Regional Connectivity Building in Southeast Asia

Speaker:

1. Cheng-Chwee Kuik (National University of Malaysia),
2. Lynette Ong (University of Toronto) 
3. Amitav Acharya (American University, formerly of York University)

Date: 6 April 2022 (Wednesday)
Masa: 8.00 – 9.30 am(Malaysian Time)

This panel brings together three eminent commentators offering a Southeast Asian perspective on regional connectivity, smaller state external policy and elite legitimation. It highlights why the region matters in relation to Chinese foreign policy and Asian security. It also touches on the geopolitics of Southeast Asia’s quest for infrastructure and investment, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, economic, political and security implications of regional connectivity and engagement with partners outside ASEAN.

The webinar is part of YCAR’s Canada, ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific Series, and will be moderated by Julia Bentley (York Centre for Asian Research).