Malaysia from 2016 to 2020: Managing the Internal Dynamics and Adapting to the External Environment
VIEW EVENT DETAILSEvening Presentation by Tan Sri RASTAM MOHD ISA, Chairman & Chief Executive,
Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia
Reception 6:30pm,
Presentation 7:00pm,
Close 8:00pm
Malaysia has been facing many challenges over the last couple of years. With the fall in oil and commodity prices, sharp currency depreciation and increases in the cost of living, 2015 has been particularly difficult economically and socially. Several issues have also arisen to cause political tension and polarization in society. Yet, as the Chair of ASEAN for 2015, Malaysia had successfully led ASEAN towards the establishment of the ASEAN Community. The next four years are critical to Malaysia as it races towards meeting the goals of becoming a high income economy and developed country by 2020. In this evening presentation, Tan Sri Rastam Mohd Isa, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia will look into Malaysia’s future, discuss what are its internal and external challenges and how to overcome them.
Rastam Mohd Isa is Chairman and Chief Executive of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies in Malaysia. Prior to this, he was Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and has served as High Commissioner to Pakistan, Ambassador to Bosnia Herzegovina and Indonesia, and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. He is Chairman of the board of directors of a Malaysian public listed company and sits as Director on the board of two others. Tan Sri Rastam is Chairman of the Malaysian National Committee for the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council and Chairman of the Malaysian National Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific, and was Advisor at the Chief Minister’s Department in Sarawak. Tan Sri Rastam graduated from Universiti Sains Malaysia, received his M.A. from the University of Lancaster and holds a Certificate of Diplomacy from the University of Oxford.
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Event Details
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