinator of the IDSS-FORD Project on Non-Traditional Security in Asia which began in 2003 – 2005. 

Lorraine Carlos Salazar is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) in Singapore and an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of the Philippines where she has been teaching since 1996.  Her main research interests are on comparative political economy issues in Southeast Asia, focusing on politics of market reform, political dynamics, and contemporary developments in the region, and specifically on Malaysia and the Philippines.

Eric Teo Chu Cheow, a corporate consultant and strategist, is Managing Director of Savoir Faire Corporate Consultants Pte Ltd, a corporate consultancy company, specializing in political/economic risks analysis and the political economy of East Asian countries.  He also serves as Council Member of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA). In 1985, Dr Teo joined the Singaporean diplomatic corps and served the country at the United Nations (New York), Europe (Paris) and Southeast Asia. Dr Teo also served as business development director for SUEZ, a Franco-Belgian utilities and infrastructure MNC, for almost five years, before creating his own corporate consultancy company in April 2001. 

Jose L Tongzon, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, National University of Singapore (NUS), specializes in international trade, development, and maritime issues focussing on the economies of Southeast Asia. He has taught economic development-related courses at NUS and has written a number of articles in internationally refereed journals and books in the area of international trade and development including port and maritime issues with special focus on Southeast Asia. Before joining NUS, Dr Tongzon was Chief Economist of the Port of Melbourne Authority (now called Melbourne Port Corporation), Australia for about 5 years and also had worked as an academic and in the civil service for the Australian and Philippine governments for several years working in the area of international trade policy and regional cooperation.

Panel Chair

Rodolfo Severino is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, where he is writing a book on ASEAN.  He was the Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations from 1998 to 2002. Before assuming the position of ASEAN Secretary-General, Severino was Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines.  As a member of the Philippine Foreign Service, Severino was Ambassador to Malaysia from 1989 to 1992, Charge d’Affaires at the Philippine Embassy in Beijing, Consul General in Houston (Texas), and an officer at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, DC.

Abstract

The past couple of months has seen an escalation of events in the Philippines that point to the possibility of another president, yet again, being forced to leave office through popular pressures.  With the twin controversies of gambling kickbacks and illegal wiretaps, the demand for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to resign or get impeached has grown by the day with disastrous consequences to the economy.

Will Arroyo survive the crisis? What are the effects and costs to the economy of the ongoing controversies? What was the impact of the State of the Nation Address of President Arroyo on 25 July in resolving the situation? Is changing the presidential to a federal system a solution?  Will Arroyo be impeached?  With both impeachment and charter change on its hands, the ball is now in Congress.  Will Congress rise up to the challenge or will it be bogged down by partisanship, thus triggering massive street protests? 

You are cordially invited to the Seminar.

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I will be able to attend the Seminar On the Brink of Another People Power? (A Panel Discussion on Events in the Philippines) by Dr Mely Caballero-Anthony, Dr Lorraine C Salazar, Dr Eric Teo and Assoc Professor Jose L Tongzon on Monday, 22 August 2005 at 3.00 pm at the Seminar Room II, ISEAS.

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