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Ernest Bower, Senior Adviser and Director, Southeast Asia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D. C., and former president of the US-ASEAN Business Council, said in a posting today (21 July 2011):
"Notably, Clinton has decided that Southeast Asia, specifically ASEAN, will serve as the fulcrum for a long-term Asia strategy. That is not to say that ASEAN—anchored by its largest member country, Indonesia—is more strategically important than India, China, or Japan, but it is the focal point where the most important geostrategic chess games of the twenty-first century will be played. At times like this, it appears that the secretary of state is the only U.S. cabinet member, except perhaps Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who understands this fact." |
| "ASEAN Regional Forum confronts difficult issues" by Rodolfo C Severino. This article first appeared on the East Asia Forum website on 20 July 2011. |
| "Creative Destruction: Toward an Effective International System”, in early July 2011, Rod Severino participated in a workshop in Berlin jointly organised by the Bertelsmann Foundation of Germany and the Pacific Forum of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies of the United States. Click here for his viewpoints. |
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Ambassador K Kesavapany, Director of ISEAS, hosted HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn on a visit to the Institute on Monday 18 July 2011 for a briefing and roundtable discussion on ASEAN matters. The ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC), headed by Mr Rodolfo Severino, provided HRH with an overview of the developments in ASEAN, followed by briefings and recommendations by the ASC’s lead researchers in the three pillars of the ASEAN Community; Dr Pavin Chachavalpongpun on ASEAN Political-Security Community, Ms Sanchita Basu Das on ASEAN Economic Community and Ms Moe Thuzar on ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community. The presentations were followed by a roundtable discussion and a visit to the ISEAS Bookshop. |
Rodolfo Severino, Head of the ASEAN Studies Centre at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, told an international conference on the South China Sea that all members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, both claimants and non-claimants, had interests in the disputes in that body of water. Click here to read more, 17 June 2011. |
Click here for excerpts from the Keynote Address by Professor S Jayakumar at the National University of Singapore’s Centre for International Law Conference on Joint Development and the South China Sea, 16 June 2011. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Myanmar: Life After Nargis
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by Pavin Chachavalpongpun and Moe Thuzar |
In the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis which slammed into Myanmar in May 2008, causing some 130,00 deaths and rendering millions homeless, there was confusion in the media and international circles over Myanmar’s delay in responding to the humanitarian crisis. ASEAN served as facilitator and mediator, and coordinated international efforts to assist Myanmar respond to the cyclone’s impact. The unique circumstances provided a window for unprecedented mechanisms to work together ... >> more |
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