BBC interviews SEAF Director Emmerson about passing of Suharto

Suharto, the army general who ruled Indonesia with an iron hand from more than three decades (1966-98), died in Jakarta on Jan. 27. Later that day the BBC's NewsHour solicited reactions from various observers, including SEAF Director Donald Emmerson, who recalled Suharto's regime in the context of US-Indonesian relations.

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ASEAN adopts charter despite differences over Myanmar

A long-time loose group of countries focused on trade and business, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is trying to forge a common market roughly similar to the European Union. But the question of how to confront Myanmar's crackdown on democracy has left ASEAN divided. Will Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore start to take a stand on democracy, and are they turning away from the US as China booms? Dr. Donald Emmerson is director of the Southeast Asia Forum at Stanford's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and the author of many papers and books on the region comments on the adoption of the charter on KCRW's To the Point. Link to audio file of the entire day's show below. Professor Emmerson's interview begins at about 42 minutes into the show.

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Protest and repression in Burma (Myanmar): What is to be done?

There is no consensus as to what outsiders can or should do in response to the dire situation inside Burma (Myanmar). At least that was the impression left by a vigorous discussion at a standing-room-only event convened by SEAF on October 18, 2007 on "Burma's Crisis: What Should Outsiders Do?"

SEALNet students expand scope of social service to five countries in 2007

Director of the Southeast Asia Forum at Shorenstein APARC and SEALNet faculty adviser Don Emmerson kicked off SEALNet's end of year dinner by congratulating the students on their accomplishments and their future plans to expand its social service projects in to five Southeast Asian countries this summer.