This talk provides an analysis of shifting global terrorism and extremism trends from a Southeast Asian and more specifically Singaporean vantage point. It sketches out the ideological and physical dimensions of the threat in Southeast Asia, explores an emergent far right ideological strain in a region long dominated by an Islamist extremist one - and reinforces the need for a holistic, multisectoral response to the threat, incorporating calibrated military/law enforcement responses as part of an “indirect” strategic counter-terrorism effort.

In the 1960s, the Soviet Navy was quietly recapitalising and expanding. As détente collapsed in the late 1970s, western analysts panicked as the Soviet Fleet patrolled the world ocean, supported socialist revolutions around the world and established naval bases astride vital maritime chokepoints such as the Bab-al-Mandeb and the Suez Canal. But the signs had been there all along. Under the visionary leadership of Admiral of the Soviet Union Sergei Gorshkov, the USSR had hankered after sea power for a generation.

Sir Cecil Clementi (金文泰) (1875-1947) arguably was the most scholarly and gifted of all Hong Kong’s 28 colonial governors. As a young official he quickly mastered Chinese and in 1904 published a scholarly translation of Zhang Ziyong’s （招子庸）(1786-1847）Cantonese Love Songs (粵謳), the laments of south China’s ‘flowerboat’ girls. He was also a tireless traveller and spy, undertaking an epic journey across China from Kashgar to Kowloon.

*Eleri Hedley Carter*, ‘Meanings of the home, family, and the welfare state to women in late-modern Britain’

*Freya Willis*, ‘Who Cares? Social Care Workers’ Experiences of Work, Gender, and Class in England and Wales 1979-2010’

*Gabrielle Davies*, ‘Building the New Wales?: National Identities and the Politics of Post-war Reconstruction in Second World War Wales’

*Thomas Wang*, ‘Vitalizing the Heritage: Tradition and Conservatism in Cold War Britain, 1944-1990’

*Carys Howell*, ‘The 1956 Hungarian Refugee Crisis: Local, National and International Responses, 1956-1960’

*Kenneth Wong*, ‘To Advise, Encourage, and Warn: The Private Secretary to the Sovereign, 1867-1953’

*Natalie Martz*, ‘Ice Men: Irish Polar Explorers of the Royal Navy from 1818-1860’

China’s economy is at a crossroads, facing its most significant challenges in recent memory. Amidst this economic turmoil, a fierce debate has emerged among leading experts: is the current economic downturn a result of ingrained structural issues, excessive state intervention, or escalating geopolitical tensions?