Associate Professor Pradumna B Rana calls for the revival of the Southern Silk Road connecting India, Nepal and China to facilitate shared prosperity in an article in The Business Times Weekend

(18-19 May 2013)

Associate Research Fellow Benjamin Ho and Senior Fellow Oh Ei Sun comment on Chinese President Xi's unequivocal stance on the protection of his country's interest while staying the course of peaceful international relations in an article in The Nation (Thailand)

(8 May 2013)

Associate Professor Farish A Noor's article on the youth's perception of ASEAN and the need for the organisation to reach out and make itself more relevant to the younger generation featured in The Straits Times

(8 May 2013)

Associate Professor Ralf Emmers spoke to ABC Radio Australia on the recently concluded ASEAN summit and the long process towards drafting a code of conduct 

(26 April 2013)

Associate Research Fellow Theresa Robles comments on Japanese Prime Minsiter Abe's TPP strategy in article featured in The Nation (Thailand)

(24 April 2013)

New RSIS commentary uploaded

(17 May 2013)

Benjamin Ho, The Rising Chorus of Chinese Exceptionalism, RSIS Working Paper no. 256, April 2013

RSIS Indonesia Programme, Indonesia's APEC Chairmanship of 2013: Key Priorities and Future Agenda, RSIS Policy Report, April 2013

See Seng Tan, The Making of the Asia Pacific: Knowledge Brokers and the Politics of Representation, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2013

Ralf Emmers, Resource Management and Contested Territories in East Asia, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

Bhubhindar Singh, Security Identity, Policymaking Regime and Japanese Security Policy Development, RSIS Working Paper no. 255, March 2013

See Seng Tan, Herding Cats: The Role of Persuasion in Political Change and Continuity in ASEAN, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, vol. 13, no. 1, 2013

Pradumna B Rana and Michael Blomenhofer, The Eurozone Crisis and Its Impact on Asia, RSIS Working Paper no. 254, February 2013

RSIS Roundtable on "Strategic Engagement in the Asia-Pacific: The Future of the ADMM-Plus"

24 July 2013

 

 
 
Brunei Darussalam, the smallest country in Southeast Asia with a population of only 400,000, faces some daunting challenges this year as it chairs the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) grouping.

For starters, Brunei must help manage tensions in the South China Sea following last year’s acrimony after then-chair Cambodia twice sought to limit discussion of China’s assertive actions in the disputed area.

Second, with the group’s goal of achieving an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by the end of 2015, Brunei will need to press its neighbours to get cracking on implementing the agreed-upon economic road map.

A third task will involve keeping China and the United States engaged in the East Asia Summit (EAS). Many Southeast Asians wonder what impact the leadership transitions starting off President Obama’s second term will have on the U.S. rebalance to Asia and U.S. relations with ASEAN.