Phidel Vineles is a Senior Analyst in the Science and Technology Studies Programme (STSP) in the Office of the Executive Deputy Chairman at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He holds a MSc in International Political Economy from RSIS, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His research interests include digital economy, disruptive technologies, smart cities, international political economy, ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), and the intersection between security and science and technology. He wrote several commentaries and articles published by RSIS, Today, East Asia Forum, Asia and the Pacific Policy Society, and Eurasia Review.

• Digital Economy
• Disruptive Technologies
• Smart Cities
• Intersection between Security and Science & Technology
• ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
• International Political Economy

Policy Reports

• ASEAN Small and Medium Enterprises: Towards a Sustainable Integrated Economy

  03 May, 2017

• Brexit and its Aftermath: Impacts and Policy Recommendations for Asia

  28 December, 2016

Commentaries

• Tweaking BRI: What Southeast Asia Can Do

  21 June, 2019

• War on Drugs: How To Win in Philippines, Bangladesh

  28 January, 2019

• Realising Smart Cities in ASEAN

  13 December, 2018

• CO18043 | Managing Labour Mobility: Stronger ASEAN Integration?

  14 March, 2018

• CO18020 | ASEAN Digital Economy: A New Pillar?

  09 February, 2018

• CO18006 | Enhancing ASEAN’s Competitiveness: The Skills Challenge

  12 January, 2018

• CO18003 | ASEAN’s Electronics Sector: Facing the Disruptive Trends

  08 January, 2018

• CO17066 | The Rise of Trump and Its Global Implications - US-China Economic Ties Under Trump: Need for More Balance

  11 April, 2017

• CO17057 | Brexit’s Impending Impact: Assessing ASEAN’s Exposure

  29 March, 2017

• CO17010 | ASEAN Connectivity: Challenge for an Integrated ASEAN Community

  11 January, 2017

• CO16202 | ASEAN Community: Economic Integration and Development of SMEs

  10 August, 2016

• CO16149 | Road To Low-Carbon ASEAN Community

  17 June, 2016

• CO16115 | Duterte’s Victory: The Face of Alternative Leadership?

  17 May, 2016

Bulletins and Newsletters

• Multilateral Matters – January 2018

  23 January, 2018

• Multilateral Matters - October 2017

  31 October, 2017

• Multilateral Matters - July 2017

  17 July, 2017

• Multilateral Matters - April 2017

  19 April, 2017

• Multilateral Matters - January 2017

  17 January, 2017

• Multilateral Matters - October 2016

  26 October, 2016

• Multilateral Matters - July 2016

  18 July, 2016

Op-Eds

• “Making the Belt and Road Work for Southeast Asia”, East Asia Forum, 13 July 2019
• “Realising Smart Cities in ASEAN”, East Asia Forum, 21 March 2019
• “Commentary: The next frontier for Southeast Asia’s growth? Digital skills”, Channel News Asia, 27 January 2019
• “ASEAN and China struggle to buckle the belt and road”, East Asia Forum, 26 January 2019
• “Advancing ASEAN’s digital economy”, East Asia Forum, 15 December 2018
• “ASEAN nations must talk so that their labourers can walk”, East Asia Forum, 14 July 2018
• “Nurturing pool of talent”, New Straits Times, 26 January 2018
• Time for Asean’s own brand product in manufacturing?
• “Brexit’s impact on Asean”, New Straits Times, 17 April 2017
• Maverick from Mindanao
• “What ASEAN’s Enterprises Need to Succeed” (with Ong Keng Yong), East Asia Forum, 19 August 2016