Ian Storey
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, RSPS, Faculty Member
- Dr. Ian Storey is a Senior Fellow at the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute (formerly the Institute of Southeast Asian Studi... moreDr. Ian Storey is a Senior Fellow at the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute (formerly the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies), Singapore. He specializes in Asian security issues, with a focus on Southeast Asia. At ISEAS he is the editor of the peer review academic journal Contemporary Southeast Asia. His research interests include Southeast Asia’s relations with China, the United States and Japan, maritime security in the Asia Pacific (especially the South China Sea dispute) and China's foreign and defence policies. He has a growing interest in the Arctic and the role of Asian countries in the politics and security of the High North. Prior to joining ISEAS he held academic positions at the U.S. Defense Department’s Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) in Honolulu, Hawaii and at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. He received his PhD from the City University of Hong Kong. Ian has published articles in Asia Policy, Asian Affairs, China Brief, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Harvard Asia Quarterly, Naval War College Review, Parameters, Terrorism Monitor and Jane’s Intelligence Review. He has published opinion pieces in The Wall Street Journal, The Straits Times and The South China Morning Post. His latest books are The Five Power Defence Arrangements at Forty (ISEAS, November 2011) and Southeast Asia and the Rise of China: The Search for Security (Routledge, 2011). He is currently working on a book on China’s defence diplomacy in Southeast Asia. He can be reached at <ijstorey@iseas.edu.sg>.edit
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • US relations with key Southeast Asian states including Vietnam and Thailand have improved under the first Trump administration despite the pervasive view in the region of US disengagement from Southeast Asia under... more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • US relations with key Southeast Asian states including Vietnam and Thailand have improved under the first Trump administration despite the pervasive view in the region of US disengagement from Southeast Asia under President Trump. • A second Trump presidency would mean that the disruptive nativist populism of his first term has become accepted political practice in the United States. • A Biden victory will not mean a return to the Obama administration's Asia policy. • Reversing or stopping America's relative loss of influence in Southeast Asia to China will likely be beyond either a second Trump or a Biden administration.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As the US scaled back defence cooperation with Thailand after the 2014 coup, Thailand's military relations with China strengthened considerably.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As the United Kingdom (UK) prepares to leave the European Union (EU) by 31 October 2019, it seeks to enhance its global influence and interests, including in the Indo-Pacific region. The UK views the region as a source... more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As the United Kingdom (UK) prepares to leave the European Union (EU) by 31 October 2019, it seeks to enhance its global influence and interests, including in the Indo-Pacific region. The UK views the region as a source of economic opportunity but also security threats which challenge the rules-based international order. Post-Brexit, the UK looks to strengthen relations with ASEAN and deepen political and economic ties with Southeast Asian states.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The second Trump-Kim summit had generally positive outcomes for Southeast Asia and especially the host Vietnam. Although the Trump administration remains focused on Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia figures prominently... more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The second Trump-Kim summit had generally positive outcomes for Southeast Asia and especially the host Vietnam. Although the Trump administration remains focused on Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia figures prominently in US thinking on meeting the security challenges posed by China. Southeast Asian economies with a visible trade surplus with the US are likely to avoid most US trade retaliation during the first Trump administration.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Brunei in November 2018 was designed to highlight progress in the bilateral relationship over the past decade. China has participated in all of Brunei's recent... more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Brunei in November 2018 was designed to highlight progress in the bilateral relationship over the past decade. China has participated in all of Brunei's recent large-scale infrastructure projects, and has become its largest trade partner and foreign investor, and a major source of tourists. But Brunei's trade deficit with China has rapidly increased.
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Research Interests: Asian Studies, International Relations, Southeast Asian Studies, Southeast Asia, East Asian Studies, and 5 moreU.S. Foreign Policy, China's foreign policy, ASEAN, International Relations of East Asia, Asian Security, China's Foreign Policy, International Relations Theory, Space Security, and China's foreign and defense policies
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Research Interests: Southeast Asian Studies, East Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Politics, U.S. Foreign Policy, ASEAN, and 3 moreUnited States Foreign Policy, International Relations of East Asia, Asian Security, China's Foreign Policy, International Relations Theory, Space Security, and ASEAN Political Security Community
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Individual and multilateral efforts by Southeast Asian states to improve maritime security over the past decade have achieved significant progress. But the problem of piracy and sea robbery persists. While the... more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Individual and multilateral efforts by Southeast Asian states to improve maritime security over the past decade have achieved significant progress. But the problem of piracy and sea robbery persists. While the majority of reported incidents are comparatively minor, the overall number of attacks has risen over the past five years and has included hijackings for cargo theft by criminal syndicates and kidnappings for ransom by groups linked to Islamic militants. In response to the rising number of reported incidents, regional states have enacted measures to improve maritime security in areas under their jurisdiction. Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, for example, have agreed to launch coordinated naval patrols in the Sulu Sea. Further measures are required, however: Indonesia needs to operationalize a national coast guard; regional states need to tackle the land-based root causes of the problem; external powers should step up capacity building support; and ASEAN needs to adopt a more pro-active role in the fight against piracy and sea robbery.
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The Limits to Russia's Pivot to Asia