In this hybrid seminar, researchers from the ISEAS Climate Change in Southeast Asia Programme (CCSEAP), Dr. Mirza Huda, Ms. Sharon Seah, and Ms. Qiu Jiahui, shared insights on key lessons drawn from ASEAN’s first multilateral cross-border energy trading initiative the Lao PDR-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project (LTMS-PIP) and its implications for the broader ASEAN Power Grid (APG). Organized by the CCSEAP, this seminar features the newly published policy report, “Accelerating the ASEAN Power Grid 2.0: Lessons from the Lao PDR-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project (LTMS-PIP)”.
In this webinar, Dr. Jared Bissinger discussed the ongoing challenges of Myanmar’s economy close to three years after the 2021 coup, and the overall economic trajectory for Myanmar for the near future, including the implications of the offensive Operation 1027 launched in northern Shan State in late October 2023, which has affected the main China-Myanmar border trade corridor and key border trade posts.
In this webinar, three experts discussed the unfolding effects of Operation 1027, a major offensive launched by the Three Brotherhood Alliance (3BHA), which comprises the Myanmar National Democratic Army (MNDAA), the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), and the Arakan Army (AA), and constituting one of the most significant challenges confronting the State Administration Council (SAC) regime in Myanmar since the 2021 coup.
In this roundtable event, eight speakers present their findings on various themes in relation to contemporary developments surrounding Islamism in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore. The presentations covered themes such as the growth of a halal lifestyle, religious intellectualism, shariatisation, religious authority, exclusivism and populism.