The Indo-Pacific Current – Details, episodes & analysis

Cyber ASEAN Conversations Episode 6: Advancing Southeast Asia's Cyber Resiliency and Capacity

Featuring: Mark Manantan, Pacific Forum; Elina Noor, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Koichiro Komiyama, Keio Research Institute at SFC

Cyber ASEAN Conversations Episode 5: Philippines

Featuring: Genalyn Macalinao, Department of Information and Communications Technology, Philippines; Mark Manantan, Pacific Forum

The full Cyber ASEAN report is available at ⁠cyberasean.pacforum.org⁠.

Cyber ASEAN Conversations Episode 4: Malaysia

Featuring: Farlina Said, Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia; Mark Manantan, Pacific Forum

The full Cyber ASEAN report is available at cyberasean.pacforum.org.

Cyber ASEAN Conversations Episode 3: Mapping ASEAN's Cybersecurity Cooperation

Featuring: Mabda Haerunnisa Fajrilla Sidiq, Habibie Center; Mark Manantan, Pacific Forum

Cyber ASEAN Conversations Episode 2: Indonesia

Featuring: Fitriani, Centre for Strategic and Internationals Studies Indonesia; Mark Manantan, Pacific Forum

Cyber ASEAN Conversations Episode 1: Southeast Asia's Cybersecurity and Tech Landscape

Featuring: Mark Manantan, Pacific Forum; Elina Noor, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Koichiro Komiyama, Keio Research Institute at SFC

The Indo-Pacific Current is pleased to present a special conversation series featuring authors from the US-Singapore: Advancing Technological Collaboration and Innovation in Southeast Asia. The special-curated episodes will dive deeper into the key findings of each chapter, offering cross-cutting perspectives. Mark Manantan, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Cybersecurity and Critical Technologies at Pacific Forum expertly guides the conversation through thoughtful and provocative questions.

Read the publication on our website: https://bit.ly/us-singapore-special-report

Episode 3 features Natalie Pang, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head at the Communications and New Media Department and Principal Investigator at the Centre for Trusted Internet and Community at the National University of Singapore, as she discuss her chapter Sustainable Considerations for Inclusive Digital Futures.

In this chapter, Dr. Pang examines the urgency of addressing the current gaps and vulnerabilities in Southeast Asia’s digital future. Pang notes the need to fast track digital literacy to address burgeoning concerns over privacy and algorithms, as well as the increasing negative effects of electronic waste or e-waste, mainly from large data centers, that carry environmental and health risks for local communities.

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The Indo-Pacific Current is pleased to present a special conversation series featuring authors from the US-Singapore: Advancing Technological Collaboration and Innovation in Southeast Asia. The special-curated episodes will dive deeper into the key findings of each chapter, offering cross-cutting perspectives. Mark Manantan, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Cybersecurity and Critical Technologies at Pacific Forum expertly guides the conversation through thoughtful and provocative questions.

Read the full publication on our website: https://bit.ly/us-singapore-special-report

Episode 2 features Courtney Weatherby, Deputy Director of the Stimson Center’s Southeast Asia Program and Research Analyst with the Energy, Water, & Sustainability program as she discuss her chapter Digitalization and Sustainable Energy in ASEAN.

In this chapter, Ms. Weatherby investigates Southeast Asia’s conundrum on how to meet its carbon emission targets amid increasing pressure on supply chain resilience and energy transitions. Weatherby also highlights the growing role of blockchain technologies in facilitating renewable energy certification given the growing intra-ASEAN energy trade. Reflecting on the outcomes of the US-ASEAN Summit and relatedly the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), Weatherby notes the shared expertise of the US and Singapore in capacity-building to lubricate Southeast Asia’s ongoing energy transition.

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The Indo-Pacific Current is pleased to present a special conversation series featuring authors from the US-Singapore: Advancing Technological Collaboration and Innovation in Southeast Asia. The special-curated episodes will dive deeper into the key findings of each chapter, offering cross-cutting perspectives. Mark Manantan, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Cybersecurity and Critical Technologies at Pacific Forum expertly guides the conversation through thoughtful and provocative questions.

Read more about the publication here: https://bit.ly/us-singapore-special-report

Episode 1 features Dr. Andreas Kuehn of Observer Research Foundation America to discuss his chapter Defending Supply Chain Cybersecurity: Opportunities for Singapore-United States Cooperation. 

In this chapter, Dr. Kuehn examines the growing importance of supply chain cybersecurity frameworks, given the growing complexity of supply chains and the multiplicity of Information and Communications Technology providers. Going just beyond the “Know your ICT supplier” to ensure accountability and transparency, Kuehn offers practical advice on how Singapore, as an innovation hub in Southeast Asia in cooperation with the US, can test pilot new initiatives to safeguard supply chain cybersecurity at the organizational, industry, and multilateral levels.

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The Pacific Forum is excited to announce "The Indo-Pacific Current," a new podcast that will explore and discuss trending geopolitical issues in the Indo-Pacific! 

Featuring voices and experts from across the region, the Indo-Pacific Current will host conversations aimed at further strengthening policy collaboration. Special Episodes will also feature recordings of Pacific Forum events.

We could not be more thrilled to embark on this voyage with our listeners. Our first series of episodes will accompany a special publication from our US-Singapore Tech & Innovation Dialogue, featuring four authors who also spoke at our events. Three of these authors dive deeper into their articles' findings during conversations with Pacific Forum's Mark Manantan (@the_diploMark).

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