Events

Seminar: The South China Sea Dispute: Recent Developments and Future Prognosis

Date: 31 May 2013 | Singapore

Dr Ian Storey, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore will conduct a seminar on "The South China Sea Dispute: Recent Developments and Future Prognosis" on Friday, 31 May, 2013 at 10:30am, at ISEAS. 

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Seminar:  Indonesia in ASEAN:  A Crumbling Cornerstone?

Date:  15 May 2013 | Singapore

Professor Donald E Weatherbee, Visiting Professorial Fellow, ISEAS and Donald S Russell Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of South Carolina will conduct a seminar on "Indonesia in ASEAN: A Crumbling Cornerstone?" on Wednesday 15 May 2013 at 10:30am, at ISEAS.

Seminar:  ASEAN Post Summit Analysis and Discussion on RCEP

Date:  7 May 2013 | Singapore

The ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS will hosted a seminar following the 22nd ASEAN Summit on 24-25th April 2013.  Rodolfo C Severino, Head of the ASEAN Studies Centre, Dr Ganeshan Wignaraja, Director of Research, Asian Development Bank (ADB) were the speakers, and Sanchita Basu Das, Lead Researcher Economic Affairs and ISEAS Fellow discussed their presentations.

Views & Opinions

The Trans-Pacific Partnership as a tool to contain China: Myth or Reality?

Date: 17 May 2013

The absence of China in the TPP negotiations has led to speculation that the TPP is an economic tool for the U.S. to contain China's rise in East Asia. The ASC's Lead Researcher for Economic Affairs and ISEAS Fellow, Sanchita Basu Das in the latest ISEAS Perspective on 17 May 2013 evaluates that the evolution of TPP does not indicate any such intention and that China and the current TPP members have strong trade linkages. To read the full article, please click on the headline.

Moving ASEAN+1 FTAs towards an effective RCEP

Date:  10 May 2013

The ASC's Lead Researcher for Economic Affairs and ISEAS Fellow, Sanchita Basu Das talks about moving beyond the existing ASEAN+1 FTAs with the ongoing RCEP negotiations and its significance for maintaining ASEAN Centrality in ISEAS Perspective first published 10 May 2013.  To read the full article, please click on the headline.

APEC and ASEAN Connectivity:  Areas of Mutual Interest

Date:  8 May 2013

In the final of a three-part series, the ASC's Lead Researcher for Economic Affairs and ISEAS Fellow Sanchita Basu Das and ASC Research Assistants, Catherine Rose James and Pham Thi Phuong Thao identify areas of mutual interest and collaboration between APEC and ASEAN, particularly around connectivity issues.  To read the full article, please click the headline.

Publications

ASEAN Economic Community Scorecard: Performance and Perception Editor: Sanchita Basu Das The official AEC Scorecard is expected to track the implementation of measures and the achievement of milestones committed in the AEC Strategic Schedule.  However, the Scorecard, in its current form, is too brief and general to be useful for the ASEAN citizens. This book attempts to fill this gap and evaluates the current status of and the progress towards the milestones of the AEC Blueprint. Enhancing ASEAN Connectivity Editor: Sanchita Basu Das ASEAN has a goal to create an economic community by 2015.  To achieve the goal, connectivity among the member states needs to be given due importance. This book looks at the current state of ASEAN's physical connectivity and challenges in building better infrastructure.  It concludes with the steps needed to be taken for implementation of the various plans, and policy recommendations. ASEAN-Russia:  Foundations and Future Prospects Editors: Victor Sumsky, Mark Hong, Amy Lugg
	Russia is geographically and historically part of Asia and the Asia Pacific, and has been a dialogue partner of ASEAN since 1996.
To commemorate the 15th Anniversary of the Russia-ASEAN dialogue partnership in 2011, the ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS and its counterpart from MGIMO-University, Moscow co-organised a two-day conference that year, in which papers were presented offering perspectives from Russia and the ten ASEAN member states.  This is a timely book that affords the reader insights into where ASEAN-Russia relations currently stand and suggests how they can improve and move forward.

Achieving the ASEAN Economic Community 2015:  Challenges for Member States and Businesses Editor: Sanchita Basu Das
	ASEAN leaders proclaimed to create an ASEAN Economic Community by 2015.  But achieving the target requires cooperation and coordination both within and among the ten ASEAN economies.
This book examines the state of readiness of the member countries for regional integration and discusses the challenges to ASEAN businesses.  It gives policy recommendations to address some of the issues faced by the key stakeholders.

The ASEAN Regional Forum Author: Rodolfo C. Severino
	The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is the only Asia-Pacific-wide forum for consultations and dialogue on political and security issues.
Although many articles and books have been published on the ARF, this is one of the few books that treat the forum comprehensively and from the standpoint of the region itself.

Projects

"ASEAN Roundtable 2012: Examining the ASEAN Economic Community Scorecard II"
Date: 25 May 2012

ASEAN leaders have repeatedly conveyed their political will and commitment to build an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015.  An AEC Blueprint was adopted in 2007 that laid out a roadmap and is monitored by the AEC Scorecard, which is a compliance tool.  The second AEC Scorecard revealed in the April 2012 Summit, proclaimed that ASEAN has met 67.5 per cent of its target.  The objectives of the roundtable are to evaluate the current status of and the progress towards the AEC milestones and to assess the policy reforms necessary to meet the end-goals.

Report Series

Report Series 12 The Gulf Cooperation Council: A Rising Power and Lessons for ASEAN
	The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)comprises Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.