CERC Fellow
Dr Yeo Lay Hwee

Senior Research Fellow
Singapore Institute of International Affairs
layhwee.yeo@siiaonline.org

MA University of Canterbury, PhD National University of Singapore

Dr Yeo Lay Hwee, M.A (University of Canterbury), Ph.D (National University of Singapore) is Executive Director and Senior Research Fellow at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs. The focus of her research in SIIA includes peace and development in ASEAN, ASEAN’s external relations (particularly with the European Union), the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) process and comparative regionalism.

Prior to joining the SIIA, Dr Yeo had worked in the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Information and the Arts, and taught in the National University of Singapore and University of Macau. She had also worked in other research think tanks such as the Institute of Policy Studies, the Danish Institute of International Affairs in Copenhagen, and was also Senior Visiting Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies.

Dr Yeo has written and lectured extensively on Asia-Europe relations and on comparative regionalism and contributes regularly to commentaries and analysis to the newspapers.  Her recent publications include “Asia and Europe: The Development and Different Dimensions of ASEAM” (published by Routledge) and “The Eurasian Space: Far more than two continents” (co-edited with Wim Stokhof and Paul van der Velde, published by ISEAS).

Academic Publications

• Yeo Lay Hwee “Imperatives in ASEAN-EU Relations” ISEAS TRENDS No. 64, 30-31 Dec 95 Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies).

• ----- “A Foundation for Asia-Europe Ties” ISEAS TRENDS No. 69, 25-26 May 96 (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies).

• Yeo Lay Hwee, ed. Singapore: The Year in Review 1995 (Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies, 1996).

• ----- “The Bangkok ASEM and the Future of Asia-Europe Relations” Southeast Asian Affairs 1997, pp 33-45 (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1997).

• ----- “London ASEM and a Vision of Asia-Europe Ties” ISEAS TRENDS No. 91, 28-29 Mar 98 (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies).

• ----- “The Role of ASEAN in EU-East Asian Relations” ASIEN, No 72, July 1999, pp 19-28 (Hamburg: German Association for Asian Studies, 1999).

• ----- “ASEM: Beyond Economics” Panorama 4/1999, pp 1-38 (Manila: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung - Regional Office in Southeast Asia).

• ----- “ASEM: Looking Back, Looking Forward” Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol 22 No 1, March 2000, pp 1-32 (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies).

• Yeo Lay Hwee and Asad Latif, ed. Asia and Europe: Essays and Speeches by Tommy Koh (Singapore: Asia-Europe Foundation and World Scientific Publishing, 2000).

• Yeo Lay Hwee, “ASEM 3: More Talk or Move Forward” DUPI (Danish Institute of International Affairs) Working Paper 10/2000, (Copenhagen: DUPI).

• Yeo Lay Hwee. “Electoral Politics in Singapore” Electoral Politics in Southeast And East Asia, eds. Aurel Croissant, Gabriele Bruns & Marei John (Singapore: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - Office for Regional Cooperation, 2002).

• Yeo Lay Hwee. “The Three Images of ASEM – A Conceptual Analysis” NIASnytt no. 2, (Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2002).

• ---- “The Value of ASEM to Small States” Ibid.

• Yeo Lay Hwee. The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Process: From Sexy Summit to Strong Partnership? (Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Affairs, 2002)

• Yeo Lay Hwee. “The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM): From Selective Engagement to Comprehensive Partnership” SUDOSTASIEN aktuell Special Issue 2002 (Hamburg: Institute for Asian Studies: Hamburg).

• Yeo Lay Hwee. “Corruption and Development Aid” Panorama 1/2003 (Singapore: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung – Regional Office in Southeast Asia).

• Yeo Lay Hwee. Asia and Europe: The Development and Different Dimensions of ASEM. (London and New York: Routledge, 2003).

• Simon S C Tay and Yeo Lay Hwee. “Claims and Silences: An Asian Perspective on the European Union’s Security Strategy” Challenge Europe Issue 10 (Brussels: The European Policy Centre, November 2003)

• Yeo Lay Hwee. “The Future Direction of the Asia-Europe Meeting process and Implications for Inter-cultural Dialogue” 6th ASEF University Publication, edited by Zainal Mantaha and Charit Tingsabadh (Singapore: ASEF and Centre for European Studies, Chulalongkorn University, 2003)

• Yeo Lay Hwee. “Dimensions of Asia-Europe Cooperation” Asia-Europe Journal Vol.2 No.1. January 2004 (Singapore and Heidelberg: Asia-Europe Foundation and Springer-Verlag).

• Wim Stokhof, Paul van der Velde and Yeo Lay Hwee, ed. The Eurasian Space: Far More Than Two Continents. (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and International Institute for Asian Studies, 2004).

• Julie Gilson and Yeo Lay Hwee, “Collective Identity-Building through Trans-regionalism” in The Eurasian Space: Far More Than Two Continents

• Yeo Lay Hwee. “ASEAN-EU Relations: The Way Forward” in Heartland: Eurasian Review of Geopolitics, 10/2004.

• Yeo Lay Hwee. “Realism and Reactive Regionalism” UNISCI Discussion Paper, May 2005.

• Yeo Lay Hwee. “The Nature and Future of East Asian Regionalism” in Emerging East Asian Regionalism: Trend and Response, Edited by Zhang Yunling (Beijing: World Affairs Press, 2005)

• Yeo Lay Hwee, Tan Hsien Li and Joanne Lin. The Singapore Executive-led Government System: Reflections for Hong Kong. (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Civic Exchange, September 2005)

• Yeo Lay Hwee. “ASEM Enlargement: For Better or for Worse” in 11th ASEF University Publication, edited by Ramon Molina and Marina Pok (Singapore: ASEF and Sciences Po, 2005)

• Yeo Lay Hwee & Simon Tay, ed. Elections in Asia: Making Democracy Work? (Singapore: Marshall Cavendish), forthcoming – Sep 2006