Reconsidering Southeast Asia | Panel 3 - Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Fellowship

On May 16, 2024, Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) marked a quarter-century of our Southeast Asia Program by convening the conference “Reconsidering Southeast Asia: Issues and Prospects,” where esteemed scholars from Stanford, the United States, and Southeast Asia joined us to examine current issues affecting the region. Panel topics included geopolitical competition, environmental sustainability, and gender inequality. The economic and sociopolitical futures of the region were also debated, and alumni of the Southeast Asia Program shared their scholarly experiences and findings.
Panelists
Jacques Bertrand
Professor of Political Science and Director of the Collaborative Master’s Specialization in Contemporary East and Southeast Asian Studies at the Asian Institute of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Affairs, University of Toronto
Paul Schuler
Associate Professor, University of Arizona School of Government and Public Policy
Gerald Sim
Professor of Film and Media Studies, Florida Atlantic University
Mark R. Thompson
Chair Professor of Public and international Affairs and Director, Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong
David Timberman
Independent Analyst and Consultant; Former Director of Asia Programs, Freedom House
Angie Ngọc Trần
Professor of Political Economy in the Social Sciences and Global Studies Department, California State University, Monterey Bay
Moderator
Robert Hefner
Professor, Department of Anthropology and the Pardee School of Global Affairs, Boston University

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That was very informative too. Thank you for the discussion.

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Glad it was helpful!

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Oh yeah - liberalism would be seen as a nuisance in Southeast Asia because it goes against its indigenous governance structure that is centred on family and communities, while liberalism focuses on the individual.

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Didnt China partially but then it got reversed by the current regime?