Join NYSEAN and the Master’s Program in International Relations at NYU for a talk by Kota Watanabe, Visiting Scholar at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Dr. Watanabe will discuss the shaping of local orders behind the civil war and the expansion of online scamming in the borderlands of Myanmar.

Join the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a talk by Chan Xin Ying, PhD candidate in Political Science at the National University of Singapore, and Ooi Kok Hin, Visiting Fellow with the Malaysia Studies Programme at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. The speakers will explore the dynamics of Malaysia’s federal public administration by comparing Malaysia’s two Pakatan Harapan-led administrations: the Mahathir Mohamad government of 2018–2020 and Anwar Ibrahim’s Unity Government from 2022.

Join Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU; NYSEAN; and Team Pinas for fireside chats on China’s role in the West Philippine Sea and Duterte’s War on Drugs and impeachment. Panelists include Dr. Gary Ador Dionisio, Carlo Flores, Dr. Ederson Tapia, Dr. Sherwin Ona, Professor Richard Heydarian, Atty. Dino De Leon, Prof. Cleve Arguelles, and Professor Sofonias Gabonada.

Join the Stimson Center for a talk by Isabella Aung, Research Fellow at the Myanmar Policy and Community Knowledge Hub, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto. She will discuss the challenges facing women and girls in post-coup Myanmar.

Join the MIT Global Humanities Forum for a discussion about how art can become a force for solidarity and survival in times of displacement and oppression. Speakers include Alicia Stevens, Bart Was Not Here (a.k.a. Kyaw Moe Khine), Nathalie Johnston, Maung Day, and Sana Aiyar.

At the AIFIS-MSU Conference on Indonesian Studies, join NYSEAN and SEACAF for a roundtable that will explore the relationship between authoritarianism and threats to academic and intellectual freedom in a way that puts attacks on higher education in the United States in conversation with Southeast Asia. The Roundtable includes the following scholars: Bencharat Sae Chua of the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies at Mahidol University in Thailand; Herlambang Wiratraman of the Research Center of Law and Social Justice at Universitas Gadjah Mada in Indonesia; Sol Iglesias of the University of the Philippines-Diliman’s Political Science Department in the Philippines, Sidney Jones of NYSEAN and New York University’s International Affairs Program, and Rianne Subijanto of Baruch College, City University of New York. Margaret Scott, a founder of NYSEAN and a journalist with the New York Review of Books, will chair.

Join the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a webinar by Alex-Thái Đình Võ, Research Assistant Professor at the Vietnam Center, Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University, and Phan Xuân Dũng, Senior Research Officer at ISEAS and PhD candidate at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University. They will explore U.S. government–supported initiatives that are part of the process of Vietnam–U.S. reconciliation: the Vietnam Wartime Accounting Initiative, which supports the search for Vietnamese wartime missing persons, and programs assisting people with disabilities linked to Agent Orange/dioxin exposure.

Join NYSEAN for a talk by Dr. Eve Warburton, visiting fellow at NYU Wagner and research fellow at the Department of Political and Social Change at Australian National University. Dr. Warburton will discuss how Indonesia's declining democracy, weak state capacity, and state-business entanglements, created an ideal environment for fast-paced upstream extraction and large-scale downstream foreign investment.

Join the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute’s Malaysia Studies Program for a talk by Amalina Anuar, Senior Director at FMT Business and Visiting Fellow at ISEAS, and Dr. Jason Chuah, Professor of Commercial and Maritime Law, City University London. They will analyze the contentious resource-sharing between East Malaysia and the federal government along with the potential implications of the Petronas-Petros case heading to the Federal Court.

Join the Southeast Asia Program at Cornell University for a talk by Dr. Bradley Camp Davis, Professor of History at Eastern Connecticut State University, who will discuss reforms to the administration of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and its parallels with the imperial Vietnamese state.

Join the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a webinar that brings together journalists and researchers to examine the nature, mechanisms, and impact of disinformation and influence operations related to the South China Sea. Speakers include Janina Santos, Analyst for Doublethink Lab; Giano Libot, former journalist, and Regine Cabato, an independent journalist.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH Mānoa) for a webinar exploring how Southeast Asian borderlands live, negotiate, and challenge national boundaries. Speakers include Gading Gumilang Putra, National Information Advocacy Officer, Jesuit Refugee Services Indonesia; Lian Bawi Thang, Political Science PhD Candidate, UH Mānoa, and Prista Ratanapruck, Chiangmai University in Thailand and Singapore University of Social Science, Singapore. Ariel Mota Alves, Political Science PhD Candidate at UH Mānoa, will moderate the discussion.

Join NYSEAN and Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU for a book talk by Marivi Soliven, author of Suddenly Stateside: Postscript, in conversation with Dr. Lara Saguisag, Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at New York University.

Join the Southeast Asia Program at Cornell University for a talk by Visiting Scholar Aung Thura Ko Ko, former research fellow at the Pacific Forum, a U.S. policy think tank based in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. This talk explores how China’s strategic intervention in post-coup Myanmar presents a complex mix of geopolitical ambition, economic necessity, and security entanglement.

Join the NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute for a conversation with Maria Ressa on journalism in the age of disinformation, AI, and social media, and the growing use of the legal system against journalists and the press. Maria Ressa is the Co-Founder and CEO of Rappler, Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate with decades of working experience as a lead investigative reporter.

Join the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a seminar on how Malaysia’s multi-leveled governance structure enables and constrains economic governance and policy innovation. Speakers include YB Tuan Dr. Mohammad Fahmi Bin Ngah, State Assemblyman for Seri Setia, and YB Encik Zairil Khir Johari, State Assemblyman for Tanjong Bunga (Penang).

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University for a talk by Dr. Mai Van Tran, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. Dr. Tran will examine the extent to which pro-democracy platform advocacy might affect Big Tech’s practices and curb platform-mediated repression in Southeast Asia, with a focus on Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia.

Join NYSEAN and the Program in International Relations at NYU for a brown bag roundtable on Gen-Z and resisting authoritarianism in Burma, hosted by Professor Frances O'Morchoe. Featured speakers include Morgane Dussud, PhD graduate of SOAS University of London with a professional background in human rights, and Kota Watanabe, Visiting Scholar at NYU Wagner studying civil wars and transnational organised crime in Southeast Asia.

Join the Indonesia Studies Program at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a webinar on challenges to Indonesia’s political party cartel system, which aims to increase the role of negotiations within increasing coalitions. Speakers include Dr. Maxwell Lane, Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, and Professor Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and Professor (Adjunct) at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University.

Join the ASEAN Studies Center at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for the e-launch of The State of Southeast Asia: 2026 Survey Report on the prevailing attitudes of Southeast Asian opinion leaders on regional strategic developments and issues affecting ASEAN and its member states. Joanne Lin, Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the ASEAN Studies Center, will present the key findings of the survey. The following speakers will discuss the survey’s major findings: Scot Marciel, Senior Advisor of BowerGroupAsia; Dr. Saya Kiba, Associate Professor at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies; Dr. Huiyao Wang, Founder and President of the Center for China and Globalization, and Herman Kraft, Professor of Political Science at the University of the Philippines at Diliman.

Join NYU Wagner’s International Policy and Planning Association (IPPA) for its 20th annual summit. This year’s summit will bring together students, academics, and practitioners to explore cross-sectoral solutions to the interconnected global challenges of climate change, migration, and global urban resilience. As cities worldwide confront more frequent flooding, rising heat, and expanding informal or peri-urban settlements, the need to rethink urban planning, infrastructure design, and climate-resilient financing models has never been more urgent.

Join the  Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Center at the London School of Economics and Political Science for a talk by Dr. Tharaphi Than, Associate Professor of World Languages and Cultures at Northern Illinois University. Dr. Than will discuss how rice became central to socialist meaning-making, resistance, and the politics of survival in Burma.

Join NYSEAN for a roundtable discussion exploring domestic and international pressures with Thailand’s leading politicians and academic researchers. Speakers include Kanokrat Lertchoosakul, Assistant Professor at the Department of Government, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University; Kunthida Rungruengkiat, MPP Candidate at Princeton University and former Deputy Leader of Thailand’s Future Forward Party, and Parit Wacharasindhu, Member of the Thai Parliament and Spokesperson of the People’s Party.

Join the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University for a book talk by Andrew L. Oros, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Washington College, Maryland. Whereas the populations of China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and Russia are aging and shrinking, the populations of India, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Australia continue to grow. Oros will discuss how striking demographic changes affect regional security dynamics and the United States–led alliance structure in the Indo-Pacific.

Join the Indonesia Project at Australian National University for a talk by Arif Anindita, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Business and Law at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. Dr. Anindita will discuss the impact of the 1965-66 anti-communist purge in Indonesia on Java's demographic transition.

At the Association for Asian Studies Conference, join NYSEAN and SEACAF for a roundtable that will explore the relationship between authoritarianism and threats to academic and intellectual freedom in a way that puts attacks on higher education in the United States in conversation with Southeast Asia. The Roundtable includes the following scholars: Bencharat Sae Chua of the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies at Mahidol University in Thailand; Herlambang Wiratraman of the Research Center of Law and Social Justice at Universitas Gadjah Mada in Indonesia; Sol Iglesias of the University of the Philippines-Diliman’s Political Science Department in the Philippines, and Rianne Subijanto of Baruch College, City University of New York. Margaret Scott, a founder of NYSEAN and a journalist with the New York Review of Books, will chair.

Join the Indonesia Studies Program at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a webinar examining how the relocation of Indonesia’s administrative capital to Nusantara is reshaping Jakarta’s governance, planning priorities, and everyday urban experience. Speakers include Dr. Irna Nurlina Masron, Fellow of the Regional Social and Cultural Studies and the Indonesia Studies Programs at ISEAS, and Dr. Siwage Dharma Negara, senior fellow, Co-Coordinator for the Indonesia Studies Program, and Coordinator for the Singapore APEC Study Center at ISEAS. Rita Padawangi, Associate Professor at the College of Interdisciplinary and Experiential Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences, will moderate the discussion.