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.

Join PEN America for a webinar on the Cambodia-America rock opera Where Elephants Weep and human rights issues surrounding the Khmer Rouge regime. Panelists include Catherine Filloux, award-winning French Algerian American playwright, renowned composer Him Sophy, and performer and policy analyst Amara Goel. Executive Director of the Artists at Risk Connection Julie Trébault will moderate the conversation.

Join ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute for a talk by Dr. John Lee, senior fellow at Hudson Institute, for a talk on Trump’s policies and their far-reaching global consequences. He will explore their impact on the US Indo-Pacific strategy and security alliances in Asia, the potential for strategic realignments among Asian nations, and how countries can navigate the uncertainties and challenges in the turbulent years ahead.

Join Ron Deibert, cybersecurity expert and director of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, and Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute, for a discussion of the rise of digital authoritarianism and the fight for our democratic freedoms. The discussion will be informed by Deibert’s just-released book, Chasing Shadows: Cyber Espionage, Subversion, and the Global Fight for Democracy. Professor Sheila Coronel, director of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, will introduce and moderate the discussion.

This event is co-sponsored by NYSEAN, the NYU Democracy Project, the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism, Knight First Amendment Institute, Brown Institute for Media Innovation, the Technology, Media, and Communications specialization, and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

Join the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) for a talk by Dr. Mai Van Tran, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Brussels School of Governance of Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Dr. Tran will discuss the extent to which the algorithmic curation, moderation, and design by social media platforms might facilitate cross-platform authoritarian repression, with evidence from conflict-ridden Myanmar. Dr. John Sidel, Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre at LSE, will moderate the discussion.

Join the Southeast Asia Program and the Department of Anthropology at Cornell University for a talk by Joshua Mitchell, PhD Candidate in Sociocultural Anthropology, who will discuss how addiction, rehabilitation, and war perpetuate endless cycles of conflict among Myanmar’s forever soldiers and their disillusionment with revolution.

Join the Stimson Center for a talk by insurgency expert Zachary Abuza and Indo-Pacific security scholar Nyein Nyein Thant Aung to discuss their recent issue brief examining Chinese military aid to the Myanmar junta.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies ath the University of Michigan for a talk by Lwin Moe, PhD Candidate in Computer Science at York University Lassonde School of Engineering, who will discuss the creation of datasets and tools for fact checking in Burmese and other low resource languages to combat misinformation online.

Join the Center for Intercultural Engagement and Support, the Center for Ethics and Public Engagement, and the History Department at Luther College for a talk by Jeffrey Wassertorm, who will discuss how youth activism in Asia has evolved, transnationalizing their common struggles and aspirations, and forging solidarity from the late 2010s to the present.

Join the NYU MA Program in International Relations and NYSEAN for a talk by Professor Michael Oppenheimer and Dr. Hendrik Ohnesorge, who will discuss U.S. soft power and its future during the Trump administration. Please RSVP by Monday, April 14.