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Evan A. Laksmana

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Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Southeast Asian Security and Defence • Editor, Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment • International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) evanlaksmana.com

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“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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15.08.2025 04:09 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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.

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...

13.08.2025 23:23 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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.

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...

13.08.2025 23:23 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Research Internship for Southeast Asian Security and Defence, IISS-Asia

🚨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...

13.08.2025 02:33 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Research Internship for Southeast Asian Security and Defence, IISS-Asia

🚨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...

13.08.2025 02:33 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

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.

15.06.2025 12:54 — 👍 84    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 1
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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...

06.06.2025 00:09 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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...

06.06.2025 00:09 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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...

29.05.2025 00:44 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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...

25.05.2025 23:50 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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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...

25.05.2025 23:50 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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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....

10.02.2025 01:17 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

DM with your email if you want a copy

10.02.2025 15:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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....

10.02.2025 01:17 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Indo-Pacific Defence Policy, Economics and Industry, IISS-Asia

🚨 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

27.01.2025 02:50 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Indo-Pacific Defence Policy, Economics and Industry, IISS-Asia

🚨 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

27.01.2025 02:50 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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🇮🇩 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...

24.01.2025 03:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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...

“… 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...

21.12.2024 01:22 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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.

“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...

20.12.2024 05:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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...

19.12.2024 15:39 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

Last few days to apply! 👇🏻

11.12.2024 01:32 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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.

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...

04.12.2024 06:54 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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.

🚨 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...

28.11.2024 08:31 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1

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