The Southeast Asia Program is part of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Scholarly Publications
The Deer and the Dragon: Southeast Asia and China in the 21st Century
August 2020
Southeast Asia is arguably the most diverse region in the world.
Xi Jinping Stresses Cooperation and Power – Enduring Contradiction?
May 2018
Supported by Chinese officials and authoritative commentary, President Xi Jinping continued a moderate and cooperative posture toward Southeast Asia in early 2018, reaching a highpoint in Xi’s...
Singapore and Goliath?
April 2018
Since the time of Lee Kuan Yew (1923–2015), Singapore’s leaders have refused to infer, merely from the country’s size and composition, a need to appease the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Other Publications
ASEAN @ 50, Southeast Asia @ Risk: What Should Be Done?
January 2018
In October 2017, twenty-two scholars from eight countries attended a workshop titled “ASEAN @ 50, Southeast Asia @ Risk: What should be done?” The workshop was designed to facilitate a frank and...
President Trump's Asia Inbox
February 2017
Scholars at Stanford's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies assess the strategic situation in East Asia to be unsettled, unstable, and...
Indonesia’s Fishing Boat Incident and Tensions in the South China Sea: A View from the United States
April 2016
China’s building of infrastructure on land features in the South China Sea is a strategy to gain control over the area incrementally, without triggering actual war.
News
Biden in Asia: America Together?
November 2020
Southeast Asia Program Director Donald K. Emmerson considers how the incoming Biden administration's "internationalization" agenda may affect U.S.-Asia relations and partnerships with...
Donald Emmerson Outlines Southeast Asia's Need to Balance Regional Politics and Influnce from China
November 2020
Southeast Asia Program Director Donald Emmerson joined the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations for a discussion with Ann Marie Murphy on his new edited volume, "The Deer and the Dragon:...
Shorenstein Journalism Award Winner Tom Wright Recounts Story of Global Financial Scandal
October 2020
Wright, who led the investigation that unveiled the Malaysian 1MDB scandal, one of the largest-ever financial frauds, highlighted how Western institutions enable global corruption and undermine...
Events
The Courteous Power: Japan and Southeast Asia in the Indo-Pacific Era
November 20, 2020
Co-sponsored by the Japan Program and the Southeast Asia Program When Yoshihide Suga recently took over as prime minister of Japan, he tellingly focused his first trip abroad on Southeast Asia.
Weathering the Storm: Poverty and Indonesia’s Social Protection System Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
October 2, 2020
This event is part of the Asia Health Policy Program (AHPP) 2020-21 Colloquium series "Health, medicine, and longevity: Exploring public and private roles" Co-sponsored by the Asia Health Policy...
Southeast Asia Faces China: New Views from New Books
September 21, 2020
This event has been rescheduled to October 14, 2020 It is a good time to be interested in Southeast Asia-China relations.
Projects
Late Democratization in Pacific Asia
Professor Thompson builds on Barrington Moore's insight that there are different "paths to the modern" world.
English
Worker Identities and the Origins of Capital in Vietnam
The Vietnamese government legalized strikes in 1995. Since then Vietnamese workers have gone on strike more than 1,500 times.
English
Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Initiative on Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia's storied past extends more than two millennia.
English
Multimedia
The South China Sea: What is to be Done?
April 2017
Audio and transcript from the Shorenstein APARC China Program seminar, "The South China Sea: What is to be Done?", on March 8, 2017, with Donald K.
Embittered Authoritarianism: Contemporary Malaysia in Comparative Perspective
January 2017
Audio and transcript from the Southeast Asia Program seminar, "Embittered Authoritarianism: Contemporary Malaysia in Comparative Perspective," with Dan Slater on Feb.
Does Decentralization Lessen or Worsen Poverty? Evidence from Post-‘Big Bang’ Indonesia
January 2017
Audio and transcript from the Southeast Asia Program seminar, "Does Decentralization Lessen or Worsen Poverty? Evidence from Post-‘Big Bang’ Indonesia," with Sudarno Sumarto on Dec.
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