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“Can China turn the power off in the Philippines?” – Op-Ed by Malcolm Cook in ThinkChina

 

This article was first published as ISEAS Commentary 2019/102 “Philippine Critical Infrastructure and China” by Malcolm Cook and republished by ThinkChina on 3 December 2019.

Dr Malcolm Cook is Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

 

Hoang Thi Ha interviewed by VTV on review of ASEAN’s work in 2019 and Vietnam’s ASEAN Chairmanship 2020

 

This interview was broadcast by VTV on 1 December 2019.

Ms Hoang Thi Ha is Lead Researcher (Politics & Security Affairs) ASEAN Studies Centre with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

 

Ian Storey quoted by Bloomberg: “U.S. Weapons Sales to Thailand Have a New Competitor: China”

 

This article was published by Bloomberg on 3 December 2019.

Dr Ian Storey is Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

 

Siwage Dharma Negara quoted by The Times: “Indonesia charges tourists $1,000 to see Komodo dragons”

 

This article was published by The Times on 3 December 2019.

Dr Siwage Dharma Negara is Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

 

“Korea Finds in ASEAN a Like-Minded Partner on the Indo-Pacific” by Hoang Thi Ha

 

2019/103, 2 December 2019

The ASEAN-Republic of Korea (ROK) Commemorative Summit was convened on 25-26 November in Busan to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their dialogue relations. The high-profile event showcased President Moon Jae-in’s strong commitment to bring ASEAN-ROK partnership to a new height under his New Southern Policy (NSP). One key take-away from the Summit is Seoul’s more forthcoming support of the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP). Adopted by the ASEAN leaders in June 2019, the AOIP is ASEAN’s response towards the emerging Indo-Pacific discourse. It provides the lens through which ASEAN perceives the Indo-Pacific, anchored in its overriding objective of maintaining regional autonomy and ASEAN centrality.

 

 

Seminar on “China’s Opera Diplomacy and the Chinese Diaspora in 1950s-1960s Bangkok and Singapore”

 

In this seminar, Dr Zhang Beiyu unravels how Chaozhou opera practitioners engaged businessmen in several nodal points (Shantou, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore), struggled to adopt new practices, and formed transnational alliances and networks to carry out the circulations of Chaozhou opera in this turbulent era.

 

 

“Philippine Critical Infrastructure and China” by Malcolm Cook

 

2019/102, 2 December 2019

On 20 November, National Transmission Corporation President Melvin Matibag testified in the Philippine Senate that the State Grid Corporation of China may be able to turn the power off in the Philippines. In 2009, the administration of President Macapagal-Arroyo privatized the national grid monopoly and granted it to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). The State Grid Corporation of China owns 40% of the NGCP and is the single largest owner.*

 

 

“Time with Trump: Australia and Southeast Asia compared” – Op-Ed by Malcolm Cook in The Interpreter

 

This article was published by The Interpreter on 29 November 2019.

Dr Malcolm Cook is Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

 

Termsak Chalermpalanupap interviewed by The Diplomat: “ASEAN’s Year in Review. Assessing the outcomes of the 2019 ASEAN summits.”

 

This article was published by The Diplomat on 1 December 2019.

Dr Termsak Chalermpalanupap is Visiting Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

 

Ian Storey quoted by Future Directions: “Chinese and Australian Interests in Timor-Leste: At Odds or Mutually Beneficial?”

 

This article was published by Future Directions on 28 November 2019.

Dr Ian Storey is Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.