ARTICLES

20 Sep 2024

Unpacking Recent Political Developments in Thailand

Napon Jatusripitak

Fulcrum editor Julia Lau discusses the latest dramatic political events and the new government in Thailand with Acting Coordinator of ISEAS' Thailand Studies Programme, Dr Napon Jatusripitak.

19 Aug 2024

Parsing the Future of Vietnam Under New Leadership

Nguyen Khac Giang|Le Hong Hiep

William Choong, Fulcrum’s Managing Editor and ISEAS Senior Fellow, discusses the recent leadership changes in Vietnam with Dr Nguyen Khac Giang, a visiting fellow at ISEAS’ Vietnam Studies Programme (VSP), and Dr Le Hong Hiep, the coordinator of the VSP.

Communist Party of Vietnam Dialogues at Fulcrum Vietnam

31 Jul 2024

Japan-Philippines Reciprocal Access Agreement: Part of a Bigger Puzzle

Aries A. Arugay

William Choong, Fulcrum’s Managing Editor and ISEAS Senior Fellow, discusses the recent Japan-Philippines reciprocal access agreement with Dr Aries Arugay, the coordinator of the institute’s Philippines Studies Programme, and Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science, at the University of the Philippines-Diliman.

Dialogues at Fulcrum Japan Philippine South China Sea

18 Jul 2024

Singapore as a “Nation of Lions Led by Lions”

Irene Ng

William Choong, Fulcrum's Managing Editor and ISEAS Senior Fellow, discusses the second volume of S. Rajaratnam's authorised biography, the Lion's Roar, with author and ISEAS writer-in-residence Irene Ng.

Dialogues at Fulcrum International Relations Singapore Southeast Asia

5 Jul 2024

Promises and Setbacks on Anwar’s Path for Reform

Meredith Weiss

Fulcrum editor Lee Hwok Aun and ISEAS Malaysia Studies Programme Coordinator Francis Hutchinson discuss Malaysia's long reform journey and the hits and misses of Anwar Ibrahim's administration, with Meredith Weiss, ISEAS Visiting Senior Fellow and Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY).

Dialogues at Fulcrum Malaysia Malaysian Politics

19 Jun 2024

The Shangri-La Dialogue’s Coming of Age – A Conversation with Veerle Nouwens

Veerle Nouwens

Fulcrum editor Julia Lau discusses the recent Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) and the significance of two decades of the SLD with IISS Executive Director, Veerle Nouwens.

China Defence Dialogues at Fulcrum South China Sea U.S.

21 Mar 2024

The United States of America in Southeast Asia: A Conversation with DAS Melissa Brown

Melissa A. Brown

Fulcrum editor and Co-Coordinator of Indonesia Studies Programme Julia Lau discusses the United States' role and policies in Southeast Asia with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Melissa Brown, the day after her public address at ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute on 13 March 2024.

Dialogues at Fulcrum Southeast Asia U.S.

27 Feb 2024

Talking about Timor-Leste with Udan Fernando

Udan Fernando

Fulcrum editor Julia Lau sits down with Dr Udan Fernando, former Executive Director (2012-2020) of the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), a Sri Lankan think tank. Based in Singapore and working as a consultant with the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), Udan is currently working on a project to develop under-represented scholars in the humanities and social sciences in Cambodia, India, Pakistan, Timor-Leste and Thailand.

ASEAN Dialogues at Fulcrum Timor-Leste

20 Sep 2023

Cambodia’s Political Transition

Sophal Ear

In this episode, Dr William Choong, Managing Editor of Fulcrum, and Dr Jayant Menon, Senior Fellow at ISEAS, talk to Prof Sophal Ear, Associate Professor at the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University, about the political transition in Cambodia.

Cambodia Cambodia-China Relations Dialogues at Fulcrum

13 Sep 2023

Malaysia Post-PRN2023: Stay the Course or Change Direction?

Khairy Jamaluddin

In this dialogue, which follows on his May 16th podcast, “Defining Tests for UMNO, Anwar and the Unity Government”, Khairy Jamaluddin discusses the main arena of those defining tests: the August 12th Peninsular state elections (PRN2023).

Dialogues at Fulcrum Malaysia Malaysian Politics