This online forum was co-hosted between the Southeast Asia Forum and the U.S. Philippines Society on March 15th, 2023 to provide an update on key developments in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Governance and development sp …
Jakarta is one of the world’s largest and most congested cities, and is vulnerable to sea level rise and other impacts of climate change. President Jokowi has announced Indonesia’s plan to build a New Capital City, “Nusantara”, in East Kalimantan. This …
Featured Speakers Sam Chittick, Asia Foundation Country Representative in the Philippines Lisa Curtis, Senior Fellow and Director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for New American Security Richard Javed Heydarian, Political …
The Paris Peace Agreements helped end conflict in Cambodia, and their contribution to peace and development should be recognized on the national calendar.
Opening Remarks Ambassador Jose Manuel G. Romualdez, the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in Washington D.C. Featured Speakers Craig Hart, Deputy Assistant Administrator for East Asia and the Pacific at USAID Craig is a career member of the S …
Published January 21, 2022 / Held February 2, 2022
Opening Remarks Benjamin V. Wohlauer, Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy to Cambodia Before Cambodia, from 2017-2020, Mr. Wohlauer was consul general at the U.S. consulate general in Florence, Italy. Prior to that he served in the State Depart …
Published October 20, 2021 / Held October 26, 2021
Featured Speakers Alice Ba, Professor of the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware Kavi Chongkittavorn, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Security and International Studies, Chulalongkorn University Amitav …
Published September 15, 2021 / Held September 22, 2021
Featured Speakers Ann Bajo, Defense Research Analyst, Office for Strategic Studies and Strategy Management of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Ann Bajo is a Defense Research Analyst for the Office for Strategic Studies and Strategy Management, Armed …
Featured Speakers Nur Hidayati, Executive Director of WALHI (Friends of the Earth Indonesia) Ambassador (ret) Dino Patti Djalal, Senior Advisor to the Asia Group Richard Jeo, Senior Vice President, Conservation International Moderated By Ambassador (re …
Featured Speakers Sheila Coronel, Director of the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism and the Stabile Professor of Professional Practice in Investigative Journalism at Columbia University Sheila Coronel is the director of the Stabile Center for …
Featured Speakers H.E. Jose M. Romualdez, Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the United States of AmericaDr. Theodore S. Gonzalves, Director of the Smithsonian Asian-American CenterSenator Susan C. Lee for District 16 of the Maryland Stat …
Featured Speakers Amb. Robert O. Blake, Senior Director at McLarty Associates and Former U.S. Ambassador to IndonesiaProfessor Yanzhong Huang, Director of the Center for Global Health Studies, Seton Hall UniversityProfessor Mely Caballero-Anthony, Head …
Published February 10, 2021 / Held February 17, 2021
Join the Stimson Center for a discussion about what to watch for in Myanmar post-election. The governing National League for Democracy won a stunning victory in Myanmar’s recent election. Supporters claim the NLD’s strong showing represents an endorsem …
Published November 17, 2020 / Held December 9, 2020
However, even with Indonesia’s maintaining its core foreign policy, the U.S. and China have both made recent strong overtures to Indonesia. On the U.S. side, over the past few months the U.S. has notably increased its diplomatic, economic and security …
Published November 5, 2020 / Held November 12, 2020
Speakers: Ambassador Thomas C. Hubbard, former U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines and Senior Director at McLarty Associates Thomas C. Hubbard is a former U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines (1996-2000) and South Korea (2001-04) who had a distinguished f …
This event is part of the Southeast Asia Forum Virtual Wednesday Luncheon Seminar Series. Usually held in person as small roundtables, these are now open to a larger audience as a virtual convening. Speakers Marvin Ott, Lecturer, East Asia Studies, JHU …
Speakers: Ambassador Robert Blake (ret), Senior Director, McLarty AssociatesJohn Lichtefeld, Vice President, The Asia Group; Stimson Center Non-Resident FellowBilahari Kausikan, Former Permanent Secretary, Singapore Ministry of Foreign AffairsRene “But …