[Recordings] Southeast Asia Views America: Perceptions, Policies, Prospects

The January 2021 inauguration of Joseph Biden as President of the United States provides an important opportunity to assess the state of United States-Southeast Asian relations, and this online conference sought to do so from the perspective of Southeast Asian countries. This online conference took place between April 15, 2021 - May 26, 2021. The conference was convened by NYSEAN co-founder Professor Ann Marie Murphy at Seton Hall University.

Full recordings conference can be viewed on NYSEAN YouTube channel or below.

Internal Pull, External Push: Domestic and International Factors of Vietnam-US Relations

Date: April 15, 2021

Presenter: Huong Le Thu, Australian Strategic International Institute

Discussants: Lien-Hang Nguyen, Columbia University & Murray Hiebert, CSIS Southeast Asia

Last Line of Defense? US-Indonesia Defense Relations and Strategic Competition in the Indo-Pacific

Date: April 21, 2021

Presenter: Evan Laksmana, CSIS Indonesia

Discussant: Donald K. Emmerson, Stanford University

Ambiguities of Alignment: the Politics of Malaysian-US Relations

Date: April 28, 2021

Presenter: Cheng-Chwee Kuik, National University of Malaysia

Discussant: Elina Noor, Asia Society Policy Institute

Cambodia-US Relations in the New Era

Date: May 6, 2021

Presenters: Vannarith Chheang, Asian Vision Institute & Thearith Leng, Asian Vision Institute

Discussant: Kosal Path, Brooklyn College-CUNY


The Philippines Hedging Between Alliance or Appeasement: Can the Biden Administration Tip the Balance?

Date: May 14, 2021

Presenter: Renato Cruz De Castro, De La Salle University

Discussant: Greg Poling, CSIS

Alliance Internalized: The Securitization of Thai-US Relations

Date: May 17, 2021

Presenter: Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Chulalongkorn University

Discussant: Benjamin Zawacki, The Asia Foundation


Helping America Regain Its Mojo: Singapore’s Policy Toward the United States After Trump

Date: May 25, 2021

Presenter: See Seng Tan, International Students Inc.

Discussant: Amy Searight, CSIS

Burma/Myanmar Policy Toward the United States: A Delicate Balance

Date: May 26, 2021

Presenter: Moe Thuzar, ISEAS Yusof-Ishak Institute

Discussant: Murray Hiebert, CSIS Southeast Asia