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Publications for 2025

East Asian Regionalism

1. “East Asian Regionalism”

Sarah Teo and Sarah Soh in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies , 2025

Pendulum Swings Rather Than Paradigm Shifts: Southeast Asia’s Securitisations and the Global War on Terror

2. “Pendulum Swings Rather Than Paradigm Shifts: Southeast Asia’s Securitisations and the Global War on Terror”

Chang Jun Yan and Nicole Jenne in European Journal of International Security, 10, 1, 2025, pp. 60-77

How Indonesia and Vietnam navigate coalitional networks in the Indo-Pacific

3. “How Indonesia and Vietnam navigate coalitional networks in the Indo-Pacific”

Sarah Teo and Ralf Emmers in Australian Journal of International Affairs, 2025, pp. 1-19

China Seeks Out Southeast Asia: More than just Economic Dependency

4. “China Seeks Out Southeast Asia: More than just Economic Dependency”

Benjamin Ho in Asia Policy, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2025, p.162-164

Humanitarian Engagement with Myanmar in the wake of the 2021 Coup

5. “Humanitarian Engagement with Myanmar in the wake of the 2021 Coup”

Alistair D. B. Cook, Ian Holliday and Aung Kaung Myat in Journal of Asian Public Policy, 2025, pp. 1-16

Missing targets: reforming disaster policy in Southeast Asia

6. “Missing targets: reforming disaster policy in Southeast Asia”

Alistair D. B. Cook, Mely Caballero-Anthony and Jonatan Lassa in Journal of Asian Public Policy, 2025, pp. 1–19

Critical Geopolitics of Global Environmental Norms: Exploring Indonesia’s Response to Climate Mitigation Agenda

7. “Critical Geopolitics of Global Environmental Norms: Exploring Indonesia’s Response to Climate Mitigation Agenda”

Margareth Sembiring in Geopolitics, 2025, pp. 1-24

Invited by the Editor of Oxford Intersections: AI in Society Journal to a review academic journal article on AI in Terrorism.

8. “Invited by the Editor of Oxford Intersections: AI in Society Journal to a review academic journal article on AI in Terrorism.”

Asha Hemrajani in AI in Society Journal, 2025

Minilateralism in the Indo-Pacific: Navigating Shifts in an Evolving Regional Order

1. “Minilateralism in the Indo-Pacific: Navigating Shifts in an Evolving Regional Order”

Nazia Hussain in Bryant J. Allen and Shiro Armstrong (Eds), The Far East & Australasia 2025. United Kingdom: Routledge, 2025. Vol. 56

Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China’s Superpower Future

2. “Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China’s Superpower Future”

Benjamin Ho in Chun Han Wong, Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future. Online: H-Diplo, H-Net Reviews, 2025. To be advised

ASEAN, China, and the South China Sea

3. “ASEAN, China, and the South China Sea”

Ong Keng Yong and Nazia Hussain in Yanjun Guo and Sothirak Pou, Sustainable Peace of the South China Sea: The 20th Anniversary of Signing the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea. Singapore: World Scientific, 2025. Series on Asian Regional Cooperation Studies. Vol. 11

ASEAN and the Korean Peninsula: Socialising North Korea and Beyond

4. “ASEAN and the Korean Peninsula: Socialising North Korea and Beyond”

Sarah Teo in Chiew-Ping Hoo, Shine Choi and Brian Bridges (Eds.), Southeast Asia-North Korea Relations: Drivers, Linkages, and Strategic Ambivalence. Oxon: Routledge, 2025. pp. 177-190

How Could Iran Survive Trump’s Maximum Pressure 2.0?

1. “How Could Iran Survive Trump’s Maximum Pressure 2.0?”

Huzeir Ezekiel Dzulhisham, E-International Relations, 10 March 2025

The Taliban’s long game out of isolation

2. “The Taliban’s long game out of isolation”

Kalicharan Veera Singam, East Asia Forum, 07 March 2025

Japan’s Defense Industry Plays Catch-up

3. “Japan’s Defense Industry Plays Catch-up”

Sarah Soh, The Diplomat, 06 March 2025

Could US Defense Cuts Affect Timor-Leste?

4. “Could US Defense Cuts Affect Timor-Leste?”

Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman, The Diplomat, 28 February 2025

The Continued Threat of Online Radicalization in Malaysia

5. “The Continued Threat of Online Radicalization in Malaysia”

Rueben Ananthan Santhana Dass, The Diplomat, 11 February 2025

China vs India: Evolving Security Footprints in Central Asia

6. “China vs India: Evolving Security Footprints in Central Asia”

Daniel Balazs, The Diplomat, 05 February 2025

Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in SEA: Development, Innovations and Challenges

7. “Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in SEA: Development, Innovations and Challenges”

Alif Satria and Ahmad Helmi Bin Mohamad Hasbi, Commonwealth Security Review 2024/2025, 01 February 2025

With Trump Back In Office, the world can no longer free-ride on American good-will

8. “With Trump Back In Office, the world can no longer free-ride on American good-will”

Benjamin Ho, Channel News Asia , 21 January 2025

New Zealand-Singapore Defense Relations in a Volatile World

9. “New Zealand-Singapore Defense Relations in a Volatile World”

Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman, The Diplomat, 17 January 2025

What To Expect From China-India Relations in 2025

10. “What To Expect From China-India Relations in 2025”

Daniel Balazs, China Global South Project, 14 January 2025

China vs India: Economic Outreach to Central Asia

11. “China vs India: Economic Outreach to Central Asia”

Daniel Balazs, The Diplomat, 03 January 2025

Emerging Biosecurity Landscape in Southeast Asia-Updated Report (Executive Summary)

1. Emerging Biosecurity Landscape in Southeast Asia-Updated Report (Executive Summary)

Mely Caballero-Anthony, Julius Cesar Imperial Trajano, Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros and Jeselyn. Emerging Biosecurity Landscape in Southeast Asia - Updated Report (Executive Summary), Centre For Non-Traditional Security Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 17 March 2025

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