In the first of a three-part series on the 2020 US Presidential Election, Dr Michael Jonathan Green and Dr Charles Edel provided their first-take impressions of the election results, the manner both major parties have responded to them, and what they might mean for US foreign policy at the global level and towards Asia.
In this webinar, Dr Khoo Boo Teik answers two questions about the powerful ideological force that have dominated Malaysia for the past several decades. How has Malay politics turned more parlous although it dominates a system of ethnic politics, and why does Malay politics in its parlous condition remain a powerful ideological force.
This webinar discussed the impact of digital technologies on politics and political participation in Southeast Asia. Topic that were examined included the ways in which enhanced technological infrastructure and social media platforms could hamper and/or facilitate political engagement with youth populations, and the opportunity for such processes to usher in a “Democracy 4.0”.
In this webinar, Dr A’an Suryana explained why state capture continues to remain rampant in Indonesia. Using three case studies as exemplars of state capture in Indonesia, he highlighted key factors that could have attributed to these practices and explained why judicial corruption remains an uphill task to eradicate in Indonesia.