ASEAN Insights

In this episode of ASEAN Insights, Paul Evans, Professor at the University of British-Columbia who focuses on Asian and trans-Pacific international relations discusses about techno-nationalism and the impact of geopolitics in Universities, and research in general. 

Throughout the conversation, Professor Evans shares his perspectives on the potential implications of techno-nationalism on academic freedom, the global flow of knowledge and information, and the international cooperation in research and development. 

In this episode of ASEAN Insights, Shanti Shamdasani, founder & CEO of S. ASEAN International Advocacy & Consultancy, shares her thoughts about Indonesia's priorities during its ASEAN Chairmanship in 2023. Pointing out the connections between the chairmanship and the private sector, she highlights the challenges that Indonesia needs to face during this important period and tells us about her hopes for Indonesia's chairmanship.

Across ASEAN, demand for automobiles has been rapidly growing and is expected to continue to increase for decades. As a result, demand for petroleum is also rapidly increasing along with CO2 emissions.  Electric Vehicle (EVs) have been proposed as a solution to the rising GHG emissions.  But is the region actually ready to handle a surge of EVs with the appropriate infrastructure and investments?

In this episode of ASEAN insight, Tara Bellwood, an ACICIS student intern, and Dian Lutfiana, an ERIA Research Associate, discuss targets and goals set by several ASEAN countries on the adoption of EVs and also the challenges it entails.

In this ASEAN Insights episode, Lydia Ruddy, ERIA’s Director of Communications and Special Advisor for US-ASEAN Affairs, discusses with Yasu Ota, Tokyo-based columnist and TV commentator for Nikkei, on his best-selling book in Japan, ‘2030 Geopolitics of Semiconductors’.

In the conversation, Yasu Ota shares his views on the role that artificial intelligence (AI) development is playing in the ongoing political tensions, Japan's place in the competition for semiconductor production, and—most importantly—how ASEAN can best position itself to take advantage of the current situation.

Yasu Ota’s book: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4532324416/

In this episode of ASEAN Insights, Prof Akiko Yamanaka; Special Advisor to ERIA’s President, Former Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Special Ambassador for Peacebuilding, Japan, discusses the Power of Preventative Diplomacy with Lydia Ruddy, ERIA’s Director of Communications and Special Advisor for US-ASEAN Affairs. Prof Yamanaka defines human security, explains how it closely relates to preventive diplomacy, and states her profound wish for countries to move forward on the spirit of upholding human security.

In this episode of ASEAN Insights, Dr Aladdin D Rillo, ERIA's Senior Economic Advisor, and ERIA’s Director of Communications and Special Advisor for US-ASEAN Affairs, Lydia Ruddy, discuss ASEAN's road to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Rillo shares his views on the outlook of the region's recovery assessing the measures and mechanisms that will support a resilient, inclusive, and sustainable recovery.

Today’s ASEAN Insights episode with Dr Lurong Chen, Senior Economist at ERIA, focuses on Digitalisation in ASEAN and the important role it plays in the region’s economic recovery after the pandemic, especially in terms of supply chains and global value chains. Dr Chen discusses both the risks and benefits of the digital economy for the region including what ASEAN can do to accelerate digitalisation.

ASEAN economic ministers adopted the Framework for Circular Economy (CE) for the ASEAN Economic Community in October 2021. The Framework sets out an ambitious long-term vision for the circular economy, building on the strengths of existing initiatives, and identifies priority areas for action along with enablers, to realise circular economy in ASEAN. The Framework is a priority economic deliverable under Brunei Darussalam’s 2021 ASEAN Chairmanship and was developed by the ASEAN Secretariat in collaboration with the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). In this episode, ERIA’s Director of Communications and Special Advisor for US-ASEAN Affairs, Lydia Ruddy, discusses Building the Circular Economy in ASEAN with Dr Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, ERIA’s Director of Research and Strategy Innovation, who is heading ERIA’s work on the Circular Economy. Dr Anbumozhi shares his research and insights on the current state of the CE in the region, sharing specific examples and suggestions about how to move forward.