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Today’s issue includes the following commentaries and citations attributed to ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and its researchers. You can click on the links to go to the articles directly.
- No. 36: Jayant Menon, Senior Fellow
Brunei | Cambodia | Indonesia | Laos | Malaysia | Myanmar | Philippines | Singapore | Thailand | Timor-Leste | Vietnam | ASEAN / Southeast Asia | Asia Pacific | East / South China Sea | Climate Change/Environment | Others
Cambodia
1. Asian Development Bank and Cambodia: Fact Sheet
Asian Development Bank, 25 April 2022
Indonesia
2. Acting regional heads: Small mandate, big responsibilities
Herman N. Suparman
Jakarta Post, 26 April 2022
3. Muhammadiyah Tawarkan Solusi Konflik Wadas [Muhammadiyah offers solution to Wadas conflict]
Republika, 26 April 2022
4. Indonesia under pressure from US to include Ukraine at G20 summit
South China Morning Post, 26 April 2022
5. Crude Palm Oil Temporary Ban ‘Best Among The Worst’ Option: Govt
M Faiz Zaki
Tempo, 26 April 2022
6. Public Trust For Jokowi Tumbles In 2022 In Latest Charta Politika Survey
M Julnis Firmansyah
Tempo, 26 April 2022
7. Asian Development Bank and Indonesia: Fact Sheet
Asian Development Bank, 25 April 2022
8. Sandiaga Uno the Most Popular Vice Presidential Candidate: Survey
Moh. Khory Alfarizi
Tempo, 25 April 2022
Laos
9. Asian Development Bank and the Lao PDR: Fact Sheet
Asian Development Bank, 25 April 2022
Malaysia
10. Malaysia to put up aggressive fight against foreign pressures on palm oil
Bernama, 26 April 2022
11. ‘Third force’ won’t be in time for GE15, say analysts
Esther Yap
Free Malaysia Today, 26 April 2022
12. PH-PN dilemma: make the final call soon, say academics
Ahimsya Karu
Free Malaysia Today, 26 April 2022
13. Future-proofing palm oil from adverse western propaganda
Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin
Malay Mail Online, 26 April 2022
14. Google: Inbound travel demand to Malaysia at 83pc of pre-pandemic levels, 100pc for domestic travel
Keertan Ayamany
Malay Mail Online, 26 April 2022
15. Saving the Opposition in GE15
Murray Hunter & Lim Teck Ghee
Malay Mail Online, 26 April 2022
16. Malaysia 1MDB scandal: backlash as judge who convicted Najib Razak investigated for corruption
Hadi Azmi
South China Morning Post, 26 April 2022
17. Asian Development Bank and Malaysia: Fact Sheet
Asian Development Bank, 25 April 2022
18. Khemah Besar pembangkang sukar berjaya tanpa PAS, BERSATU [Difficult for oppposition’s Big Tent to succeed without PAS, BERSATU]
Mohd Iskandar Ibrahim
Berita Harian (Malaysia), 25 April 2022
19. Youth opinions on bumiputera affirmative action split down ethnic lines
Malaysiakini, 25 April 2022
Myanmar
20. Tales from abroad: the anguish of those who’ve left Myanmar behind
Frontier Myanmar, 25 April 2022
21. Ethnic Armed Groups Reject Myanmar Junta Chief’s Peace Talks
Irrawaddy, 25 April 2022
22. BANKING UNDER THE GENERALS: Myanmar military once again cause chaos in the banking sector
Maimonna
Mizzima, 25 April 2022
Philippines
23. Why Did Duterte Veto the Philippine SIM Card Registration Act?
Mong Palatino
Diplomat, 26 April 2022
24. Asian Development Bank and the Philippines: Fact Sheet
Asian Development Bank, 25 April 2022
25. Why Corruption Thrives in the Philippines
Daniel Bruno Davis
Foreign Policy, 25 April 2022
26. World Bank lists 6 challenges to offshore wind investments in PH
Myrna M. Velasco
Manila Bulletin, 24 April 2022
Thailand
27. Japan pushes new diplomatic profile
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Bangkok Post, 26 April 2022
28. Opposition gives censure plan timeline
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 26 April 2022
29. Time for economic pivot,’ says Arkhom
Wichit Chantanusornsiri & Physadee Arunmas
Bangkok Post, 26 April 2022
30. Asian Development Bank and Thailand: Fact Sheet
Asian Development Bank, 25 April 2022
31. Bangkok elections after a nine-year wait
Nation, 25 April 2022
Vietnam
32. Vietnam’s “Four No’s” of defence policy are being tested
Huynh Tam Sang
Interpreter, 26 April 2022
33. Asian Development Bank and Viet Nam: Fact Sheet
Asian Development Bank, 25 April 2022
34. Vietnam says it discussed army games with Russia, not military drills
Radio Free Asia, 25 April 2022
35. Vietnam faces shortage of women due to imbalanced male/female ratio
VietNamNet, 25 April 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
36. RCEP and ASEAN: old and new
Jayant Menon, Senior Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
East Asia Forum, 26 April 2022
37. NST Leader: US-Asean summit
New Straits Times, 26 April 2022
38. How India’s neutral Ukraine stance draws it closer to Southeast Asia
Don McLain Gill
South China Morning Post, 26 April 2022
39. ASEAN’s Myanmar Peace Plan Condemned for No Significant Progress
Irrawaddy, 25 April 2022
40. Malaysia contacts Myanmar’s shadow govt as ASEAN fails to implement 5-point consensus
Radio Free Asia, 25 April 2022
41. Vietnam, Laos step up Party cooperation
Voice of Vietnam, 25 April 2022
Asia Pacific
42. Asia Growth Slows on Commodities, Covid and Rising Interest Rates
Anne-Marie Gulde-Wolf, Sanjaya Panth, & Shanaka J. Peiris
IMF Blog, 25 April 2022
East / South China Sea
43. The South China Sea Disputes and Philippines-China Relations Post-Duterte
Lucio Blanco Pitlo III
China-US Focus, 22 April 2022
Climate Change/Environment
44. Coal still top threat to global climate goals: report
Bangkok Post, 26 April 2022
45. ‘Massive shortfall’ in green financing for the region’s emerging markets, says Cambodia
Khmer Times, 26 April 2022
46. Vietnam’s drastic measures to develop green and clean energy
VietNamNet, 25 April 2022
Others
World Economic Outlook
47. Asia facing ‘stagflationary outlook’ amid Ukraine war: IMF
[Link to 200-page report “WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 2022 APR – War Sets Back
the Global Recovery”]
Channel News Asia, 26 April 2022
Image credit: “Myanmar Yangon Thanlyn“, by Werner Bayer on Flickr.
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