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"ASEAN Roundtable 2011: Enhancing ASEAN's Connectivity"
5 Mayl 2011 I Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore
"ASEAN-Russia Conference: Foundations and Future Prospects"
26 - 27 April 2011 I ISEAS
"Timor Leste: ASEAN's Eleventh Member?"
13 April 2011 I ISEAS
NUS Students' Political Asscociation Forum 2011: ASEAN & Social Development: The Way Forward
29 March 2011 I NUS, School of Computing, Singapore
Featuring the ASEAN Studies Centre's Dr Pavin Chachavalpongpun
ILO Global Employment Trends 2011 Launch
28 February 2011 I ISEAS Singapore
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) launched its Global Employment Trends (GET) report for 2011 globally on 25 January 2011. The ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS organised the GET 2011 Southeast Asia launch at ISEAS on 28 February 2011.
ASEAN and Thai-Cambodian Conflict from Historical, Current and Regional Perspectives
24 February 2011 I ISEAS Singapore
Entering Unchartered Waters? ASEAN and The South China Sea Dispute
18 February 2011 I ISEAS Singapore
A conference organised by the ASEAN Studies Centre comprised former journalists, legal professionals, academics, government representatives and other analysts. The aim of the conference was not to provide an instant solution to the disputes but to highlight the claims of the states involved, understand these claims in their legal context and illuminate how non-claimant members of ASEAN can help to resolve these disagreements by peaceful means.
Regional Conference on Intellectual Property and Economic Development: Challenges and Opportunities
16-17 February 2011 I ISEAS Singapore
ASC partnered with the WIPO-Singapore office to bring together representatives of public sector and patenting agencies from coutnries in ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific, to determine how Asian countries meet the challenges of IP formulation and implementation, in the context of their wider economic and social development goals.
Launch of the World Bank's East Asia Economic Update 2010
22 October 2010 I ISEAS Singapore
ASC organised the launch, in collaboration with the World Bank Office in Singapore. Click here for the launch highlights.
Brainstorming Session on Achieving the ASEAN Economic Community 2015: Challenges for Member Countries and Businesses
23 September 2010 I ISEAS Singapore
ASC organised a brainstorming session at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) on the challenges in realising the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015. The brainstorming session further explored the dicussions on the same topic at the ASEAN Roundtable 2010 held on 29 April 2010. >> more
2nd Train-the-Trainers Course on the ASEAN Charter
24-27 August 2010 I ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta
With the ASEAN Charter’s entry into force on 15 December 2008, ASEAN Member States are
discussing various aspects of implementing the Charter provisions. Several implementation issues
have emerged as members strive to understand, share and promote the Charter among various
stakeholders in the regional and in their respective national contexts.
To assist ASEAN officials and ASEAN Secretariat officers conduct the debate on the Charter’s
implementation, the ASEAN Studies Centre took on the challenge of developing and conducting
a train-the-trainers course on the key provisions of the Charter. >> more
Workshop on ASEAN-US Relations: What are the Talking Points?
16 July 2010 I ISEAS Singapore
The ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC) organised a workshop on “ASEAN-US Relations: What are the Talking Points?” on 16 July 2010 at ISEAS, bringing together representatives from the policy, business and academic communities, partly in preparation for an expected summit meeting between the US President and ASEAN leaders. Discussions touched on the US military presence in the region, cooperation on maritime security, strategic issues such as US-China relations and the recent US policy shift towards Myanmar, and progress in economic and technical cooperation…>> more
Launch of ASEAN Matters for America/America Matters for ASEAN
07 June 2010 I A Collaborative Project of ISEAS and the East-West Center in Washington
The ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC) at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) has jointly launched with the East-West Centre in Washington, a new initiative on "ASEAN Matters for America/ America Matters for ASEAN" which provides information and analysis for deeper, long-term partnerships between the United States (US) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its ten member states. The initiative is a collaborative project of the East-West Center in Washington and ISEAS, and is part of the East-West Center's Asia Matters for America/ America Matters for Asia initiative... >> more
ASC-ISEAS Project on “ASEAN 2.0: ICT, Governance and Community in Southeast Asia”
02 April-13 May 2010
Pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between them, the ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC) of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, and the Philippines’ Ideacorp jointly organised a series of roundtables to produce a study and a set of recommendations on how ASEAN can use ICT (Information and Communication Technology) to improve its operations and its relationship with member-governments and how it can be harnessed to build an ASEAN community. The first roundtable took place in Yangon, Myanmar, on 2 April 2010, and the last one in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 13 May 2010. Participants included representatives from the government (mainly Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ICT Ministry), the ICT industry, NGOs, civil society organisations and the academia. Mr Rodolfo C. Severino (Head of ASC) and Dr Pavin Chachavalpongpun (Lead Researcher for Political and Strategic Affairs, ASC) took turns in attending the roundtables... >> more
Launch of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2010
06 May 2010 I ISEAS Singapore
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) released on – 6 May 2010 – in 22 countries in the Asia-Pacific region and in New York and Geneva, the ESCAP Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2010. Dr Shuvojit Banerjee, Economic Affairs Officer in the ESCAP’s Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division, launched the Survey in Singapore, at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) in the presence of ISEAS Research Fellows; representatives of Embassies and regional organisations resident in Singapore, and NGOs… >> more
ASEAN Roundtable 2010
Achieving the ASEAN Economic Community 2015: Challenges for Member Countries
29 April 2010 I The Banyan I Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore
ASC organised the ASEAN Roundtable 2010 on 29 April 2010 at Shangri-la Hotel in Singapore, in partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS). The Roundtable focused on the state of readiness and prospects for ASEAN member countries in achieving the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015. Discussions assessed the readiness of each ASEAN member in meeting their commitments for regional economic integration... >> more
Seminar on The Early Years of ASEAN: From the Perspectives of ASEAN Founding Fathers
Dr Sompong Sucharitkul
Dean, Faculty of Law, Rangsit University &
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
International and Comparative Law
Golden Gate University, USA
26 March 2010 I ISEAS Singapore
About the Seminar
This seminar is about the events leading to ASEAN’s founding and regional cooperation for economic development, depicting the difficulties facing the founding countries of ASEAN and the urgent need for collective survival and stability, outlining the aims and purposes of regional cooperation for Southeast Asia as a geographical concept. These were primary preoccupations of the leaders of Southeast Asian nations. It was for them to make the choice regarding the type of regional association to be established that would endure the storms brewing over the Pacific and the Indian Oceans at the time… >> more
Seminar on Australia and ASEAN: 35 Years On
by HE Ms Gillian Bird
Deputy Secretary &
Ambassador to ASEAN
Australia Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
19 March 2010 I ISEAS, Singapore
Abstract
Australia's Ambassador to ASEAN, Ms Gillian Bird, will provide a broad overview of Australia's economic and political engagement with ASEAN and our cooperation in ASEAN-associated institutions, including the EAS and ARF. She will look back at what we've achieved and how our foreign/trade policy and regional architecture is continuing to evolve to meet new challenges such as trade and economic liberalisation, security cooperation, and people smuggling... Seminar Notes
2nd CLC-ASC Workshop on Urbanisation in Southeast Asia: Cities as Engines of Development
18 – 19 March 2010 I ISEAS, Singapore
About the Workshop
Southeast Asian cities are at the centre of the region’s economic growth. They are also a critical source of income and wealth generation and play an important role in improving human development. However, through mismanagement or lack of resources, cities can also become centres of increasing poverty, inequality and environmental degradation. In ASEAN, there is growing recognition that the quality of urban development affects the prospects for national and regional development... >> more
Seminar on Global Governance, Security Regionalism and ASEAN's Role as a Multilateral Utility
by Professor Dr. Jürgen Rüland
Chair in Political Science
University of Freiburg, Germany
01 March 2010 I ISEAS, Singapore
About the Seminar
The Southeast Asian security discourse has undergone major changes in the last three decades. While in the heydays the Cold War, the notion of national security, a primarily military-based security concept dominated, from the 1980s onwards shifts towards comprehensive, cooperative and even human security have taken place. All these more novel concepts have in common an extended notion of security. While they vary in terms of state-centeredness, they acknowledge that the states of the region face an array of new security challenges transcending the classical domain of high politics and military issues... >> more
Conference on Regional Environmental Cooperation in EU and ASEAN: Lessons from Two Regions
22 - 23 February 2010 I ISEAS, Singapore
About the Conference
Member countries of both ASEAN and the EU are confronted with challenges of environmental protection issues that transcend borders. The ASEAN Studies Centre partnered with the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) of Sweden to bring together scholars and policymakers to discuss the topic of regional cooperation in environmental protection in Europe and Southeast Asia, and what lessons the two regions can learn from each other... >> more
Proposal for ASEAN-Canada Policy Research Programme
3 February 2010 I ISEAS, Singapore
About the Programme
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is one of the world’s most successful regional organizations. Canada has been ASEAN’s Dialogue Partner since 1977 and regularly participates in ministerial-level dialogue and consultations collectively at the annual ASEAN Post Ministerial Conferences (PMC) and the ASEAN Regional Forum. It also gets involve in cooperative endeavors with ASEAN. ASEAN-Canada signed the ASEAN Canada Economic Cooperation Agreement (ACECA) in 1981... >> more
CLC-ASC Workshop Series on Urbanisation in Southeast Asian Countries
10-11 December 2009 I ISEAS, Singapore (1st Workshop)
About the Workshop
Nearly half of Southeast Asia's population now lives in cities. This is projected to increase to 70% in 30 years' time and more attention needs to be given to urbanisation issues. Furthermore, each Southeast Asian city faces diverse and unique circumstances. Nonetheless, there are common challenges that cities can identify with and collectively address... >> more
ASEAN Ambassadors Seminar Series
Seminar on A New Era in the Long-Standing U.S.-ASEAN Relationship
by Mr. Scot Marciel
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
and Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs
09 December 2009 I ISEAS, Singapore
Abstract
The United States and ASEAN have entered a new era in their relations. On the U.S. side, the accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC), three visits of Secretary Clinton to the region during her first ten months in office, the meeting of President Obama and all ten ASEAN Leaders and more are clear indications of a new political engagement. On the ASEAN side, a new Charter is in place and the building of numerous regional institutions to manage security, economic, human rights and many other issues where we have common interests is well underway... >> more
Train the Trainers Course on the ASEAN Charter
Japan-Singapore Partnership Programme for the 21st Century
17 – 20 November 2009 I ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia
About the Programme
Train the Trainers Course on the ASEAN Charter, held at the ASEAN Secretariat from 17 to 20 November 2009, was aimed at helping participants enhance their skills and boost their confidence in imparting knowledge of the Charter to their respective constituencies. The course was conducted by Mr Rodolfo Severino, Head of the ASEAN Studies Centre, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore; Mr Sivakant Tiwari, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISEAS; and Ms Moe Thuzar, Visiting Research Fellow, ISEAS. The training was co-organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the ASEAN Secretariat…>> more
ASEAN Ambassadors Seminar Series
Seminar on China-ASEAN Cooperation: A Model of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation
by HE Ms Xue Hanqin
Ambassador to ASEAN, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China
19 November 2009 I ISEAS, Singapore I Full Text
Abstract
Ever since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, China has pursued an independent foreign policy of peace based on the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence with a view to building good-neighbourly relations with other countries. International relations in the region, however, experienced twists and turns during the Cold War period. In the past two decades, great changes have taken place in Asia. By the 1990s, China had normalized its diplomatic relations with all Southeast Asian countries. From a dialogue partner to a strategic partner, political mutual trust between China and the Southeast Asian countries has gradually deepened. With the fast economic growth of China and the ASEAN integration process... >> more
Book Launch
The ASEAN Regional Forum
by Rodolfo C. Severino
15 October 2009 I Four Seasons Hotel, Singapore
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. The book discusses the question of participation, describes the numerous cooperative activities that the participants undertake, and deals with the issue of institutionalization... >> more _I _Bookreview click here.
Workshop on Life After the Charter
27 - 28 July 2009 I ISEAS Singapore
Preliminary Report I Photos
After forty years of existence, ASEAN now has a legal and constitutional framework—the ASEAN Charter – to help support a rules-based and effective organisation. But even with this significant achievement, ASEAN still has to tackle issues on the Charter’s meaning, implications and the issues pertaining to its implementation. At the same time, ASEAN is working hard on economic issues to realise the goal of economic integration by 2015... >> more
Forum on ASEAN - Japan Cultural Relations
24 July 2009
Orchard Hotel, Singapore I Photos
The Forum will take stock of the cultural dimension of ASEAN – Japan relations and provided recommendation for decision-makers in ASEAN and Japan on how the different aspects of cultural cooperation can support economic development.
ASEAN Ambassadors Seminar Series
Seminar on ASEAN: An indispensable partner for Japan
by HE Yoshinori Katori
Ambassador for ASEAN, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
01 July 2009 I ISEAS, Singapore
Synopsis
One of the main milestones of our relations was the speech given by Prime Minister Fukuda on August 18, 1977 in Manila. He emphasised the importance of strengthening ties between Japan and Asean and mentioned three main pillars that would guide our relations. They were that Japan rejects the role of a military power; that Japan would do its best to consolidate a relationship of mutual confidence and trust based on “heart-to-heart” understanding; and that Japan would be an equal partner and cooperate positively in Asean’s own effort to strengthen solidarity and resilience... >> more
ASEAN Roundtable 2009
The Global Economic Crisis: Implications for ASEAN
18 June 2009 I Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore
Preliminary Report I Photos
The ASEAN Roundtable 2009 held on 18 June 2009 with the theme Global Economic Crisis: Implications for ASEAN was jointly organised by the ASEAN Studies Centre of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies with the support of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) at Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore. The 2009 Roundtable aimed to study the impact of the current global economic crisis on ASEAN’s members and its community-building process, assessing it through the lens of regional security, economy and finance, and the social impact. Roundtable sessions involved representatives from the government, the private sector and the academia. >> more
Public Lecture
The Colour of Thailand's (un)Constitutional Reforms: Red, Yellow or Orange?
By Professor Andrew Harding
26 May 2009
Singapore Management University, School of Law
Synopsis
Thailand's root-and-branch reform Constitution of 1997 was designed to entrench good governance, the rule of law and human rights, as well as providing for political stability, integrity among politicians, and removing the military from politics. It was dubbed 'the people's constitution'. Twelve years later, after widespread abuses of power, a military coup, two more constitutions, and worsening political polarisation, the project of 1997 appears to have unravelled completely. How did this situation occur? How are we to analyse the underlying state of constitutionalism in Thailand? Is there a constitutional way forward out of the continuing crisis? Does Thailand need a further constitutional reform?
Workshop on Lesson from Nargis: Disaster Management in Southeast Asia
5-6 March 2009 I ISEAS, Singapore
The ASEAN Studies Centre together with Southeast Asia Research Centre of the City University of Hong Kong organized the workshop assessing the situation in Myanmar ten months after Cyclone Nargis struck on 2-3 May 2008, paying particular attention to the implications for continued work at local (including grassroots) as well as regional and international levels. The workshop also complemented the ASEAN and UN reports by incorporating grassroots experience and local knowledge to fill important gaps in understanding disaster management/preparedness processes, and some views on lessons to be learnt from this unfortunate experience.
Symposium on Taiwan Investments in ASEAN
17 November 2008
Study on MERCOSUR Economic Integration: Lessons from ASEAN
November 2008
In January 1992, the leaders of ASEAN gathered for their fourth summit meeting to sign an agreement called the Common Effective Preferential Tariff for the creation of the ASEAN Free Trade Area. The significance of this step arose notably from the fact that it formally marked the shift of the ASEAN ... >> more This report has been published as the fifth of the Centre’s report series.
ONLINE Discussion Forum: Global Financial Turmoil and its Impact on Southeast Asia
October – November 2008
The ASEAN Studies Centre at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore have compiled in this volume a lead article, five commentaries on it, and a previously published article about the current global financial crisis, its implications for ASEAN, and what ASEAN can do about it. We thus hope to contribute to the analysis of the crisis, to the mitigation of its impact, and to the search for an eventual solution... >> more These articles have now been published as the Centre’s sixth report series.
ASEAN Roundtable 2008: ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint
28 July 2008 I ISEAS, Singapore
On 28 July 2008, the ASEAN Studies Centre and the Regional Economic Studies Programme, both of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung organized a roundtable on The ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint. The brainstorming session gathered Southeast Asian experts from the region to discuss the AEC Blueprint, which ASEANs leaders had adopted at their summit meeting in November 2007, and the prospects of any obstacles... >> more The workshop discussion has been published as the fourth of the Centre’s report series.
Road to Ratification and Implementation of the ASEAN Charter
17 July 2008 I Habibie Center, Indonesia
This book is a product of the Expert Roundtable Discussion on the topic "The Road to Ratification and Implementation of the ASEAN Charter", jointly organised by the ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC) of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) and the Habibie Centre, on 17 July 2008 in Jakarta. The objective of the discussion was to illuminate the provisions of the ASEAN Charter and its strengths and weaknesses. Despite its evident merits, the signing of the ASEAN Charter has brought to prominence the sharp differences... >> more This book has been published as the third of the Centre’s report series.
Attitudes and Awareness towards ASEAN: Findings of a Ten-Nation Survey
29 April 2008 I ISEAS, Singapore
This report shares results of a regionwide survey undertaken in late 2007 among over 2,000 students from leading universities across ASEAN member countries. The survey addressed questions on whether youths today consider themselves to be citizens of ASEAN; whether the region's youth are enthusiastic or skeptical about ASEAN; how well the region's youth know ASEAN and its members; and their concerns for the Association and the region. Survey findings indicate a nascent sense of ownership and stake in ASEAN, despite some clear differences in knowledge... >> more This survey report has been published as the second of the Centre’s report series.
ASEAN Community: Unblocking the Roadblocks
15 April 2008 I ISEAS, Singapore
This report, the first in the ASEAN Studies Centre report series, begins with a brief account of the important points raised during the discussions made at the workshop on The ASEAN Community: Unblocking the Roadblocks, organized by the ASEAN Studies Centre and the Regional Economic Studies Programme on 15 April 2008. The first endeavour in which the new ASEAN Studies Centre was actively involved, the closed-door workshop gathered Southeast Asian experts on ASEAN for what was essentially a brainstorming session on the nature... >> more