09 Dec 3-on-3 with Tan Sri Dr Munir Majid: ASEAN Economic Community
We interviewed Tan Sri Dr Munir Majid, Chairman of the ASEAN-Business Advisory Council and Visiting Senior Fellow at the Southeast Asia International Affairs Programme at LSE IDEAS. Dr. Majid spoke at a panel on “ASEAN Economic Community 2015 – What Now, What Next?” at the SIIA's...
11 Sep The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) – The Strategic Importance
Even though the AEC is just three months away from being launched, there has been scepticism associated with ASEAN leaders’ ability to bring the AEC into fruition. Despite the benefits that the AEC may bring to ASEAN, domestic challenges still remain. In spite of the...
02 Jul The US-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue: Securing Constructive Bilateral Ties
At last week’s US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), cybersecurity tensions received much attention as a source of growing friction between the two powers. However, to focus only on this aspect of the dialogue may trivialise the overall significance of the exchange. This year’s S&ED...
24 Nov Economic integration, FTAs crucial for regional growth: Lee Yi Shyan
Economic integration and free trade between economies remains a critical pillar for the growth of the region, so countries involved in the free trade negotiations should persevere through short-term reforms for the greater good said Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Lee Yi...
16 Nov The slow struggle to economic integration
Like post-independence America, ASEAN is a place with border disputes, no common currency, and weaknesses in education, infrastructure and environmental protection. Yet with strong leadership and focus on improvements in the right areas, the bloc has a huge amount of potential to grow in the years...
14 Nov Economic integration the flying factory
Bonnie Glaser of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, a think-tank in Washington, says China may even be pursuing economic integration to strengthen its leverage. “China’s strategy is to weave together a network of economic interdependence. It is using the centrality of its power...
07 Nov Avoiding the Blind Alley: China’s Economic Overhaul and Its Global Implications
China will grow at a slower pace. Its GDP growth at 7.3 per cent in the third quarter this year is its weakest since the global financial crisis of 2008 – 2009. Even in the best case scenario, China’s GDP growth will likely plateaued at...