Dr Yanitha Meena - ISIS Malaysia

About Dr Yanitha Meena

Meena’s research focuses on Indian foreign policy, the geopolitics of South Asia and Malaysia and ASEAN’s relations with the region. She is also interested in Global South cooperation mechanisms and understanding how regionalism/regionalisation, inter/intra-regionalism, minilateralism and multilateralism function in the Indo-Pacific. Her writings have appeared in Lowy Institute’s The Interpreter, ORF Online, ISEAS Fulcrum, The Diplomat, Contemporary Southeast Asia and the European Journal of East Asian Studies. She completed an MA in European Regional Integration at Universiti Malaya and a BSc in Psychology at the University of Madras. She holds a PhD from Universiti Malaya, conferred for her seminal work on Tirukkural’s contribution to non-Western international relations.

Foreign Policy and Security Studies

May 21, 2025

Youths want greater role in Asean

Dr Yanitha Meena Louis was quoted by The Star on 21 May 2025. By GERARD GIMINO Among them is Amirul Asyraf Aliam, who suggested that internships or training programmes be offered within Asean organisations to give the youth hands-on policy experience. “Social media polls and campaigns can also be a useful tool to listen to the […]