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. 29
News as a business, especially in its most traditional press and broadcast models, is suffering from shrinking readership and viewership, and thus becoming less profitable.
2024 No. 28
Thailand is facing a historically low birthrate which could negatively impact the country’s economy in the near future.
2024 No. 27
Since February 2023, the Marcos Jr. administration has embarked on a transparency initiative for exposing China’s grey zone tactics within Philippine maritime zones in the South China Sea.
2024 No. 26
The China-Philippines Bilateral Consultation Mechanism (BCM) was established in May 2017 for discussing issues of mutual concern in the South China Sea and exploring possible areas of cooperation, especially in oil and gas development.
2024 No. 25
Former two-time Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is back in Thailand after 17 years of exile overseas.
2024 NO. 24
While Japan’s significance to the region in the economic sphere has relatively declined, its soft power and people-to-people connections with the region have never been more profound.
2024 No. 23
Strengthening the economic relationship between Malaysia and China can potentially contribute towards Malaysia’s structural transformation in terms of re-industrialisation and greening of its economy.
2024 No. 22
Since 2015, Thailand’s Navy has been struggling to obtain three advanced submarines from China.
2024 No. 21
PKR has emerged as a definite force in mainstream Malaysian politics, winning an average of 35 seats (16% of total seats) and 2 million votes (18% of total vote share) over the past 15 years.
2024 No. 20
To ensure that sufficient export payments are kept within Indonesia’s banking system for a longer period, the government introduced a Natural Resource Export Proceeds (Devisa Hasil Ekspor or DHE) policy, effective from 1 August 2023.