Evan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 15/08/2025“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... 131
Reposted by Evan A. LaksmanaEvan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 14/08/2025My 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...iiss.orgThe complex fault lines of the Thai–Cambodian armed conflictThe 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. 021
Evan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 14/08/2025My 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...iiss.orgThe complex fault lines of the Thai–Cambodian armed conflictThe 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. 021
Reposted by Evan A. LaksmanaEvan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 13/08/2025🚨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...iiss.orgResearch Internship for Southeast Asian Security and Defence, IISS-Asia 023
Evan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 13/08/2025🚨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...iiss.orgResearch Internship for Southeast Asian Security and Defence, IISS-Asia 023
Reposted by Evan A. LaksmanaEmile Hokayem اميل الحكيّم @emile-hokayem.bsky.social · 15/06/20252003 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. 08216
Reposted by Evan A. LaksmanaEvan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 06/06/2025“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... 031
Evan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 06/06/2025“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... 031
Evan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Tomorrow 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... 021
Reposted by Evan A. LaksmanaEvan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 26/05/2025With 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... 093
Evan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 26/05/2025With 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... 093
Reposted by Evan A. LaksmanaEvan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 10/02/2025"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.... 174
Evan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 10/02/2025"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.... 174
Reposted by Evan A. LaksmanaEvan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 27/01/2025🚨 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 25iiss.orgShangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Indo-Pacific Defence Policy, Economics and Industry, IISS-Asia 012
Evan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 27/01/2025🚨 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 25iiss.orgShangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Indo-Pacific Defence Policy, Economics and Industry, IISS-Asia 012
Evan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 24/01/2025🇮🇩 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... 000
Evan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 21/12/2024“… 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...thejakartapost.comSounding the alarm: Why the TNI is 'recruiting' senior officers for 200 civilian posts - Academia - The Jakarta PostA 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... 011
Evan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 20/12/2024“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...thejakartapost.comAre we abandoning ASEAN? - Editorial - The Jakarta PostThis is the second time since Prabowo’s inauguration that Indonesia has sent a concerning message to its regional neighbors. 030
Reposted by Evan A. LaksmanaRobert Ward @robertalanward.bsky.social · 19/12/2024📚🧵 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... 143
Reposted by Evan A. LaksmanaDr Pia Dannhauer @piadhr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Australia 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...asialink.unimelb.edu.auAustralia’s strategic messaging challenge in Southeast AsiaAustralia has invested significant diplomatic capital to deepen its relationship with Southeast Asia. But ineffective strategic messaging risks undermining these connections, writes Dr Pia Dannhauer. 021
Evan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social · 28/11/2024🚨 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...iiss.orgIISS Shangri-La Dialogue Young Leaders’ Visiting FellowshipIISS Shangri-La Dialogue Young Leaders’ Visiting Fellowship positions are designed to increase regional representation in broader debates on international security. 175