Commentaries

On the South China Sea and other contentious issues, ASEAN must speak with one voice

Much controversy has followed the recent ASEAN-China meeting in Kunming, where an Association of Southeast…

June 29, 20167 min

Commentaries

In turning to S-E Asia, Taiwan has to keep China in mind

Taiwan’s new President, Ms Tsai Ing-wen, has her sights set on South-east Asia and plans…

June 2, 20166 min

Media Coverage

Obama: Upholding Human Rights Does Not Threaten Vietnamese Society

SIIA Chairman Simon Tay and Dr. Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Director of the Institute of Security and…

May 24, 20162 min

Commentaries

How Indonesia’s neighbours can help it fight the haze

Indonesia is making every effort to ensure that the terrible fires and haze suffered last…

May 6, 20167 min

Commentaries

Singapore’s next version of regionalisation

March was a month of many milestones. The nation marked the first anniversary of the…

April 28, 20165 min

Commentaries

Questions and realities for a new Myanmar

Myanmar changed more than its government last week. For the first time in more than…

April 8, 20167 min

Commentaries

To prevent haze, financial players, smallholders have outsized role to play

Signs warn that haze may soon return to the skies of South-east Asia. Fires have…

April 4, 20166 min

Media Coverage

Asia watches rise of Donald Trump with trepidation

SIIA Chairman Simon Tay was quoted in a Straits Times feature by Nirmal Ghosh, the…

March 20, 20162 min

Commentaries

Fighting of fires must continue under blue skies

Blue skies breed amnesia. With the clear skies, many may now struggle to recall the…

March 10, 20165 min

Media Coverage

SIIA Chairman Simon Tay quoted on US-ASEAN Summit

Obama Staking Asia Policy On ASEAN Sunnylands Summit "Diplomatically, symbolically, this is putting ASEAN—10 medium-size…

February 14, 20162 min

Media Coverage

Could ASEAN form a common identity?

SIIA Chairman Simon Tay was quoted in a Channel NewsAsia feature on ASEAN's vision of…

February 14, 20161 min

Media Coverage

ASEAN-US Summit Viewed as More Symbolic Than Substantive

SIIA Chairman Simon Tay and SIIA Fellow Lim Chin Leng were quoted by Voice of…

February 10, 20162 min