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
Yuen Foong Khong
Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization and Li Ka Shing Professor in Political Science, National University of Singapore (via Zoom).

Scot Marciel
Oksenberg-Rohlen Fellow at Shorenstein APARC and Former U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar, Indonesia, and ASEAN

Elina Noor
Senior Fellow, Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Gregory B. Poling
Senior Fellow/Director, Southeast Asia Program & Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Moderator
Don Emmerson
Director of the Southeast Asia Program, Shorenstein APARC, Stanford University