Event Highlights

This interactive two-day Symposium brought together experts to discuss topics ranging from the state of democracy, ethnic and religious fault lines, the role of Islam, to the future of Indonesian politics.

In this seminar, visiting fellow Dr Iain Sinclair shares some new insights on an obscure Buddhist sage, Dharmakīrti, thought to have been based in Srivijayan Kedah in the 10^th century.

In this seminar, Dr Nicholas White, will consider the history of PNB in three parts: firstly, by analysing why PNB was formed; secondly, by looking at how its investment strategies and unit trust schemes were implemented in practice; and, finally, draw some tentative conclusions about the impact of PNB’s operations on the development of Malaysia’s economy and society since 1978.

This seminar brings together three prominent Track 1.5 experts from Cambodia, Indonesia, and Vietnam to discuss ASEAN’s views and responses to the Indo-Pacific concept.

In this seminar, Dr Rafaelita Aldaba, Undersecretary for Competitiveness and Innovation of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry, speaks about the 4th Industrial Revolution in Philippines and its potential implications on industries.

This seminar examines the social, spatial and material dimensions of remittances by the overseas Vietnamese community.

This seminar talks about the daunting task ahead in delivering on their promise of reform faced by the current Malaysian Pakatan Harapan government.

The economic prospects for Southeast Asia and East Asia was the focus of this seminar which was co-organised by the Regional Economic Studies Programme at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and the ASEAN +3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).