This article was first published by TODAY on 11 August 2017.
Ms Hoang Thi Ha is Fellow and Lead Researcher II ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
Based on her analysis of the various factors which could impact the Malaysian GE-14 election, Dr Bridget Welsh concluded that the electoral outcome is uncertain unlike previous general elections.
The article was first published by Asian Correspondent on 8 August 2017.
Dr Tang Siew Mun is Senior Fellow and Head ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
The article was first published on 3 August 2017.
Dr Tang Siew Mun is Senior Fellow and Head, ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
“Indonesia-S’pore business ties face complex challenges” – An Op-Ed by Siwage Dharma Negara in TODAY
The article was first published by TODAY on 10 August 2017.
Dr Siwage Dharma Negara is Fellow and Assistant Co-coordinator, Indonesia Studies Programme at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
The article was first published by TODAY on 9 August 2017.
Ms Moe Thuzar is Fellow and Lead Researcher (Socio-Cultural Affairs), ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
The article was first published by Project Syndicate on 7 August 2017.
Dr Le Hong Hiep is Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
There was no shortage of good news for Asean coming out of the 50th Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting that took place over the weekend in Manila, the Philippines, especially with regards to its relations with China. Not only did the Joint Communique include strong and firm language on land reclamation and militarisation activities in the South China Sea, but Asean and China also formally endorsed the framework for the Code of Conduct (COC) of the South China Sea. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi even took the opportunity to propose three steps to move the COC consultations forward. The most encouraging point among the three steps is Foreign Minister Wang’s pronouncement that the “leaders of China and ASEAN member states will officially announce the start of the next step to negotiate on the text of the COC at the China-ASEAN Leaders’ Summit in November” this year.
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“Vietnam and ASEAN Re-lift the Bar for South China Sea Statements” by Le Hong Hiep
The 50th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) last week managed to issue a joint communiqué that contains stronger language on the South China Sea than the Chairman’s Statement issued at the 30th ASEAN Summit last April. By emphasizing, for example, “the importance of non-militarization and self-restraint in the conduct of all activities, including land reclamation” in the South China Sea, the communiqué is virtually on par with the one issued last year at the 49th AMM.