Dr Micah Morton spoke on how the global resurgence of religious and ethnic identity politics have been playing out in the borderlands of the Upper Mekong Region; and also on how local, national, and transnational religious and ethnic identities are being transformed by the region’s ongoing political and economic integration initiatives.
Dr Hun Kim, Visiting Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, spoke on how urban planning and development in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is simultaneously a highly bureaucratic process on one hand, and also flexible on the other.
Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-At-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore delivered the ASEAN Lecture on “The ASEAN Charter at 10: Prospects and Retrospect”.
The ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS convened a conference on “The Paris Climate Agreement: Issues and Implications for ASEAN” with a view to discussing the changes and challenges for ASEAN countries arising from the implementation requirements of the Paris Climate Agreement.
The one-day Symposium; ‘Updates on the ASEAN Economic Community’, invited policymakers, experts and representatives from the private sector to the Institute to give an update and share their experiences in regional economic cooperation and integration in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).
Senior Vietnamese economist Le Dang Doanh delivered a public seminar on economic and political developments in Vietnam since the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in January 2016.
The United Arab Emirates’ Ambassador to Singapore, Dr Mohammed Omar Abdulla Balfaqeeh came to visit ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.