Evan A. Laksmana
@elaksmana.bsky.social
Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Southeast Asian Security and Defence • Editor, Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment • International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
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Evan A. Laksmana
@elaksmana.bsky.social
· May 25
With the ASEAN Summit starting today and the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue this weekend, my colleague Morgan Michaels and I discuss why and how the grouping needs a regional crisis-response architecture 👇🏻
Link: www.iiss.org/online-analy...
Link: www.iiss.org/online-analy...
“Thailand’s efforts to crack down on Cambodian scammers therefore came at a moment when bilateral relations were already fraught, and heightened the stakes of the mounting security stand-off at the border.”
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August 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
“Thailand’s efforts to crack down on Cambodian scammers therefore came at a moment when bilateral relations were already fraught, and heightened the stakes of the mounting security stand-off at the border.”
🔗 www.iiss.org/online-analy...
🔗 www.iiss.org/online-analy...
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My colleague @morganmichaels.bsky.social and I sketched how lingering 🇹🇭🇰🇭 security dilemma, ASEAN’s chronic conflict management, and the growing borderland scam industry contributed to the atmosphere of conflict 👇🏻
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
The complex fault lines of the Thai–Cambodian armed conflict
The recent conflict between Thailand and Cambodia came at a time when historically acrimonious border dynamics were stressed by political tensions and a worsening cyber-scam crisis. This offers lessons for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and policymakers in the region.
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August 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
My colleague @morganmichaels.bsky.social and I sketched how lingering 🇹🇭🇰🇭 security dilemma, ASEAN’s chronic conflict management, and the growing borderland scam industry contributed to the atmosphere of conflict 👇🏻
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
My colleague @morganmichaels.bsky.social and I sketched how lingering 🇹🇭🇰🇭 security dilemma, ASEAN’s chronic conflict management, and the growing borderland scam industry contributed to the atmosphere of conflict 👇🏻
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
The complex fault lines of the Thai–Cambodian armed conflict
The recent conflict between Thailand and Cambodia came at a time when historically acrimonious border dynamics were stressed by political tensions and a worsening cyber-scam crisis. This offers lessons for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and policymakers in the region.
www.iiss.org
August 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
My colleague @morganmichaels.bsky.social and I sketched how lingering 🇹🇭🇰🇭 security dilemma, ASEAN’s chronic conflict management, and the growing borderland scam industry contributed to the atmosphere of conflict 👇🏻
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
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🚨research internship opening!
Come join us to work on cutting-edge Southeast Asian security research for 3 mths at our IISS Asia office in Singapore! 👇
Deadline: 17 Aug
www.iiss.org/careers/jobs...
Come join us to work on cutting-edge Southeast Asian security research for 3 mths at our IISS Asia office in Singapore! 👇
Deadline: 17 Aug
www.iiss.org/careers/jobs...
Research Internship for Southeast Asian Security and Defence, IISS-Asia
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August 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
🚨research internship opening!
Come join us to work on cutting-edge Southeast Asian security research for 3 mths at our IISS Asia office in Singapore! 👇
Deadline: 17 Aug
www.iiss.org/careers/jobs...
Come join us to work on cutting-edge Southeast Asian security research for 3 mths at our IISS Asia office in Singapore! 👇
Deadline: 17 Aug
www.iiss.org/careers/jobs...
🚨research internship opening!
Come join us to work on cutting-edge Southeast Asian security research for 3 mths at our IISS Asia office in Singapore! 👇
Deadline: 17 Aug
www.iiss.org/careers/jobs...
Come join us to work on cutting-edge Southeast Asian security research for 3 mths at our IISS Asia office in Singapore! 👇
Deadline: 17 Aug
www.iiss.org/careers/jobs...
Research Internship for Southeast Asian Security and Defence, IISS-Asia
www.iiss.org
August 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
🚨research internship opening!
Come join us to work on cutting-edge Southeast Asian security research for 3 mths at our IISS Asia office in Singapore! 👇
Deadline: 17 Aug
www.iiss.org/careers/jobs...
Come join us to work on cutting-edge Southeast Asian security research for 3 mths at our IISS Asia office in Singapore! 👇
Deadline: 17 Aug
www.iiss.org/careers/jobs...
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2003 US-UK invasion of Iraq was an absolute tragedy. It also gave us a test to evaluate analysis and advocacy.
So if you are an official who sold that war, a public intellectual who advocated it, a senior commander who assured us victory is around the corner, please consider sitting this one out.
So if you are an official who sold that war, a public intellectual who advocated it, a senior commander who assured us victory is around the corner, please consider sitting this one out.
June 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
2003 US-UK invasion of Iraq was an absolute tragedy. It also gave us a test to evaluate analysis and advocacy.
So if you are an official who sold that war, a public intellectual who advocated it, a senior commander who assured us victory is around the corner, please consider sitting this one out.
So if you are an official who sold that war, a public intellectual who advocated it, a senior commander who assured us victory is around the corner, please consider sitting this one out.
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“Defence-industrial partnerships need to balance military modernisation needs, defence-partnership and alliance management as well as domestic technological capacity and policy infrastructure.”
Can they move across tiers?
‼️open access: www.iiss.org/publications...
Can they move across tiers?
‼️open access: www.iiss.org/publications...
June 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
“Defence-industrial partnerships need to balance military modernisation needs, defence-partnership and alliance management as well as domestic technological capacity and policy infrastructure.”
Can they move across tiers?
‼️open access: www.iiss.org/publications...
Can they move across tiers?
‼️open access: www.iiss.org/publications...
“Defence-industrial partnerships need to balance military modernisation needs, defence-partnership and alliance management as well as domestic technological capacity and policy infrastructure.”
Can they move across tiers?
‼️open access: www.iiss.org/publications...
Can they move across tiers?
‼️open access: www.iiss.org/publications...
June 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
“Defence-industrial partnerships need to balance military modernisation needs, defence-partnership and alliance management as well as domestic technological capacity and policy infrastructure.”
Can they move across tiers?
‼️open access: www.iiss.org/publications...
Can they move across tiers?
‼️open access: www.iiss.org/publications...
Tomorrow we are launching the Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment (APRSA) 2025!
This Dossier examines the deeper drivers, emerging trends and future trajectories of the key security challenges and policies shaping the Asia-Pacific👇
🔗 www.iiss.org/publications...
This Dossier examines the deeper drivers, emerging trends and future trajectories of the key security challenges and policies shaping the Asia-Pacific👇
🔗 www.iiss.org/publications...
May 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Tomorrow we are launching the Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment (APRSA) 2025!
This Dossier examines the deeper drivers, emerging trends and future trajectories of the key security challenges and policies shaping the Asia-Pacific👇
🔗 www.iiss.org/publications...
This Dossier examines the deeper drivers, emerging trends and future trajectories of the key security challenges and policies shaping the Asia-Pacific👇
🔗 www.iiss.org/publications...
Reposted by Evan A. Laksmana
With the ASEAN Summit starting today and the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue this weekend, my colleague Morgan Michaels and I discuss why and how the grouping needs a regional crisis-response architecture 👇🏻
Link: www.iiss.org/online-analy...
Link: www.iiss.org/online-analy...
May 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
With the ASEAN Summit starting today and the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue this weekend, my colleague Morgan Michaels and I discuss why and how the grouping needs a regional crisis-response architecture 👇🏻
Link: www.iiss.org/online-analy...
Link: www.iiss.org/online-analy...
With the ASEAN Summit starting today and the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue this weekend, my colleague Morgan Michaels and I discuss why and how the grouping needs a regional crisis-response architecture 👇🏻
Link: www.iiss.org/online-analy...
Link: www.iiss.org/online-analy...
May 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
With the ASEAN Summit starting today and the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue this weekend, my colleague Morgan Michaels and I discuss why and how the grouping needs a regional crisis-response architecture 👇🏻
Link: www.iiss.org/online-analy...
Link: www.iiss.org/online-analy...
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"The joint statement was a diplomatic victory for China. It gave away practically nothing while bilaterally strengthening its overall strategic position in the South China Sea and beyond."
Why and how 🇮🇩 is sleepwalking into strategic alignment with 🇨🇳👇
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Why and how 🇮🇩 is sleepwalking into strategic alignment with 🇨🇳👇
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
February 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"The joint statement was a diplomatic victory for China. It gave away practically nothing while bilaterally strengthening its overall strategic position in the South China Sea and beyond."
Why and how 🇮🇩 is sleepwalking into strategic alignment with 🇨🇳👇
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Why and how 🇮🇩 is sleepwalking into strategic alignment with 🇨🇳👇
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"The joint statement was a diplomatic victory for China. It gave away practically nothing while bilaterally strengthening its overall strategic position in the South China Sea and beyond."
Why and how 🇮🇩 is sleepwalking into strategic alignment with 🇨🇳👇
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Why and how 🇮🇩 is sleepwalking into strategic alignment with 🇨🇳👇
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
February 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"The joint statement was a diplomatic victory for China. It gave away practically nothing while bilaterally strengthening its overall strategic position in the South China Sea and beyond."
Why and how 🇮🇩 is sleepwalking into strategic alignment with 🇨🇳👇
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Why and how 🇮🇩 is sleepwalking into strategic alignment with 🇨🇳👇
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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🚨 job opening
Working on defence industry and economy? Interested to work on the Shangri-La Dialogue, the premier defence summit in the region?
Come join our IISS Asia team in Singapore! 👇🏻
‼️ Deadline: 14 Feb 25
Working on defence industry and economy? Interested to work on the Shangri-La Dialogue, the premier defence summit in the region?
Come join our IISS Asia team in Singapore! 👇🏻
‼️ Deadline: 14 Feb 25
Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Indo-Pacific Defence Policy, Economics and Industry, IISS-Asia
www.iiss.org
January 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
🚨 job opening
Working on defence industry and economy? Interested to work on the Shangri-La Dialogue, the premier defence summit in the region?
Come join our IISS Asia team in Singapore! 👇🏻
‼️ Deadline: 14 Feb 25
Working on defence industry and economy? Interested to work on the Shangri-La Dialogue, the premier defence summit in the region?
Come join our IISS Asia team in Singapore! 👇🏻
‼️ Deadline: 14 Feb 25
🚨 job opening
Working on defence industry and economy? Interested to work on the Shangri-La Dialogue, the premier defence summit in the region?
Come join our IISS Asia team in Singapore! 👇🏻
‼️ Deadline: 14 Feb 25
Working on defence industry and economy? Interested to work on the Shangri-La Dialogue, the premier defence summit in the region?
Come join our IISS Asia team in Singapore! 👇🏻
‼️ Deadline: 14 Feb 25
Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Indo-Pacific Defence Policy, Economics and Industry, IISS-Asia
www.iiss.org
January 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
🚨 job opening
Working on defence industry and economy? Interested to work on the Shangri-La Dialogue, the premier defence summit in the region?
Come join our IISS Asia team in Singapore! 👇🏻
‼️ Deadline: 14 Feb 25
Working on defence industry and economy? Interested to work on the Shangri-La Dialogue, the premier defence summit in the region?
Come join our IISS Asia team in Singapore! 👇🏻
‼️ Deadline: 14 Feb 25
🇮🇩 defence minister recently concluded a trip to 🇨🇳 and promised to expand defence engagements 👇🏻
Here’s the broader context why and how bilateral defence ties have been underwhelming thus far👉🏻 www.iiss.org/online-analy...
Here’s the broader context why and how bilateral defence ties have been underwhelming thus far👉🏻 www.iiss.org/online-analy...
January 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM
🇮🇩 defence minister recently concluded a trip to 🇨🇳 and promised to expand defence engagements 👇🏻
Here’s the broader context why and how bilateral defence ties have been underwhelming thus far👉🏻 www.iiss.org/online-analy...
Here’s the broader context why and how bilateral defence ties have been underwhelming thus far👉🏻 www.iiss.org/online-analy...
“… President Prabowo Subianto had ordered the Defense Ministry to process the appointment of active military officers to civilian posts… 200 civilian posts at ministries, state agencies and state-owned companies are open to military personnel.”
www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2024...
www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2024...
Sounding the alarm: Why the TNI is 'recruiting' senior officers for 200 civilian posts - Academia - The Jakarta Post
A little over a quarter of a century ago, Indonesians were up in arms about the military's dominance in politics and government; today, the people are fed up with the civilian government and the polic...
www.thejakartapost.com
December 21, 2024 at 1:23 AM
“… President Prabowo Subianto had ordered the Defense Ministry to process the appointment of active military officers to civilian posts… 200 civilian posts at ministries, state agencies and state-owned companies are open to military personnel.”
www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2024...
www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2024...
“The Prabowo administration is, of course, entitled to lower ASEAN’s priority in our foreign policy, but our ASEAN neighbors, too, are within their rights to turn away from us in response.”
www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2024...
www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2024...
Are we abandoning ASEAN? - Editorial - The Jakarta Post
This is the second time since Prabowo’s inauguration that Indonesia has sent a concerning message to its regional neighbors.
www.thejakartapost.com
December 20, 2024 at 5:20 AM
“The Prabowo administration is, of course, entitled to lower ASEAN’s priority in our foreign policy, but our ASEAN neighbors, too, are within their rights to turn away from us in response.”
www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2024...
www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2024...
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📚🧵 A highlight of our IISS #JapanMemo podcasts is the book recommendations for those wanting to understand #Japan more from our wonderful guests. As a year-end treat the IISS Japan Chair team and I have made this list of reading recs from our 2024 shows--archive here: www.iiss.org/podcasts/jap...
December 19, 2024 at 3:38 PM
📚🧵 A highlight of our IISS #JapanMemo podcasts is the book recommendations for those wanting to understand #Japan more from our wonderful guests. As a year-end treat the IISS Japan Chair team and I have made this list of reading recs from our 2024 shows--archive here: www.iiss.org/podcasts/jap...
Last few days to apply! 👇🏻
🚨 fellowship opening🚨
Come join us next year at the Shangri-La Dialogue and work on a Southeast Asian security research project for three months at the IISS-Asia office👇🏻
*deadline 13 Dec 2024
www.iiss.org/careers/jobs...
Come join us next year at the Shangri-La Dialogue and work on a Southeast Asian security research project for three months at the IISS-Asia office👇🏻
*deadline 13 Dec 2024
www.iiss.org/careers/jobs...
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue Young Leaders’ Visiting Fellowship
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue Young Leaders’ Visiting Fellowship positions are designed to increase regional representation in broader debates on international security.
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December 11, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Last few days to apply! 👇🏻
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Australia has invested significant diplomatic capital to deepen its relationship with Southeast Asia. But ineffective strategic messaging risks undermining these connections. asialink.unimelb.edu.au/diplomacy/ar...
Australia’s strategic messaging challenge in Southeast Asia
Australia has invested significant diplomatic capital to deepen its relationship with Southeast Asia. But ineffective strategic messaging risks undermining these connections, writes Dr Pia Dannhauer.
asialink.unimelb.edu.au
December 4, 2024 at 6:54 AM
Australia has invested significant diplomatic capital to deepen its relationship with Southeast Asia. But ineffective strategic messaging risks undermining these connections. asialink.unimelb.edu.au/diplomacy/ar...
🚨 fellowship opening🚨
Come join us next year at the Shangri-La Dialogue and work on a Southeast Asian security research project for three months at the IISS-Asia office👇🏻
*deadline 13 Dec 2024
www.iiss.org/careers/jobs...
Come join us next year at the Shangri-La Dialogue and work on a Southeast Asian security research project for three months at the IISS-Asia office👇🏻
*deadline 13 Dec 2024
www.iiss.org/careers/jobs...
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue Young Leaders’ Visiting Fellowship
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue Young Leaders’ Visiting Fellowship positions are designed to increase regional representation in broader debates on international security.
www.iiss.org
November 28, 2024 at 8:31 AM
🚨 fellowship opening🚨
Come join us next year at the Shangri-La Dialogue and work on a Southeast Asian security research project for three months at the IISS-Asia office👇🏻
*deadline 13 Dec 2024
www.iiss.org/careers/jobs...
Come join us next year at the Shangri-La Dialogue and work on a Southeast Asian security research project for three months at the IISS-Asia office👇🏻
*deadline 13 Dec 2024
www.iiss.org/careers/jobs...