Regional Outlook: Southeast Asia 2009-2010

The Contributors

153 THE CONTRIBUTORS Political Outlook Tim฀ Huxley฀ is฀ Executive฀ Director฀ of฀ the฀ International฀ Institute฀ for฀ Strategic฀Studies฀—฀Asia,฀based฀in฀Singapore.฀He฀contributed฀the฀section฀ “Southeast฀Asia’s฀Security฀Outlook”. Rodolfo฀C.฀Severino฀is฀head฀of฀the฀ASEAN฀Studies฀Centre฀in฀the฀Institute฀ of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies฀and฀a฀former฀ASEAN฀Secretary-General.฀He฀ contributed฀the฀section฀“ASEAN:฀New฀Charter,฀New฀Optimism”. Satu฀P.฀Limaye฀is฀Director฀of฀the฀East-West฀Center฀in฀Washington฀D.C.฀ He฀contributed฀the฀section฀“United฀States-Southeast฀Asia฀Relations”. Andrew฀ Symon฀ is฀ a฀ Singapore฀ based฀ senior฀ associate฀ of฀ Cambridge฀ Energy฀ Research฀ Associates฀ (CERA)฀ of฀ the฀ U.S.฀ He฀ contributed฀ the฀ section฀“Southeast฀Asia’s฀Quest฀for฀Energy฀Security:฀Cooperation฀and฀ Tensions”. Pushpa฀Thambipillai฀teaches฀at฀the฀University฀of฀Brunei฀Darussalam.฀ She฀contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Brunei฀Darussalam. Sophal฀ Ear฀ is฀ an฀ Assistant฀ Professor฀ in฀ the฀ Department฀ of฀ National฀ Security฀ Affairs฀ at฀ the฀ U.S.฀ Naval฀ Postgraduate฀ School,฀ Monterey,฀ California,฀USA.฀He฀contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Cambodia. Bernhard฀ Platzdasch฀ is฀ a฀ Visiting฀ Research฀ Fellow฀ at฀ the฀ Institute฀ of฀ Southeast฀ Asian฀ Studies.฀ He฀ contributed฀ the฀ country฀ section฀ on฀ Indonesia. Martin฀Stuart-Fox฀is฀Professor฀Emeritus฀at฀the฀University฀of฀Queensland.฀ He฀contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Laos. Johan฀ Saravanamuttu฀ is฀ a฀ Senior฀ Visiting฀ Fellow฀ at฀ the฀ Institute฀ of฀ Southeast฀ Asian฀ Studies.฀ He฀ contributed฀ the฀ country฀ section฀ on฀ Malaysia. 03 Contributors.indd 153 12/10/08 12:07:42 PM 154 THE CONTRIBUTORS Robert฀ H.฀ Taylor฀ is฀ the฀ author฀ of฀ The฀ State฀ in฀ Myanmar฀ (2008).฀ He฀ contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Myanmar. Felipe฀ B.฀ Miranda฀ is฀ Professor฀ of฀ Political฀ Science฀ at฀ the฀ University฀ of฀ the฀ Philippines฀ (Diliman).฀ He฀ contributed฀ the฀ country฀ section฀ on฀ the฀Philippines. Terence฀ Chong฀ is฀ Fellow฀ at฀ the฀ Institute฀ of฀ Southeast฀ Asian฀ Studies.฀ He฀contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Singapore. Supinya฀Klangnarong฀is฀a฀media฀advocate฀and฀lecturer฀based฀in฀Bangkok฀ and฀ vice-chair฀ of฀ the฀ Campaign฀ for฀ Popular฀ Media฀ Reform฀ (CPMR).฀ She฀contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Thailand. David฀Koh฀is฀Senior฀Fellow฀at฀the฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies.฀ He฀contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Vietnam. Economic Outlook Sanchita฀Basu฀Das฀is฀Associate฀Fellow฀at฀the฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀ Studies.฀She฀contributed฀the฀section฀“Regional฀Economic฀Outlook”. Omkar฀ Lal฀ Shrestha฀ is฀ Visiting฀ Senior฀ Research฀ Fellow฀ at฀ the฀ Institute ฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies.฀He฀contributed฀the฀section฀“Regional฀ Economic฀Outlook”. Razeen฀ Sally฀ is฀ Director฀ of฀ the฀ European฀ Centre฀ for฀ International฀ Political฀ Economy฀ in฀ Brussels,฀ and฀ on฀ the฀ faculty฀ of฀ the฀ London฀ School฀of฀Economics.฀He฀contributed฀the฀section฀“The฀World฀Trading฀ System฀ and฀ Southeast฀ Asia:฀ Emerging฀ Protectionism฀ and฀ Post-Doha฀ Challenges”. Melanie฀S.฀Milo฀is฀Fellow฀at฀the฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies.฀ She฀contributed฀section฀“APEC฀at฀20:฀Retrospect฀and฀Prospect.” Aekapol฀ Chongvilaivan฀ is฀ Fellow฀ at฀ the฀ Institute฀ of฀ Southeast฀ Asian฀ Studies.฀ He฀ contributed฀ the฀ section฀ “Food฀ Crisis฀ in฀ Southeast฀ Asia:฀ What฀Caused?฀What฀Next?” Aparna฀ Bhagirathy฀ Krishnan฀ is฀ Research฀ Associate฀ at฀ the฀ Institute฀ of฀ Southeast฀Asian฀Studies.฀She฀contributed฀the฀section฀“Income฀Inequalities฀ ฀ in฀Southeast฀Asia:฀Potential฀for฀Microfinance”.฀ 03 Contributors.indd 154 12/10/08 12:07:43 PM 155 THE CONTRIBUTORS Lee฀Poh฀Onn฀is฀Fellow฀at฀the฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies.฀He฀ contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Brunei฀Darussalam. Jayant฀ Menon฀ is฀ Principal฀ Economist,฀ Office฀ for฀ Regional฀ Economic฀ Integration,฀at฀the฀Asian฀Development฀Bank.฀He฀contributed฀the฀country฀ ฀ section฀on฀Cambodia.฀ Reza฀Siregar฀is฀Senior฀Lecturer,฀Adjunct฀Faculty,฀School฀of฀Economics,฀ University฀of฀Adelaide,฀South฀Australia,฀Australia.฀He฀contributed฀the฀ country฀section฀on฀Indonesia. Kyophilavong฀Phouphet฀is฀Deputy฀Director,฀Department฀of฀Economics,฀ ฀ Faculty฀of฀Economics฀and฀Business฀Management,฀at฀the฀National฀University ฀of฀Laos.฀He฀contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Laos. Kian-Teng฀ Kwek฀ is฀ Associate฀ Professor,฀ Department฀ of฀ Economics,฀ Faculty฀of฀Economics฀and฀Administration,฀University฀of฀Malaysia.฀She฀ contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Malaysia. Mya฀Than฀is฀Associate฀Senior฀Fellow฀at฀the฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀ Studies.฀He฀contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Myanmar. Aladdin฀ D.฀ Rillo฀ is฀ International฀ Consultant฀ (Macroeconomist)฀ at฀ ฀ the฀ Asian฀ Development฀ Bank.฀ He฀ contributed฀ the฀ country฀ section฀ on฀ Philippines.฀ Manu฀Bhaskaran฀is฀Partner/Head,฀Economic฀Research,฀Centennial฀Group฀ Holdings.฀He฀contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Singapore. Sakulrat฀Montreevat฀is฀Senior฀Researcher฀at฀the฀Fiscal฀Policy฀Research฀ Institute,฀Thailand.฀She฀contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Thailand. Nick฀J.฀Freeman฀is฀an฀independent฀economic฀development฀consultant,฀ resident฀ in฀ Vietnam,฀ and฀ an฀ Associate฀ Senior฀ Fellow฀ of฀ the฀ Institute฀ of฀ Southeast฀ Asian฀ Studies.฀ He฀ contributed฀ the฀ country฀ section฀ on...