About Foreseeable: A Podcast Series by Global-is-Asian
Foreseeable is a podcast of Global-is-Asian (https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/gia), the flagship digital platform of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/). In each episode, we invite an expert for a conversation relating to their area of expertise and to find out what they foresee happening in the future.
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Policy Unpacked: Nuclear in Southeast Asia - Power, Politics and Public Trust
What's more controversial than coal, harder to build than a dam, and suddenly, back on Southeast Asia's policy agenda? Nuclear.
For years, it was too politically sensitive. Too scary and too expensive. But now, demand from industry, data centres and urbanisation is making it necessary for governments to look again. Renewables can definitely help, but they have limits. So nuclear, especially Small Modular Reactors, is being reconsidered.
In Singapore, the issue is also moving from hypothetical debate to formal assessment. From 2027, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts will assess Singapore's nuclear infrastructure readiness. Though the government has emphasised that this is not a decision to adopt nuclear, but part of a rigorous three-phase assessment. So nuclear isn't just an engineering question. It's about trust, safety, public fear, and what happens when risk crosses borders.
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20 May 2026
Policy Unpacked: ASEAN at the Crossroads - Rethinking Economic Security
For decades, ASEAN has largely taken a neoliberal approach to regional economic security, grounded in the belief that economic cooperation and integration among its member states would help ensure peace and stability, while also promoting prosperity for its people.
More recently, it has been strained by the longer-term economic repercussions of the conflict in the Middle East. Against this backdrop, a key question emerges. Does ASEAN's longstanding economic security paradigm remain fit for purpose?
In this episode of Policy Unpacked, join expert panel, Dr. Denis Hew, Senior Research Fellows at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation, Dr. Su-Hyun Lee, Senior Associate Fellow at the Centre for Multilateralism Studies and Deputy Head of Graduate Studies at RSIS-NTU, Professor Mely Caballero-Anthony, Associate Dean (International Engagement) and Head of the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, also at RSIS-NTU, and Dr Barbora Valockova, Research Fellow at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation (CAG) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, as they explore how shifting geopolitical and geoeconomic dynamics are reshaping the economic landscape of the ASEAN region.
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24 Feb 2026
Policy Unpacked: Reimagining Regional Resilience - Technology, Global Value Chains & Health Security
Resilience has become a familiar term in recent years, especially after COVID-19, supply chain disruptions, rising geopolitical tensions and rapid technological change. But today, resilience is no longer just about recovery. It is about how countries and regions adapt and rethink how they operate in a more uncertain and fragmented world. For ASEAN, this challenge is particularly complex. Resilience looks different across emerging technologies, global value chains and health and other non-traditional security issues. And policy choices in one area can create vulnerabilities in another.
In this episode's of Policy Unpacked, join our expert panel, LKYSPP's Dr. Denis Hew and Dr Miguel Gomez, Senior Research Fellows at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation, SMU's Associate Professor Chang Pao Li and RSIS' Professor Mely Anthony, as they explore what resilience really means for ASEAN and what it will take for the region to remain competitive, resilient and secure.
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