UPCOMING TALKS
Vriens & Partners (Singapore)
2 October 2020, 10am
By private invitation
Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University (Stanford)
5 October 2020, 4pm
Details to come
International Republican Institute (Washington)
8 October 2020, 8am
By private invitation
Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
12 October 2020, 8pm
Details to come
Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (Singapore)
13 October 2020, 9am
By private invitation
RECENT TALKS AND MEDIA APPEARANCES
Stimson Center (Washington, DC)
25 September 2020, 9:30am
Book launch and panel discussion: “In the Dragon’s Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century”
I’ll be discussing my book with Brian Eyler, the director of Stimson’s Southeast Asia Program, followed by a discussion panel featuring insights from Yun Sun, the head of Stimson’s East Asia Program, and New York Times Beijing Bureau Chief Jane Perlez. Sign up for the event here.
LA World Affairs Council & Town Hall (Los Angeles)
24 September 2020, 4pm
Public webinar: “The Impact of China’s Rise on Southeast Asia”
I am very privileged to be speaking about the impacts of China’s rising power in Southeast Asia with Prof. Donald K. Emmerson, director of the Southeast Asia Program at Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. You can register for the event here.
Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (Bangkok)
23 September 2020, 7pm
Book launch and panel discussion: “In the Dragon’s Shadow: Southeast Asia in an Age of Rising Chinese Power”
I will be launching IN THE DRAGON’S SHADOW with the support of a distinguished panel including Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Director, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS Thailand), Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University; Sihasak Phuangketkeo, former permanent secretary of Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and Gwen Robinson, FCCT President and Senior fellow, ISIS Thailand. The event is co-hosted by ISIS Thailand. Details and registrations are available here.
Institute of Strategic and International Studies (Kuala Lumpur)
21 September 2020, 10:30am
Public webinar and book discussion: ‘Southeast Asia in the Shadow of a Rising China’
I will be presenting some findings from my new book, and chatting all things Southeast Asia with senior analysts Shahriman Lockman and Thomas Benjamin Daniel. Register here.
East-West Center (Washington, DC)
16 September 2020, 6pm
Public webinar: ‘Southeast Asia and the Challenge of a Rising China’
I discussed my new book IN THE DRAGON’S SHADOW, in conversation with Dr. Satu P. Limaye, Vice President, East-West Center & Director, East-West Center in Washington. A video of the event will be posted shortly.
ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute (Singapore)
31 August 2020, 10am
Regional Strategic and Political Studies Programme Webinar: “Southeast Asia in the Shadow of a Rising China”. See details here.
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS (Singapore)
18 August 2020, 5:15pm
Book launch and panel: “Southeast Asia in the Shadow of a Rising China”
A lively discussion that featured incisive contributions from Huong Le Thu of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and Bilahari Kausikan, former Permanent Secretary of the Singaporean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with James Crabtree of the LKY School presiding. You can watch the proceedings here.
Council on Foreign Relations (New York/Washington, DC)
11 May 2020, 4pm
By private invitation only
Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (Bangkok)
18 September 2019, 7pm
Panel Discussion: “Cambodia — Victim or beneficiary of big-power rivalry?”
Lively discussion on the rapid growth of Chinese influence in Cambodia, and its implications on the country’s relationship with the United States and other Western governments. With Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Bradley J. Murg, and Kavi Chongkittavorn. Details of the event can be found here.
You can also watch it here.
Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (Bangkok)
11 July 2018, 7pm
Panel Discussion: “Cambodia’s 2018 Election: Free and Fair, or Fatally Flawed?”
Great conversation with Kingsley Abbott, Senior International Legal Adviser for the International Commission of Jurists for Southeast Asia, award-winning journalist Julia Wallace, and Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Director of the Institute for Security and International Studies at Chulalongkorn University. The event is unfortunately not preserved online, but details are available here.
Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (Bangkok)
13 December 2017, 7pm
Panel Discussion: “Cambodia – Goodbye to Democracy and All That”
Also featuring John S. Cavanaugh, director of the National Democratic Institute in Cambodia, and Kingsley Abbot, Senior International Legal Adviser for the International Commission of Jurists for Southeast Asia. Details are available here. You can watch it here.
MetaHouse (Phnom Penh)
19 November 2014
An important moment for me: the first launch event for my book Hun Sen’s Cambodia, at a packed MetaHouse in Phnom Penh.
Watch here (with thanks to Rob Carmichael for filming)
