Join the Southeast Asia Program at Cornell University for a talk by Bradley Simpson, Professor of History and Asian Studies at the University of Connecticut, who will discuss Indonesian politics and policies surrounding the New International Economic Order.

Join ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a panel examining Thai and Indonesian youth’s perceptions on wellbeing and development, social attitudes and values, and other trends in civic engagement. Featured speakers include Voradon Lerdrat, Director of Research and Policy Partnerships at 101 Public Policy Think Tank (Thailand), and Dr. Iim Halimatusa’diyah, Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute and Professor of Sociology at Islamic State University (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah.

Join us for a timely webinar exploring how Indonesia’s political crisis reverberates beyond street protests to challenge the foundations of academic freedom and institutional autonomy. The conversation will situate Indonesia’s struggles within a broader regional context, examining what shrinking democratic space means under rising authoritarianism across Southeast Asia.

Join Engage Thailand for their new online talk “The Deep Dive,” which brings a diverse range of people to provide perspectives on pressing issues in Thai politics and human rights. Their first guest is Dr. Paul Chambers, a renowned scholar on the Thai civil-military relationship who was recently arrested on lèse-majesté charges for allegedly insulting the monarchy.

Join the Malaysia Studies Program at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a talk by Dr. Kuik Cheng-Chwee, Visiting Senior Fellow and Professor in International Relations at the National University of Malaysia (UKM). This webinar unpacks Malaysian neutrality, assesses the impacts of the emerging trends, and analyzes factors determining the feasibility of hedging for Malaysia and similarly situated states in the years to come.

Join the Stimson Center for a panel on the influence of the Arakan Army’s continued movements, priorities, and constraints on the civil war in Myanmar. Panelists include Drake Avila, Su Mon Thant, and Steve Ross.

Join the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) for a conversation with regional experts on the Thailand-Cambodia border conflict. The panel will include Sophal Ear, Associate Professor and former Senior Associate Dean in the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University, Supalak Ganjanakhundee, advisor to the Thai House of Representatives Military Committee, former Visiting Fellow in the Thailand Studies Programme at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, and former editor of The Nation, and Benjamin Zawacki, senior program specialist at The Asia Foundation. Bryanna Entwistle, Press and Program Officer at ASPI, will moderate the conversation.

Join GETSEA and SUNY/CUNY Southeast Asia Consortium for a virtual panel discussion exploring informal labor, waste flows, and the politics of waste governance in the Philippines. Panelists include Debs Bartolo, Liz Fumar, Miguel Antonio Santos, and the Muntinlupa Waste Workers Association.

Join the Indonesia Project at Australia National University for their PhD student seminar exploring the theme of policy making in Indonesia as part of the Indonesia Project’s 60th Anniversary celebrations. Gita Putri Damayana examines the regulatory framework that shapes policy making in Indonesia, Joshua Walker offers a sociological perspective on the country’s energy transition and electric vehicle (EV) policy, and Dyah Pritadrajati discusses social policy from an economic standpoint.

Join the ASEAN Studies Center and the Regional Economic Studies Program at ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute for a panel on the current state of play in the US trade policy and its impact on multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in Southeast Asia as the 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs lapses in early July 2025. Featured speakers include Marc Mealy, Isamu Wakamatsu, and Dr. Dan Wang.

Join the Malaysia Studies Program at ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute for a talk by Dr. Tricia Yeoh, Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Nottingham Malaysia’s School of Politics and International Relations, who will discuss the current state of leadership of United Malays National Organization (UMNO), how the Pakatan Harapan-Barisan Nasional coalition is currently being managed and how this relationship is being communicated at the grassroots level. Visiting Fellow Khairy Jamaluddin will moderate the discussion.

Join Book Culture and the SUNY/CUNY Southeast Asia Consortium on Wednesday, July 9th at 7pm for a conversation with Benjamin Tausig, author of Bangkok after Dark: Maurice Rocco, Transnational Nightlife, and the Making of Cold War Intimacies, and Rianne Subijanto, author of Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia. 

Join the Vietnam Studies Program at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a talk by Dr. Nguyen Vu Tung, former President of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, and Hoang Thi Ha, Senior Fellow and Co-coordinator of the Regional Strategic and Political Studies Programme at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. This webinar celebrates Vietnam’s transformative journey within ASEAN and examines the evolution of Vietnam’s approach to ASEAN.

Join the Regional Strategic and Political Studies Program at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a talk by Senior Fellow Dr. Ian Storey, who will discuss his new book on Russia’s role in Southeast Asia. Dr. Jittipat Poonkham, Vice Dean for Academic and International Affairs and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Political Science at Thammasat University, will moderate the discussion.

Join the New York Public Library for a talk by acclaimed translator Jeremy Tiang, who will discuss his debut novel State of Emergency. This book is the winner of the Singapore Literature Prize.

Join the Philippines Institute at Australian National University for a talk by Dr. Justine Diokno-Sicat, member of the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank representing the Philippines, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Pakistan and Timor-Leste. Dr. Diokno-Sikat will share her decades of research on Philippine decentralization, as well as current issues and the important role of multilateral development banks.

Join the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) for a timely discussion on the ever-changing military situation on the ground and the impact of the ASEAN Summit declarations. The virtual discussion will feature Ambassador Derek Mitchell and Dr. Thitinan Pongsudhirak; moderated by Meghan Murphy, ASPI Schwarzman Fellow.

Join the LSE Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre’s annual Southeast Asia Forum in 2025, which brings together leading specialists worldwide to discuss the implications of global trends and ongoing geoeconomic contestation for Southeast Asian economies, polities, and societies. Featured speakers include Evelyn Goh (Australian National University), Henry Wai-chung Yeung (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Selina Ho (National University of Singapore), and Alvin Camba (Association of Universities, Inc.).

Join the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) for a talk by Caixia Mao, PhD candidate in Urban Planning at Columbia University and NYSEAN member. This presentation will explore the politics of China and Japan funding the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) project in Indonesia.