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Webinars and Talks Issue no. 2 | 2022

Indo-Pacific Circle Webinar: Clean Energy &
Building a Green Future in the Indo-Pacific

By AP Dr Helena Varkkey
The Indo-Pacific Circle (IPC) is a curated network of early
and mid-career scholars from the Indo-Pacific engaged in
shaping the emergent narratives of the region. It is hosted
by two New Delhi-based think tanks, The Council for
Strategic and Defense Research and the Centre for Policy
Research. The IPC has three main objectives: networking
and building community, co-creating and defining the
Indo-Pacific, and amplifying Indo-Pacific voices around the
globe. Network & Build Community. Several members of
the Faculty are also members of the IPC, including AP Dr
Helena Varkkey, Dr Khoo Ying Hooi, Dr Vilashini Somiah,
and Dr Ngeow Chow Bing. geopolitical, environmental, and economic implications
are for such a transition. Among the panelists of this event
The IPC regularly organises knowledge-sharing events was AP Dr Helena Varkkey from the Department of
and webinars on topics relevant to the region. On 7th June International and Strategic Studies, FSSS. Dr Helena spoke
2022, the IPC hosted a webinar on "Clean Energy & on ASEAN's role and challenges in facilitating a region-
Building a Green Future in the Indo-Pacific". The Indo- wide shift towards Clean Energy, and the potential for
Pacific is the largest consumer of the world’s energy and collaboration between ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific more
will continue on this trajectory of decades to come. broadly. Other panelists were Dr Shofwan Al Banna
Keeping this in mind, along with rapid population and Choiruzzad from Universitas Malaysia, Dr Dhanasree
economic growth, the transition to clean energy in the Jayaram from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, and
Indo-Pacific presents numerous environmental, Ms Gayathri Iyer from Bower Group Asia. The webinar was
geopolitical, and economic opportunities. This panel seeks chaired by Ms Shuva Raha from the Council on Energy,
to scope out the current play of the “green energy shift” in Environment and Water, India. Further details can be found
the region, its trajectory and feasibility, and what the on the IPC website (https://www.ipcircle.org/)

Donation of children’s books on peace and

diversity by GOETHE-INSTITUT MALAYSIA

By Dr Sharifah Aishah Osman
Dr. Sharifah Aishah Osman, Senior Lecturer from the In line with this purpose, she received several volumes of
Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social children’s picture books, translated into English and
Sciences, was invited to the Goethe-Institut Malaysia, Bahasa Malaysia from the original German language:
Kuala Lumpur, on 23rd of May 2022 to discuss potential Marcus Pfister’s The Rainbow Fish, Kirsten Boie and Jan
areas of collaboration for the research and publication of Birck’s For sure everything will be fine, and Kathrin
children’s books in Malaysia. Scharer’s Begitulah kisahnya! Bukan, beginilah! Bukan,
begitulah!

For sure everything will be fine is a poignant yet uplifting tale of ten-
year-old Syrian refugee Rahaf as she begins her new life in Germany
with her familyFor sure everything will be fine is a poignant yet
uplifting tale of ten-year-old Syrian refugee Rahaf as she begins her From left to right: Dato’ Ahmad Redza Ahmad Khairuddin, Ms. Dina
new life in Germany with her family Zaman, Dr. Sharifah Aishah Osman, and Dr. Markus Litz.
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