As part of its role to analyse and inform target audiences about key global and regional developments, the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute organises conferences, workshops, lectures and seminars to encourage debate and deepen stakeholders’ and our own understanding of Southeast Asia.
The Institute has had the pleasure of hosting many speakers at these events, where these subject matter experts from industry, government, and academia have generously imparted their knowledge. In some cases, their research and experiences may be understood and appreciated in greater depth through their books and essays.
The ISEAS Library presents a selection of books written, edited and compiled by external speakers at ISEAS seminars in the past year. We hope this list will pique further interest in and facilitate the further exploration of topics discussed by these speakers.
On Indonesia and Malaysia
Islamic Education in Indonesia and Malaysia: Shaping Minds, Saving Souls / Azmil Tayeb.
Call no: LC910 I5A993
“Despite their close geographic and cultural ties, Indonesia and Malaysia have dramatically different Islamic education, with that in Indonesia being relatively decentralized and discursively diverse, while that in Malaysia is centralized and discursively restricted.
The book explores the nature of the Islamic education systems in Indonesia and Malaysia and the different approaches taken by these states in managing these systems.” – Publisher.
- Christianity & the Chinese in Indonesia: ethnicity, education & enterprise / Chang-Yau Hoon. Call no: BR1220 H78
- Contemporary Islamic discourse in the Malay-Indonesian world: critical perspectives / Azhar Ibrahim. Call no: BP173.25 A994
- Electoral Dynamics in Sarawak: Contesting Developmentalism and Rights / Meredith L. Weiss and Arnold Puyok. Call no: JQ1062 A953S3E37
- Islam and political power in Indonesia and Malaysia: the role of Tarbiyah and Dakwah in the evolution of Islamism / Joseph Chinyong Liow. Call no: BP63 I5L76
- Making democracy work: institutional reforms for Malaysia / Bersih, edited by Ooi Kok Hin. Call no: JQ1062 A58B53
- Malaysia’s quest for innovation: progress and lessons learned / by K. Thiruchelvam … [et al.]. Call no: HD2321.21 M23
- Moving with the times: the dynamics of contemporary Islam in a changing Indonesia / edited by Moch. Nur Ichwan and Noorhaidi Hasan. Call no: BP63 I5M93
- What’s in a name / Nazir Razak. Call no: HG1552 N33
On Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam
Fiery dragons: banks, moneylenders and microfinance in Burma / Sean Turnell.
Call no: HG3270.7 A6T94
“This book tells the story of Burma’s financial system – of its banks, moneylenders and ‘microfinanciers’ – from colonial times to the present day. It argues that Burma’s financial system matters, and that the careful study of this system can tell us something about Burma – not least about how the richest country in Southeast Asia at the dawn of the twentieth century, became the poorest at the dawn of the twenty-first.” – Publisher.
- Building a republican nation in Vietnam, 1920-1963 / edited by Nu-Anh Tran and Tuong Vu. Call no: DS556.8 B931
- Dynamo or dynamite? Cambodia’s future in Asean / edited by Kao Kim Hourn & Jeffrey A. Kaplan. Call no: DS521.3 A842
- Everyday Economic Survival in Myanmar / Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung. Call no: HN670.7 A8T36
- Making enemies: war and state building in Burma / Mary P. Callahan. Call no: DS529.7 C15
- Vietnam’s Communist Revolution: The Power and Limits of Ideology / Tuong Vu. Call no: DS556.8 V983
- Winning by process: the state and neutralization of ethnic minorities in Myanmar / Jacques Bertrand, Alexandre Pelletier, and Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung. Call no: JQ751 A38M554
On foreign policy and security
Ambivalent Engagement: The United States and Regional Security in Southeast Asia after the Cold War / Joseph Chinyong Liow.
Call no: DS525.9 U6L76
“Ambivalent Engagement highlights a paradox that is becoming increasingly conspicuous and problematic. Southeast Asia continues to rely on the United States playing an active role despite it being an external power. But the states in the region have very different views about precisely what role the United States should play. The consequences of this paradox will grow in importance with the expanding role of yet another outside power, China.” – Publisher.
- America, China, and the Struggle for World Order: Ideas, Traditions, Historical Legacies, and Global Visions / edited by G. John Ikenberry, Wang Jisi, and Zhu Feng. Call no: JZ1480 A51
- ASEAN-10 is born: commemorating Cambodia’s entry in ASEAN / compiled by Kao Kim Hourn. Call no: JX1979 A862
- Cambodia’s foreign policy and ASEAN: from nonalignment to engagement / Kao Kim Hourn. Call no: DS554.8 K161
- Choices: Inside the Making of India’s Foreign Policy / Shivshankar Menon. Call no: DS449 M54
- Civilian Protection in the Twenty-first Century: Governance and Responsibility in a Fragmented World / edited by Cecilia Jacob and Alistair D.B. Cook. Call no: HV553 R33
- Dealing with an Ambiguous World / Bilahari Kausikan. Call no: DS610.45 K21
- Hatta and Indonesia’s independent and active foreign policy: retrospect and prospect / foreword by H.E. Retno L.P. Marsudi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia, editors: Evan A. Laksmana and Lina Alexandra. Call no: DS638 H361
- India’s naval strategy and Asian security Call no: VA643 I395
- The Routledge Handbook of Asian security studies / edited by Sumit Ganguly, Andrew Scobell and Joseph Chinyong Liow. Call no: JZ6009 A8R85 2018
References:
ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Understanding the drivers of change in a disrupted world: annual report 2022/2023 (Singapore: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, 2023).
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