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"Dialogues on Southeast Asia" is hosted by the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre (SEAC), a cross-disciplinary, regionally-focused academic centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science. SEAC creates wide and varied podcasts with the aim to build upon a history of engagement between the LSE and Southeast Asia. This show includes part of LSE Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre Events. Please find more upcoming events by checking our website or following us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.
This episode unpacks the 8 February 2026 snap election and constitutional referendum in Thailand. The results paint a mixed picture: a decisive win fo…
Today’s episode focuses on the intersection of Islam, society, and politics in Indonesia, the world’s single-largest majority Muslim country and the w…
In this episode, we are joined by Dr Yasmin Ortiga, Associate Professor of Sociology at Singapore Management University, to speak to us about her late…
Today’s episode focuses on the mid-term elections in the Philippines which were held in May of this year, including all local elected positions, all s…
Today’s episode focuses on the policy challenges and politics of public healthcare in Southeast Asia, a topic which has become increasingly visible an…
Today’s episode focuses on a major issue of enduring importance in Southeast Asia and in Southeast Asian Studies: authoritarianism. Even today, variou…
This episode focuses on a cluster of issues of longstanding significance in Southeast Asia and in Southeast Asian Studies – plantation agriculture, gl…
Today’s episode focuses on Indonesia, the presidential election held in February 2024, and the impending inauguration of the winner of that election, …
In this episode, host LSE Southeast Asia Centre Director John Sidel speaks with Meredith Weiss, Professor of Political Science at SUNY Albany and a le…
In this episode, host SEAC Director John Sidel talks with Dr Qingfei Yin, SEAC Associate and Assistant Professor of International History at LSE. Dr Q…
In this episode of Southeast Asia Forum 2024 Series, Prof John Sidel talks with Dr. Eve Warburton from the Australian National University for a critic…
In Southeast Asia, environmental, labour and human rights (broadly ‘green’) questions have been met by rising scepticism and worry about trade protect…
The 1993 World Bank publication of The East Asian Miracle celebrated the region’s rapid growth and transformation but also obscured important variatio…
In this episode, SEAC Associate Dr Qingfei Yin talks with Pavin Chachavalpongpun, Associate Professor at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto…
In this episode, host SEAC Director John Sidel talks with Dr Hans Steinmüller, SEAC Associate and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropolog…
In this episode, host Professor John Sidel talks with Dr Thomas Smith, Associate Professor in Environmental Geography at the LSE, about the unique fea…
During the Cold War, the collision of geopolitics, ideological competition and nationalism were especially traumatic in Southeast Asia. Yet the region…
While many today use Cold War 2.0 to refer to the standoff between U.S. and China, it is worth remembering that the first Cold War never ended in Asia…
As the two-term presidency of Joko Widodo (‘Jokowi’) draws to a close, the 2024 parliamentary and presidential elections promise to set the stage for …