The SIIA’s “From Crisis to Endemic: Stumbling or Pressing Ahead?” report is now available for download here. As 2021 draws to a close, the SIIA has examined how key ASEAN economies are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic alongside key economic and political challenges. This week, we...
As world leaders gather in Glasgow for COP26 to discuss climate change issues, Associate Professor Simon Tay, Chairman of the SIIA, weighed in on why ASEAN needs to come together as a region. “Climate cannot be seen as a separate pocket of issues, but a major facet in the road...
As great power rivalry intensifies in recent years, South Korea recognises the salient need to diversify its diplomacy to avoid being caught in the US-China crossfire. Conventionally, Korea’s foreign policy focuses primarily on the four main powers - US, China, Japan and Russia. In a...
Multilateralism is undoubtedly under attack today. Global issues such as the US-China rivalry and the management of COVID-19 crisis have increasingly undermined the importance of multilateralism. With the US and China intensely vying for hegemony, we witnessed many instances of the two major superpowers shifting...
Media Note on COP26 Climate is a major facet of pandemic recovery, and ASEAN should establish climate leadership: Associate Professor Simon Tay Singapore, Friday, 29 October 2021: “Climate cannot be seen as a separate pocket of issues, but a major facet in the road to recovery, for both...
Policy issues in the digital space have come to the fore amid ASEAN’s digital transformation journey. Speaking at the first session of the US-Singapore Tech & Innovation Virtual Dialogue on 28 October 2021, Ms. Jessica Wa’u, Deputy Director, ASEAN, SIIA, highlighted the opportunities and challenges...
Myanmar ASEAN Summit takes place without Myanmar (26 Oct) ASEAN leaders convened their annual summit on Tuesday, 26 Oct, with Myanmar absent for the first time. Last week, in an unprecedented move, ASEAN had decided to exclude Myanmar’s military leadership from attending the summit for their failure...
The annual ASEAN summit proceeded without Myanmar. While ASEAN’s exclusion of the Myanmar military leader from the Summit may be unprecedented, it is not the first time ASEAN has had to act strongly and visibly on diplomatic matters. Watch the interview with CNBC as Associate...
Southeast Asia’s agribusinesses have taken positive steps towards greening the entire supply chain in recent years. However, there remain gaps from both demand- and supply-sides of the supply chains. How can the sector bridge such gaps and reach higher standards of sustainability? The SIIA, in collaboration...
Leverage on Shifting Consumer Demands to Elevate Supply Chain Sustainability in Southeast Asia While actors across the supply chain have taken positive steps in recent years, more can be done to bridge gaps from both demand- and supply- sides Singapore, 27 October 2021 – To elevate supply chain sustainability...