Contents : - Foreword - Who will be Indonesian President in 2014? by By Maxwell Lane (Guest Writer) - The seventh plenum of the communist party of Vietnam: the gains of the central committee by Ha Hoang Hop - The struggle to amend Thailand's constitution by Michael J. Montesano - Whither China's Myanmar stranglehold? by Stephanie Shannon and Nicholas Farrelly - Malaysia's BN stays in power, but deep changes have nevertheless occurred by Ooi Kee Beng - The significance of China-Malaysia industrial parks by Khor Yu Leng - Steadily amplified rural votes decide Malaysian elections by Lee Hock Guan - The rise of Chinese power and the impact on Southeast Asia by Rodolfo C. Severino - The China-Myanmar energy pipelines: risks and benefits by Zhao Hong - Moving ASEAN+1 FTAs towards an effective RCEP by Sanchita Basu Das - Ethnic insurgencies and peacemaking in Myanmar by Tin Maung Maung Than - Japan's growing angst over the South China Sea by Ian Storey - Taking the income gap in Southeast Asia seriously by Aekapol Chongvilaivan - Indonesian parties struggle for electability by Ulla Fionna - Rohingya boat arrivals in Thailand: from the frying pan into the fire? by Su-Ann Oh - APEC's model of green growth is a move forward by Lee Poh Onn - China's FDI into Southeast Asia by Zhao Hong - Hidden counter-revolution: a history of the centralisation of power in Malaysia by Francis Hutchinson - The dominance of Chinese engineering contractors in Vietnam by Le Hong Hiep - RCEP and TPP: comparisons and concerns by Sanchita Basu Das - Implications of demographic trends in Singapore by Saw Swee-Hock - Big power contest in Southeast Asia by Daljit Singh - The resurgence of social activism in Malaysia by Ooi Kee Beng - Pivoting Asia, engaging China-American strategy in East Asia by Daljit Singh - Towards a code of conduct for the South ChinaSea by Rodolfo C. Severino - List of ISEAS perspective issues