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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 evaluates that the evolution of TPP does not indicate any such intention and that China and the current TPP members have strong trade linkages in ISEAS Perspective, first published on 17 May 2013. To read the full article, please click 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 the headline.
"APEC and ASEAN Connectivity: Areas of Mutual Interest" Date: 8 May 2013 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, in the latest ISEAS Perspective, published 8 May 2013. To read the full article, please click the headline.
"Addressing Infrastructure Financing in Asia" Date: 6 May 2013 The ASC's Lead Researcher for Economic Affairs and ISEAS Fellow Sanchita Basu Das and ASC Research Assistant, Catherine Rose James review funding options for infrastructure projects, highlighting gaps in traditional sources of finance and suggesting alternatives and recommendations, in the latest ISEAS Perspective, published 6 May 2013. To read the full article, please click the headline.
"Promoting Asia's Infrastructure for Regional Trade and Invesment" Date: 2 May 2013 The ASC's Lead Researcher for Economic Affairs and ISEAS Fellow Sanchita Basu Das and ASC Research Assistant, Pham Thi Phuong Thao discuss Asia's ability to sustain its growth through improvements in infrastructure, in the latest ISEAS Perspective, published 2 May 2013. To read the full article, please click the headline.
"Achieving economic integration" Date: 26 April 2013 "The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint for 2015 must get high priority." The ASC's Lead Researcher for Economic Affairs and ISEAS Fellow Sanchita Basu Das explains why in her Business Times article first published on the 26th April, 2013. To read the full article, please click the headline.
"Is Malaysia Prepared? The ASEAN Economic Community is at hand" Date: 19 April 2013 "South-East Asia is set to become smaller and more interconnected thanks to an ambitious economic integration plan set to become reality by the end of 2015. The groundword has been laid, but what exactly does it all mean? Are we ready for real ASEAN Integration? What's in it for Malaysia?" The ASC's Lead Researcher for Economic Affairs and ISEAS Fellow, Sanchita Basu Das addresses these questions in the April 2013 issue of Penang Monthly magazine. To read the article, please click on the headline.
"Myanmar and the 2014 ASEAN Chairmanship" Date: 18 March 2013 "Myanmar has not lost its knack of getting the everyone's attention. This time, it is over the series of measures oriented towards reform, undertaken by a country that as recent as 12 months ago was known as the "problem child" of ASEAN," writes the ASC's Lead Researcher for Socio-Cultural Affairs and ISEAS Fellow, Moe Thuzar for ISEAS Perspective, first published 18 March 2013. To read the article, please click on the headline.
"The Next Decade in ASEAN-USA Economic Relations" Date: 11 March 2013 "In November 2012, during the 21st ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, the United States and ASEAN agreed on a new framework for economic cooperation," writes the ASC's Lead Researcher for Economic Affairs and ISEAS Fellow, Sanchita Basu Das for ISEAS Perspective, first published 11 March 2013. To read the article, please click on the headline.
"ASEAN Chairmanship 2013 and 2014" Date: 4 March 2013 "...many people view the 2013 and 2014 chairmanships and the future of ASEAN itself with deep pessimism. I am, however, more sanguine than they," writes the Head of the ASEAN Studies Centre, Rodolfo Severino on 4 March 2013. To read the article, please click on the headline. Date: 14 February 2013 "I don't think ASEAN should follow EU", says the ASC's Lead Researcher for Economic Affairs, Sanchita Basu Das in an interview with CNC World on 8 February 2013. To view the full interview, please click on the headline. "Moving towards a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea in 2013? - Part Three" Date: 8 February 2013 In the final part of a three part special, the ASC's Termsak Chalermpalanupap asks what the ASEAN SG, Mr Le Luong Minh can do when China is not ready for any formal discussion on drafting of a COC. To read the full article, please click on the headline. "Moving towards a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea in 2013? - Part Two" Date: 7 February 2013 Part Two in a three part special by the ASC's Termsak Chalermpalanupap who poses the question "What can the ASEAN side do when China is not ready for any formal discussion on the drafting of a COC?" To read the full article, please click on the headline. "Debunking the "myths" about the South China Sea disputes" Date: 7 February 2013 At an international conference in Ho Chi Minh City (18-21 November 2012) on the South China Sea, organised by Vietnam's Diplomatic Academy and Lawyers' Association, the Head of the ASC Rodolfo Severino presented a paper focusing on ten "myths" regarding the South China Sea disputes. To read more, please click on the headline. "Moving towards a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea in 2013?" Date: 6 February 2013 "How will Brunei Darussalam and the new ASEAN SG from Viet Nam bring any new impetus to realizing an ASEAN-China code of conduct (COC) in the South China Sea (SCS)?" The ASC's Termsak Chalermpalanupap addresses this question in the first of a three-part special. To read the full article, please click on the headline. "China's FDI into Southeast Asia" Date: 31 January 2013 "According to statistics made available by China's Ministry of Commerce, Chinese investments in ASEAN jumped from US$0.12 billion to $5.9 billion between 2003 and 2011, with total accumulation reaching $22.1 billion by the end of 2011," writes Visiting Senior Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, Zhao Hong Guest Writer for ISEAS Perspective first published on 31 January 2013. To read the full article, please click on the headline. "Challenges Facing the New ASEAN Secretary-General" Date: 28 January 2013 "Undiplomatically speaking, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers have direct supervision over the ASEAN SG, and any of the ASEAN Leaders can sack him. This is the political reality and institutional constraint under which every ASEAN SG has to accept and learn to live with," writes the ASC's Termsak Chalermpalanupap in his ISEAS Perspective first published on 28 January 2013. To read the full article, please click on the headline. "ASEAN Human Rights Declaration: Advancing the cause with realism" Date: 18 January 2013 "This is a landmark ASEAN document that deserves to be taken - and analysed - more seriously than it has been thus far" writes the ASC Head, Rodolfo Severino in his article first published by The Straits Times on 18 January 2013. To read the full article, please click on the headline.
"How to multilateralise Asian regionalism" Date: 15 January 2013 Jayant Menon, Lead Economist (Trade and Regional Cooperation) at the Asian Development Bank, discusses the "Asian noodle bowl" and two key proposals to deal with it: "consolidation and multilateralisation" in his article for the East Asia Forum, first published on 6 January 2013. To read the full article, please click on the headline.
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