The fall of Marawi, a small town in the southern Philippines, into the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is not a sign that the radical Islamic group has established a foothold in Southeast Asia.

However, what has happened certainly makes us feel uneasy: will Southeast Asia become the new center of ISIS after the organization's setbacks in Iraq and Syria? The location of Marawionly a stone's throw from North Sulawesialso raises c