Forum On ASEAN-JAPAN Cultural Relations

On 24 July 2009, the ASEAN Studies Centre at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) organised, with support from the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund, a Forum on ASEAN-Japan Cultural Relations.

Urbanisation in Southeast Asian Countries

Cities and towns are places with a large, dense and diverse population. This leads to divisions of labour, technological innovations and economic growth.

Three-year ASEAN-Canada Policy Research Programme: A Proposal

Relations between ASEAN and Canada have expanded and deepened since 1977, when Canada became a Dialogue Partner (DP) of ASEAN. Both share a great deal of strategic interests.

Life After the Charter

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is currently experiencing a critical and exciting period. After more than forty years of existence, ASEAN now has a constitutional instrument – the ASEAN Charter – and has started to grapple with the meaning and implications of the Charter provisions and the issues pertaining to its implementation.