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CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS: The ASEAN-EU Dialogue 2020

Theme: Towards a Common Regional Identity: Developing synergies through Socio-Cultural Co-operation. AEI would like to invite academicians, practitioners, researchers, students and administrators from the private and public sectors to participate and submit papers to be considered for presentation.

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Mahathir 2.0 & China: Hedging in a Fluid World

By Johan Saravanamuttu

Under Mahathir, in his second term as prime minister, Malaysia has crafted a foreign policy of capitalising on an ascendant China while hedging against the current environment of a more fluid world. In so doing Malaysia is maintaining strong ties with major US allies of Asia, such as Japan.

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AMOS for Structural Equation Modeling in Research Workshop

This workshop which is scheduled on 11 & 12 January 2020 has been cancelled.

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BRECIL was featured in UM Research Bulletin Vol. 19 No.2 2019

‘Building Social Research Capacities in Higher Education Institutions in Lao PDR and Malaysia’ is a multi-country Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education joint project involving higher education institutions from both the EU and ASEAN countries.

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Congratulations to Mr. Arvend Applasamy on receiving the ASEAN Youth Leadership Award 2019

Arvend received the award at the ASEAN Youth Leadership Summit 2019 organised by the Global Youth Parliament in Manila, Philippines.

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Report: Asia-Europe Conference 2019

The 2019 conference brought together eminent thinkers and academics from more than ten countries across Asia and Europe, who discussed a wide range of topics such as western and non-western approaches to international relations, European and Asian security architectures, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the emerging Indo-Pacific construct.

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Kick-Off meeting in Berlin of the ASEM Education Standing Working Group

The meeting was held on 9 and 10 December 2019 in Hotel Savoy, Berlin, Germany. AEI was invited and represented by Executive Director, Prof. Dr. Azirah Hashim.

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Delicate diplomacy: Australia needs to understand its neighbours better

By Prof. Anthony Milner

Scott Morrison likes using the phrase ‘delicate moment in time’ to describe the international dynamics Australia is now faced with. It’s a time to build friendships on many fronts, as the government understands well. But the task is challenging...

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Congratulations to Professor Dr Low Wah Yun!

On being appointed as the new President of the Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) effective 20th November 2019.

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Photo Gallery: Jean Monnet Ambassador Lecture Series featuring H.E. Prof. Krzysztof Dębnicki, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Malaysia

The event was held on 15 November 2019 at the Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya. The title of the presentation was "World War II: The Polish Experience.", moderated by AEI's Senior Lecturer, Dr. Rahul Mishra.

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Report: Jean Monnet Ambassador Lecture Series featuring H.E. Prof. Krzysztof Dębnicki, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Malaysia

In conjunction with a two-week exhibition on “Polish Citizens during WWII” jointly organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland to Malaysia and the Asia-Europe Institute, a lecture was presented by His Excellency Professor Krzysztof Dębnicki, the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Malaysia.

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ASEAN/Malaysia to Benefit from K-Economy Pivot

Dr Nurliana Kamaruddin, Senior Lecturer, Asia-Europe Institute Universiti Malaya shared her views on BFM's Morning Run podcast that was presented by Julian Ng and Wong Shou Ning.

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一周世界舆论聚焦：中国加入CPTPP条约才是更重要的

曹辛：就现实来看，中国明年肯定能加入RCEP，但真正的重点是在CPTPP（全面进步跨太平洋伙伴关系协定）的大生意。 The Financial Times (London; Chinese edition), quotes Dr. Rahul Mishra on the recently-held RCEP negotiations.

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Why India pulled out of the RCEP free trade deal

by Dr. Rahul Mishra

India this week dropped out of the RCEP free trade deal.New Delhi's decision was aimed at protecting vulnerable sections of the economy as well as persuading China to grant reciprocal market access.

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China Dynamic vs India-Japan presence in Sri Lanka

by Dr. Rahul Mishra

In essence, Indo-Japan partnership in Sri Lanka is a mix of presenting a counterweight to China, aspiration to provide a mutually beneficial alternative to smaller countries and reinforce ties with the neighbours, and their collective objective of keeping the rules-based order in Asia intact.

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为何印度不加入RCEP

由Rahul Mishra博士撰写

印度本周宣布不加入区域全面经济伙伴关系协定（RCEP)。吉隆坡大学亚欧学院高级讲师Rahul Mishra认为，新德里的决定是为了保护印度脆弱的经济行业并且敦促中国给予互惠的市场准入。

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Prof Rajah Rasiah bestowed datukship by Sultan of Perak. Congratulations!

Profesor Ulung Dato' Dr. Rajah Rasiah from the Asia Europe Institute, Universiti Malaya were made Dato' after being conferred the Darjah Dato' Paduka Mahkota Perak (DPMP) in conjunction with the 63rd Birthday of the Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah.

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Great power rivalries push South Korea and ASEAN closer

by Dr. Nurliana Kamaruddin & Aaron Denison

South Korea has spent much of its history caught in the middle of external power struggles. China, Japan, Russia and the United States have all played a hand in shaping the country’s current geopolitical reality.

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Partnership Among Unequals: EU-ASEAN Relations

by Pervaiz Ali Mahesar

This article argues that the EU-ASEAN relations is a partnership among unequals and it reviews the recent public lecture by Professor Dr. Jorn Dosch held at the Asia Europe Institute on September 6, 2019.

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Malaysia-Russia relations in ASEAN studies

Professor Anthony Milner, Visiting Professor at AEI and CARUM, engaged in the 'ASEAN Academic Days' program at MGIMO University in Moscow in the second week of October.

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Keynote speech by YM Raja Dato’ Nushirwan Zainal Abidin

The keynote was delivered at the Asia Europe Conference 2019 organised by Asia Europe Institute, University of Malaya on August 2nd, 2019

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Lao, Malaysian universities partner to strengthen social research

Lao lecturers and specialists from Malaysia’s University of Malaya gathered in Vientiane on Wednesday for a three-day meeting to share experiences in social research, aiming to build the capacity of trainers in this field.

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Re-emergence of the Old Order in Asia

by Dr. Rahul Mishra

The region welcomes all major international players so long as their approaches and actions are based on a set of transparent rules and norms.

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EU-ASEAN Relations: Stitched together

'Citing human rights concerns, the EU is deciding whether to revoke duty-free market access for Cambodia’s exports, even as it tries to boost trade and defence ties with Southeast Asia.' — Dr. Rahul Mishra shared his views in this article published by Southeast Asia Globe.

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PacNet #47 - Building Cohesive National Communities and Participatory Political Systems

by Prof. Dato' Dr. Muthiah Alagappa and Arjun Akwei

The hope of an Asian Century persists – a hope based largely on the steady economic growth in many Asian countries. To the contrary, we contend that regardless of economic gains, an Asian Century is unlikely to materialize without comprehensive political reform. These reforms need not come at the expense of economic objectives, but without political reform economic growth will falter.

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India and the Philippines: Time to Go Beyond the ASEAN Framework

"Through its Look East policy (1992-2014) and current Act East policy enacted in 2014, India has strived to build stronger ties with Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines. With the Philippines, however, most linkages are through ASEAN-steered mechanisms and bilateral relations are still not as strong as they should be." — RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore) policy report by Dr Rahul Mishra.

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5G and ASEAN Connectivity

Written by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sameer Kumar

The advancement of cellular technology from 1G to 4G yields parallel improvement in the way we communicate and go about our day-to-day lives. However, the 5th generation, or 5G, is a new creature altogether that promises to impact our lives and businesses in ways hitherto unconceived.

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Why ASEAN’s Indo-Pacific outlook matters

Article by Prof. Amitav Acharya (American University)

After more than a year of deliberation, ASEAN adopted the ‘ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific’ (‘the Outlook’) on 23 June 2019. The Outlook then got an airing at the ASEAN Regional Forum meetings in Bangkok.

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Europe should not blindly follow the US on China

World View: EU must judge if its interests are aligned with those of US, Japan and India — Written by Dr Paul Gillespie, one of our distinguished speakers at the Asia-Europe Conference earlier this month, published by The Irish Times.

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Synthesising best of both worlds for a new Asia

Written by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fumitaka Furuoka

In this multiplex world order, the rise of two regional giants — China and India — would overshadow inter-regional economic and security agendas in the coming decades. This may disrupt the existing harmonious but rather static inter-regional frameworks, such as the Asia-Europe Meeting (AEM).

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