The Asia-Pacific Roundtable (APR) is the signature international conference of the Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia. At its core, the APR is a Southeast Asian conference discussing key issues impacting on the Asia-Pacific. It is one of the region’s premier Track 2 gatherings and strategic security focused conferences.  

Convened by ISIS Malaysia on behalf of ASEAN-ISIS – a network of leading Southeast Asian policy institutes and think-tanks – it draws more than 300 diverse delegates for candid, constructive dialogue on the security, stability, sustainability and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific. APR is a key part in the circuit of conferences that provide insights into how businesses and governments can navigate an increasingly complex strategic landscape.

This year, sessions are shaped around the theme ‘Recalibrating Asia’s Frontiers’. As the world grapples with the effects in this period of interregnum, our deliberations aim to explore how existing geopolitical and geoeconomic frontiers of the Asia-Pacific have changed.

These areas include normative and ideological considerations that influence peace, security and conflict in this region; the conceptual boundaries shaping maritime security; Asia’s intra-and-extra regional trade relationships and the United States’ role in a changing Asia.

38APR will also feature sessions examining the dynamics of leadership in Southeast Asia and the polycrisis in Myanmar.