IDEAS members held a policy dialogue on 12 June 2012 at the Hanse Office in Brussels on "Religion in Action: Islam and politics in Southeast Asia in the light of the Arab Spring". The event was followed by a roundtable on "The new EU diplomat: qualities and qualifications for the Asian century". The IDEAS team would like to extend their warm thanks to Dr Andrée Feillard, Dr Angela Liberatore, Ms Marina Mahathir, Mr Bernard Philippe, Mr Alain Ruche, Ms Yenny Zannuba Wahid and Dr Patrick Ziegenhain.