Media

Deasy Simandjuntak interviewed by Prime Time Asia on Indonesia Regional Elections

 

This programme was broadcasted by Mediacorp on 28 June 2018.

Dr Deasy Simandjuntak is Visiting Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

 

Eve Alica Warburton quoted by Wall Street Journal: “Islamist Losses in Local Polls Ease Pressure on Indonesia’s President”

 

This article was published by Wall Street Journal on 27 June 2018.

Dr Eve Alica Warburton is Visiting Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

 

Eve Alica Warburton interviewed by ABC News: “Indonesian election: A major logistical effort with 17,000 islands and 152 million voters”

 

This interview was published by ABC News on 27 June 2018.

Dr Eve Alica Warburton is Visiting Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

 

Lee Poh Onn quoted in Lianhe Zaobao: “基本解除过去受牵制局面 “四大水喉”让我国水供买卖关系更平等”

 

This article on water issues between Singapore and Malaysia was published by Lianhe Zaobao on 27 June 2018.

Dr Lee Poh Onn is Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

 

Tang Siew Mun quoted in Finews.asia: “Melaka Gateway Shelving Eases Concern in Singapore”

 

This article was published by Finews.asia on 27 June 2018.

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

 

 

Eve Warburton, Deasy Simandjuntak and Charlotte Setijadi quoted by The ASEAN Post: “Pilkada 2018: Battle for Indonesia”

 

This article was published by The ASEAN Post on 26 July 2018. 

Dr Eve Warburton, Dr Deasy Simandjuntak and Dr Charlotte Setijadi are Visiting Fellows with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.  The paper mentioned in the article is the ISEAS Perspective 2018/31 Indonesia’s 2018 Regional Elections: Between Local and National Politics by Eve Warburton, Deasy Simandjuntak and Charlotte Setijadi.

 

 

Seminar on “The Journalisms of Islam: Contending views in Muslim Southeast Asia”

 

Dr Janet Steele spoke at a Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS) Programme seminar on Islamic journalism in Indonesia and Malaysia.

 

 

Lee Poh Onn quoted in The Mothership: “Reigniting water talks could be a “diversionary” play by Mahathir: Bilahari”

 

This article was published by The Mothership on 26 June 2018.

Dr Lee Poh Onn is Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. He was cited from a paper titled “Water Management Issues in Singapore”,  paper presented at Water In Mainland Southeast Asia, 29 November – 2 December 2005, Siem Reap, Cambodia, organised by International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Netherlands, and the Center for Khmer Studies (CKS), Cambodia.  

 

 

“Are Indonesia’s regional elections a barometer for 2019?” – An Op-Ed by Eve Warburton, Deasy Simandjuntak and Charlotte Setijadi in East Asia Forum

 

This article was first published as ISEAS Perspective 2018/31 Indonesia’s 2018 Regional Elections: Between Local and National Politics by Eve Warburton, Deasy Simandjuntak and Charlotte Setijadi and reproduced with edits by East Asia Forum on 22 June 2018.

Dr Eve Warburton, Dr Deasy Simandjuntak and Dr Charlotte Setijadi are Visiting Fellows with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

 

“Reviewing Mahathir’s and Malaysia’s Foreign Policy” by Tang Siew Mun

 

2018/74, 22 June 2018

On the surface, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s visit to Japan from 9-12 June 2018 should not have raised any eyebrows. After all, he was in Tokyo at the invitation of Nikkei Shimbun to speak at the 24th Nikkei Conference on the Future of Asia, a high-level international conference that he has strongly supported since its inauguration in 1995. Notwithstanding the fact that this was Mahathir’s first overseas visit since assuming the premiership, the four-day working visit, which included a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was full of political and strategic significance.