My book on ASEAN's role in Asia-Pacific order has just come out with Palgrave's Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific series palgrave.com/us/book/978303…

It seems one can pre-order my forthcoming book on Amazon! Super excited!

Interesting upcoming special issue in Journal of Contemporary Asia on legacies of the Cold War in East and Southeast Asia doi.org/10.1080/004723…

Interesting article on a progressive realist foreign policy for Australia. Also instructive for progressives in the UK in formulating a response to the Integrated Review and especially Indo-Pacific tilt Scott Edwards Dr. Asmiati Malik

📢New Policy Briefing from Dr Rob Yates and Scott Edwards, Implementing the UK’s Indo-Pacific Tilt in Southeast Asia through equitable and sustainable partnerships. bristol.ac.uk/policybristol/… SPAIS Bristol Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Association of Southeast Asian Studies (ASEAS) UK in Southeast Asia UK in Southeast Asia

Robert Yates (Bristol Global Insecurities Centre) and I (Centre for Global Security Challenges ) are hosting an IdeasLab on ‘UK-ASEAN Relations: Towards sustainable, enduring, and equitable partnerships’, in Bangkok.

Very thankful to everyone's contributions to this. We had people from every ASEAN member state, government representation from 5, and UK presence. Report coming soon aimed to inform how UK understands and approaches the region. So many opportunities.

I still don't think the quad is the right structure for the UK to work through for various reasons (which seems to be one of the big recommendations), but pleased to see our evidence (Dr. Asmiati Malik and Robert Yates) referred to here.

UK- ASEAN Relations: Towards sustainable, enduring, and equitable partnership Report for policy stakeholders from a workshop YCAPS supported in July. Download now Key Partners: University of Bristol & Leeds Uni Media Authors: Scott Edwards & Robert Yates ycaps.org/blog/uk-asean-…

Robert Yates and I have produced a short (2-pager) policy report on UK-ASEAN relations with PolicyBristol. This is based on our event supported by Bristol Global Insecurities Centre , Centre for Global Security Challenges , and YCAPS linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

In a timely twist of fate, an article me and Robert Yates had accepted ages ago just came out - titled 'The Empire Has No Clothes? The UK, the Indo-Pacific ‘Tilt’, and Bargaining Towards a Southeast Asian Role' journals.openedition.org/rfcb/11742

Was interviewed for this CNA report on foreign policy priorities of a Labour government. Building from work with Scott Edwards make the point that Labour likely to maintain the substance of Indo-Pacific tilt despite its earlier criticism of tilt rethoric channelnewsasia.com/watch/foreign-…

Series of thoughtful reflections on the death of the Thai King New Mandala newmandala.org

My paper on #ASEAN's role ASEAN as the ‘regional conductor’: understanding ASEAN's role in Asia-Pacific order tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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