Regional Outlook: Southeast Asia 2010-2011

The Contributors

171 THE CONTRIBUTORS Political Outlook Patricio฀Abinales฀is฀Professor฀in฀the฀Division฀of฀Economics฀and฀Political฀ Dynamics฀of฀the฀Center฀for฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies,฀Kyoto฀University.฀ He฀contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀the฀Philippines. Terence฀ Chong฀ is฀ Fellow฀ in฀ the฀ Regional฀ Social฀ and฀ Cultural฀ Studies฀ Programme฀of฀the฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies.฀He฀contributed฀ the฀country฀section฀on฀Singapore. Jörn฀ Dosch฀ is฀ Professor฀ of฀ Asia-Pacific฀ Studies฀ in฀ the฀ Department฀ of฀ East฀ Asian฀ Studies฀ of฀ the฀ University฀ of฀ Leeds.฀ He฀ contributed฀ the฀ section,฀“Southeast฀Asia’s฀Security฀and฀Political฀Outlook”. Richard฀ Horsey฀ is฀ a฀ former฀ representative฀ of฀ the฀ International฀ Labor฀ Organization฀ in฀ Myanmar,฀ a฀ former฀ advisor฀ to฀ the฀ United฀ Nations,฀ and฀ a฀ current฀ Fellow฀ at฀ the฀ Open฀ Society฀ Institute฀ in฀ New฀ York.฀ He฀ contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Myanmar. David฀ Koh฀ is฀ Senior฀ Fellow฀ in฀ the฀ Regional฀ Strategic฀ and฀ Political฀ Studies฀ Programme฀ of฀ the฀ Institute฀ of฀ Southeast฀ Asian฀ Studies.฀ He฀ contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Vietnam. Lee฀ Jaehyon฀ is฀ Visiting฀ Professor฀ at฀ the฀ Institute฀ of฀ Foreign฀ Affairs฀ and฀National฀Security฀in฀Seoul.฀He฀completed฀the฀section,฀“Prospects฀ for฀Korean-Southeast฀Asian฀Relations”. Duncan฀McCargo฀is฀Professor฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Politics฀at฀the฀University฀ of฀Leeds.฀He฀contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Thailand. Michael฀ S.฀ Malley฀ is฀ Assistant฀ Professor฀ in฀ the฀ Department฀ of฀ ฀ National฀ Security฀ Affairs,฀ Naval฀ Postgraduate฀ School,฀ Monterey,฀ California.฀ He฀ contributed฀ the฀ section,฀ “Southeast฀ Asia’s฀ Nuclear฀ Ambitions”. 03 Contributors p171-174.indd 171 12/22/09 3:32:18 PM 172 THE CONTRIBUTORS Bernhard฀ Platzdasch฀ is฀ Visiting฀ Research฀ Fellow฀ at฀ the฀ Institute฀ ฀ of฀ Southeast฀ Asian฀ Studies.฀ He฀ contributed฀ the฀ country฀ section฀ on฀ Indonesia. Johan฀Saravanamuttu฀is฀Visiting฀Senior฀Research฀Fellow฀at฀the฀Institute฀ ฀ of฀ Southeast฀ Asian฀ Studies.฀ He฀ contributed฀ the฀ country฀ section฀ on฀ ฀ Malaysia. Paul฀ J.฀ Smith฀ is฀ Associate฀ Professor฀ in฀ the฀ Department฀ of฀ National฀ Security฀ Decision฀ Making฀ of฀ the฀ United฀ States฀ Naval฀ War฀ College฀ in฀ Newport,฀ Rhode฀ Island.฀ He฀ contributed฀ the฀ section,฀ “Terrorism฀ in฀ Southeast฀Asia:฀A฀Strategic฀Assessment”. Sokbunthoeun฀ So฀ holds฀ the฀ Southeast฀ Asia฀ Visiting฀ Fellowship฀ of฀ the฀ East-West฀ Center฀ in฀ Washington.฀ He฀ contributed฀ the฀ country฀ section฀ on฀Cambodia. Martin฀ Stuart-Fox฀ is฀ Emeritus฀ Professor฀ of฀ History฀ at฀ the฀ University฀ of฀Queensland.฀He฀contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Laos. Pushpa฀ Thambipillai฀ teaches฀ in฀ the฀ Faculty฀ of฀ Business,฀ Economics฀ ฀ and฀ Policy฀ Studies฀ of฀ the฀ University฀ of฀ Brunei฀ Darussalam,฀ Bandar฀ ฀ Seri฀ Begawan.฀ She฀ contributed฀ the฀ country฀ section฀ on฀ Brunei฀ Darussalam . Economic Outlook Sanchita฀Basu฀Das฀is฀Associate฀Fellow฀at฀the฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀ Studies.฀She฀contributed฀the฀overview฀section฀on฀“Regional฀Economic฀ Outlook”฀and฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Singapore. Aekapol฀ Chongvilaivan฀ is฀ Fellow฀ in฀ the฀ Regional฀ Economic฀ Studies฀ Programme฀of฀฀the฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies.฀He฀contributed฀ the฀ section,฀ “Undoing฀ the฀ Myths฀ of฀ the฀ Global฀ Financial฀ Crisis฀ and฀ Growth฀Prospects:฀Evidence฀for฀Selected฀Asia-Pacific฀Economies”. Philip฀ Clausius฀ is฀ Chief฀ Executive฀ Officer฀ of฀ FSL฀ Trust฀ Management฀ Pte฀Ltd฀in฀Singapore.฀He฀contributed฀the฀section,฀“Maritime฀Industry฀ to฀Recover฀with฀Time฀Lag฀Only”.฀ Kian-Teng฀Kwek฀is฀Associate฀Professor฀in฀the฀Department฀of฀Economics,฀ Faculty฀ of฀ Economics฀ and฀ Administration,฀ University฀ of฀ Malaya.฀ She฀ contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Malaysia. 03 Contributors p171-174.indd 172 12/22/09 3:32:19 PM 173 THE CONTRIBUTORS Lee฀Poh฀Onn฀is฀Fellow฀in฀the฀Regional฀Economic฀Studies฀Programme฀ of฀the฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies.฀He฀contributed฀the฀country฀ section฀on฀Brunei฀Darussalam. Benjamin฀Loh฀is฀Research฀Associate฀at฀the฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀ Studies.฀ He฀ contributed฀ the฀ section,฀ “Public฀ Infrastructure฀ Financing฀ in฀Southeast฀Asia”. Jayant฀Menon฀is฀Principal฀Economist฀in฀the฀Office฀for฀Regional฀Economic฀ Integration฀at฀the฀Asian฀Development฀Bank.฀He฀contributed฀the฀country฀ section฀on฀Cambodia. Sakulrat฀Montreevat฀is฀Senior฀Researcher฀at฀the฀Fiscal฀Policy฀Research฀ Institute,฀ Bangkok,฀ Thailand.฀ She฀ contributed฀ the฀ country฀ section฀ on฀ Thailand. Kyophilavong฀Phouphet฀is฀Deputy฀Director,฀Department฀of฀Economics,฀ Faculty฀of฀Economics฀and฀Business฀Management,฀National฀University฀ of฀Laos.฀He฀contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Laos. Aladdin฀ D.฀ Rillo฀ is฀ International฀ Consultant฀ (Macroeconomist)฀ at฀ the฀ Asian฀ Development฀ Bank.฀ He฀ contributed฀ the฀ country฀ section฀ on฀ the฀ Philippines. Omkar฀Lal฀Shrestha฀is฀Visiting฀Senior฀Research฀Fellow฀at฀the฀Institute฀of฀ ฀ Southeast฀Asian฀Studies.฀He฀contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Vietnam. Reza฀Siregar฀is฀Senior฀Lecturer,฀Adjunct฀Faculty,฀School฀of฀Economics,฀ University฀ of฀ Adelaide,฀ South฀ Australia.฀ He฀ contributed฀ the฀ country฀ section฀on฀Indonesia. Mya฀Than฀is฀Associate฀Senior฀Fellow฀at฀the฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀ Studies.฀He฀contributed฀the฀country฀section฀on฀Myanmar. Catherine฀ Wong...