ASEAN Studies Centre

2nd Train the Trainers Course on the ASEAN Charter August 2010

Brainstorming Session on Achieving the ASEAN Economic Community 2015: Challenges for Member Countries and Businesses I 23 September 2010

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Workshop on ASEAN-US Relations: What are the talking points?
16 July 2010

Launch of ASEAN Matters for America/America Matters for ASEAN (A Collaborative Project of ISEAS & the East-West Center Washington) 07 June 2010

ASC-ISEAS Project on “ASEAN 2.0: ICT, Governance and Community in Southeast Asia”
02 April-13 May 2010

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ASEAN Ambassadors
Seminar Series:
Australia and ASEAN: 35 Years On
by Ms Gillian Bird, Deputy Secretary and Ambassador to ASEAN
Australia Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade I 19 March 2010 ISEAS, Singapore I Full Text

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ASEAN’s Soaring Energy Challenge
by Michael Richardson
26 July 2010

Facing up to Second-Half Challenges
by Sanchita Basu Das
20 July 2010

The Upside to Wage Hikes in China
by Sanchita Basu Das
09 July 2010

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ASEAN-Japan: Overview of Bilateral Relationship -
ASC Head Mr Rodolfo Severino recently share his perspective on ASEAN-Japan relations, touching on bilateral relations with Southeast Asian countries before the advent of ASEAN, Japan's emergence as a major export market for Southeast Asian economies after World War II, the large-scale Japanese government assistance programmes, and historic milestone events, such as the enunciation of the Fukuda Doctrine in 1977, that give impetus to ASEAN-Japan relations. The full article will appear in the Japan Spotlight (Sept/Oct 2010 issue)

MFA Press Release: Transcript of Doorstop Interview by Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo after the Plenary Session of the 43rd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting,
20 Jul 2010, Hanoi, Vietnam

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Remembering Mr Tiwari
He was Everybody's Best Friend

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>> About Mr Tiwari

Theme No. 3

Asia Pacific Community

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Theme No. 2

Energy and Geopolitics in South China Sea: Implications for ASEAN and its Dialogue Partners

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ASEAN: Life After the Charter

by S Tiwari

With the completion of the ASEAN Charter, ASEAN needs to fully appreciate and work out the issues connected with its implementation. It is also important for ASEAN and its business sector to understand and implement the two newly completed key integration ... >> more

The ASEAN Regional Forum

by Rodolfo C. Severino

The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is the only Asia-Pacific-wide forum for consultations and dialogue on political and security issues. Although many articles and books have been published on the ARF, this is one of the few books that treat the forum comprehensively and from the standpoint of the region itself. It traces the ARF's origins, the efforts to move it from confidence building to "preventive diplomacy", and the forces that hold them back, analysing the strategic environment that both constrains the ARF and makes it essential... _____ >> more

BOOK REVIEW:
ASEAN Regional Forum a work in progress >>
by Sharon Siddique

Myanmar: Life After Nargis

by Pavin Chachavalpongpun and Moe Thuzar

On May 2-3, 2008, Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar, causing some 130,00 deaths and rendering more than two million people in the Ayeyawaddy delta homeless and without recourse to relief and recovery needs. After the ensuing confusion in the media and international circles over Myanmar’s initial delay in responding to the humanitarian crisis caused by Cyclone Nargis, ASEAN served as facilitator, mediator and convenor and coordinated international and regional... _____________ >> more