Bakrie Chair For Southeast Asian Studies
Bakrie Executive Fellowships
Tenaga Kerja di Banyak UKM Otomotif Bekasi, Kok Bukan Penduduk Lokal?
Penetapan kawasan industri di Kabupaten Bekasi yang telah dimulai sejak tahun 1990-an memberikan berbagai dampak positif terhadap pertumbuhan wilayah ini. Sejak dibangunnya kawasan-kawasan industri di Kabupaten Bekasi, memberikan kesempatan terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi di wilayah ini melalui kedatangan industri-industri besar baik PMA maupun PMDN.
Xi Jinping’s ‘Monroe Doctrine’: Rebuilding the Middle Kingdom Order?
Synopsis
Xi Jinping’s declaration that China should strive to become a “true maritime power” is redolent of a Chinese version of the Monroe doctrine or the old Middle Kingdom order. The recent issues in the East and South China seas demonstrate China’s incremental pursuit of its ambition to be the dominant maritime power in the region.
UMNO’s Terengganu Crisis: Managing Legacy and Reform
Synopsis
The recent crisis in the state of Terengganu signalled the strong undercurrent of the old political legacy in Malaysia’s ruling party UMNO. The extent of its impact in Terengganu as well the wider political arena deserves close scrutiny.
Sovereignty over Paracels: Article Lets Off Beijing Lightly
Synopsis
In his RSIS Commentary No 88/2014 Tensions in the South China Sea: Whose Sovereignty over Paracels? Sam Bateman suggests that China may be within its rights in deploying the Haiyang 981 oil rig in its present location. The piece fails to support this view and presents an unbalanced perspective of the relative merits of Vietnam's and China's cases.
Whose Sovereignty over the Paracels? A Response
Synopsis
Rather than getting into an unproductive debate over matters of detail, this response to the critique of an earlier commentary looks more at the deleterious impact of sovereignty arguments on managing the South China Sea and its resources.
India’s External Relations: What the Modi Factor Promises
Synopsis
The new Modi government is expected to revive the Indian economy and provide coherent and effective governance. It will also expand India’s options in its external relations, especially with its neighbourhood. PM-designate Modi will be the chief asset India needs to re-establish its credibility and clout internationally.
Thai Coup: Continued political divide and uncertainty
Synopsis
The Thai Military’s takeover of the government on 22 May afternoon following the declaration of Martial Law on 20 May 2014, is seen as a move to support the royalist elites to oust the Puea Thai government. Political divide among the Thai people has deepened and the political uncertainty will continue.
Approaching Critical Mass: Regional Views on Asia’s Multipolar Nuclear Future
Ladies and gentlemen (etc),
The momentous watershed of the contemporary age has been the end of the Cold War. The winding down of this great confrontation brought a sense of optimism with it. The “end of history,” Francis Fukuyama told us, meant that there would be no more all-encompassing ideologically charged encounters of this kind in times to come. An even greater sense of relief came from our sense of having evaded another kind of “end of history” – that which might have been wrought by global nuclear war.