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Cassey Lee quoted by Wall Street Journal: “India Holds Back From China-Backed Asia-Pacific Trade Pact”

 

This article was published by Wall Street Journal on 4 November 2019. 

Dr Cassey Lee is Senior Fellow and Coordinator of Regional Economic Studies Programme at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

 

“Anand Panyarachun and Royal Intervention in Thai Politics” by Supalak Ganjanakhundee

 

2019/92, 5 November 2019

“Shane! Come back!”, King Bhumibol said to former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun during a royal audience at the time of the latter’s return to the Thai premiership following the bloody incidents of May 1992.

Anand had first assumed the premiership after the Thai military seized power by means of a coup mounted in February of the previous year. He disclosed this private conversation with the late king to the prominent journalist Dominic Faulder, author of the recent biography Anand Panyarachun and the Making of Modern Thailand (Singapore: Editions Didier Millet, 2019).

 

 

Tang Siew Mun quoted by Straits Times: “Regional leaders skip Asean-US summit, Trump calls for ‘special summit’ in US next year”

 

This article was published by The Straits Times on 4 November 2019.

Dr Tang Siew Mun is Head ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

 

Tang Siew Mun quoted by Straits Times: “Spotlight on RCEP talks and US ‘snub’ as leaders gather for Asean Summit”

 

This article was published by The Straits Times on 2 November 2019.

Dr Tang Siew Mun is Head ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

 

Hoang Thi Ha quoted by SCMP: “India’s wobbling over Asean trade pact set to dominate Thailand summit as Trump’s America dials down its delegation”

 

This article was published by South China Morning Post on 1 November 2019.

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

 

 

Le Hong Hiep quoted by AFP: “Southeast Asia leaders to push for progress on China-backed trade pact”

 

This article was published by AFP on 1 November 2019. 

Dr Le Hong Hiep is Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

 

In the News: “Vietnam Forum 2019”

 

The Vietnam Forum 2019 was organised by ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, in partnership with Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management, with support by Maybank Kim Eng and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

The forum, which took place on 1 November, focus on the performance of 3 important sectors of Banking and Finance, Infrastructure and Energy and Real Estate. 

 

 

“Trump skips ASEAN-related summits again. It’s déjà vu for Asia” – Op-Ed by Hoang Thi Ha in CNA

 

This article was published by Channel Newsasia on 2 November 2019. 

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

 

 

“印尼反华人势力伺机而动” – Op-Ed by Leo Suryadinata in Lianhe Zaobao

 

This article was published by Lianhe Zaobao on 1 November 2019. 

Dr Leo Suryadinata is Visiting Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

 

“US Downgrading of Summit Representations Sets Worrying Precedent for ASEAN” by Tang Siew Mun and Glenn Ong

 

2019/91, 1 November 2019
For the first time since the US joined the East Asia Summit (EAS) in 2011, the US delegation will not be led by top officials at the presidential or ministerial level.  Since the EAS was established in 2005, no participating country has been represented by an official below the rank of foreign minister. The US will be the first EAS participant to claim this unflattering accolade at 14th EAS to be held on 4 November 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.