Southeast Asian studies

His interests are in international political theory.

IR Theory, Political Philosophy, Extremism and Terrorism Studies, and Southeast Asian Studies.

He is the author of the newly published Hegel, Tragedy, and International Relations, Reflecting on a Polarized World, published by Bristol University Press within the last month, I believe, so it is literally hot off the press.

There's a link to that in the description box to take a look at, and if you fancy grabbing a copy, you'll be able to grab one there.

Welcome, Steve, to, to Trade Policy Decoded.

So Steve has, um, a number of affiliations, but currently he's senior visiting fellow at the ISEAS Institute for Southeast Asian Studies Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore, which is a part-time role.

But he has a number of other interesting roles as well, including the World Economic Forum Global Futures Council on Trade, where he is a member; The Economist's Impact Future of Trade Initiative, interesting title, uh, Steering Committee; and the Italian Institute for International Political Studies.

And Steve's got, got a very distinguished career at the Hinrich Foundation, so in the regional trade policy context.

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New Books in Southeast Asian Studies is sponsored by the ANU Southeast Asia Institute, the Griffith Asia Institute, the New York Southeast Asia Network, the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, and the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre.

Welcome back, everyone, to New Books in Southeast Asian Studies.

We're a podcast channel on the New Books Network.

I'm Patrick Jory.

He started his career at the University of Dhaka, uh, before going on to do his PhD at the University of Cambridge.

He's been a British Academy Visiting Fellow at the King's College London, a Humboldt Fellow at the University of Berlin, and a research fellow at the Aga Khan University London as well.

Iftikhar, thanks so much for agreeing to talk to New Books in Southeast Asian Studies about your book.

Welcome to the new books network.

New Books in Southeast Asian Studies is sponsored by the ANU Southeast Asia Institute, the Griffith Asia Institute, the New York Southeast Asia Network, the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, and the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre.

Welcome to New Books in Southeast Asian Studies, a channel on the New Books Network.

I'm Natalie Pearson, Senior Lecturer in Heritage Studies at the University of Sydney and co-host of the channel.

Today I'm very pleased to be talking to Ed Willis about World War II in East Timor, an Australian Army site and travel guide, published by the 2nd Second Commando Association of Australia in 2024 with the support of an Australian Army History Unit research grant.

Terrific.

Well, we'll also put that website in the show notes.

So, look, thank you, Ed Willis, for joining us on the New Books in Southeast Asian Studies podcast to discuss World War II in East Timor, an Australian Army site and travel guide.

Welcome to the New Books Network.

New Books in Southeast Asian Studies is sponsored by the ANU Southeast Asia Institute, the Griffith Asia Institute, the New York Southeast Asia Network, the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, and the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre.

Welcome to New Books in Southeast Asian Studies, a channel on the New Books Network.

I'm Natalie Pearson, Senior Lecturer in Heritage Studies at the University of Sydney and co-host of the channel.

Today I'm talking to Wayan Jarasastrawan, a historian, lecturer and DECRA Research Fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra, and author of The Precarious Past in Pre-Modern Java – published by University of California Press in 2026.

I'm sure you've given our listeners a lot to think about.

Thank you very much for having me, Natalie.

Wayan Jarasastrawan, thank you for joining us on the New Books in Southeast Asian Studies podcast channel to discuss the precarious past in pre-modern Java.