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
New Book Analyzes the Dynamics of Inequality Between China and Southeast Asia
June 2020
In a new volume, Donald Emmerson explores how the ASEAN nations are navigating complex political and policy issues with China during a time when political cohesion within ASEAN is fractured and China...
APARC Announces Diversity Grant to Support Underrepresented Minority Students Interested in Contemporary Asia
June 2020
To encourage Stanford students from underrepresented minorities to engage in study and research of topics related to contemporary Asia, the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center is offering a new...
Strategy in the South China Sea
June 2020
Donald K. Emmerson analyzes China’s tactics in the South China Sea and how the countries of Southeast Asia are reacting to the tensions in the disputed waterway.
Events
COVID-19 and Policy Responses in South and Southeast Asia
May 13, 2020
This event is via Zoom Webinar.
The Indo-Pacific: China, America, ASEAN, and the New Struggle for Global Mastery
January 30, 2020
Richard Heydarian in conversation with Don EmmersonIn this seminar, scholar/journalist Richard Heydarian will discuss the principal arguments and ideas in his just-published book on the Indo...
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.
The 1965-66 Politicide in Indonesia: Toward Knowing Who Did What to Whom and Why
January 2017
Audio and transcript (forthcoming) from the Southeast Asia Program seminar, "The 1965-66 Politicide in Indonesia: Toward Knowing Who Did What to Whom and Why," with John Roosa on Feb.
Thailand's Long Endgame: Crises, Coups, Prospects
January 2017
Audio and transcript from the Southeast Asia Program seminar, "Thailand’s Long Endgame: Crises, Coups, Prospects," with Thitinan Pongsudhirak on Oct.
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