Russia, Ukraine and ASEAN: Reading the Geo-political Tea Leaves
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In this episode of Dialogues at Fulcrum, William Choong, Managing Editor of Fulcrum, talks to three scholars about the 2022 State of Southeast Asia Survey, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the United States’ Indo-Pacific Strategy.
In this episode of Dialogues at Fulcrum, William Choong, Managing Editor of Fulcrum, talks to three scholars about the 2022 State of Southeast Asia Survey, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the United States’ Indo-Pacific Strategy. Dr Choong spoke to Ms Elina Noor, Director, Political-Security Affairs and Deputy Director of the Washington D.C. office at the Asia Society Policy Institute; Dr Huong Le Thu, a Senior Analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and Ms Sharon Seah, Coordinator of the ASEAN Study Centre at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
Dialogues at Fulcrum is a podcast published by the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
For quick reference, the themes below were addressed during the podcast:
2:20 – Impressions of the 2022 State of Southeast Survey Report
8:19 – Increased regional confidence in the Biden Administration
12:58 – US Indo-Pacific Economic Framework: Being Passed Out or Passing Out?
15:47 – The Quad: Tangible Deliverables to the Region and the Bigger Picture
17:50 – China Gaining Traction in Free Trade Agreements
25:08 – Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Implications for Southeast Asia
30:00 – China: ‘Taiwan is not Ukraine’
35:03 – Is US’ Indo-Pacific Strategy akin to NATO’s eastward expansion in Europe?
Elina Noor is Director, Political-Security Affairs and Deputy Director of the Washington D.C. office at the Asia Society Policy Institute.
Huong Le Thu is a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and an alumna of ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
Sharon Seah is Senior Fellow and concurrent Coordinator at the ASEAN Studies Centre and Climate Change in Southeast Asia Programme, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. She is also editor of Building a New Legal Order for the Oceans.
