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- No. 12: Cassey Lee, Senior Fellow
- No. 15: Francis E Hutchinson, Senior Fellow
- No. 49: Joanne Lin, Lead Researcher
- No. 52: ISEAS- Yusof Ishak Institute
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
Indonesia
1. Meeting Biden and Musk of equal importance to Jokowi
Kornelius Purba
Jakarta Post, 17 May 2022
2. Why Indonesia should not fail its G20 presidency
Ngurah Swajaya is the director general of American and European Affairs at the Indonesian Foreign Ministry
Jakarta Post, 17 May 2022
3. Will Indonesia finally win Elon Musk’s help to realise its EV dreams?
Resty Woro Yuniar
South China Morning Post, 17 May 2022
4. President Jokowi’s approval rating hits six-year low: Indikator
Jakarta Post, 16 May 2022
5. Indonesians hit hard by rising inflation
Linda Yulisman
Straits Times, 14 May 2022
Malaysia
6. Harapan needs to keep options open
Fion Yap
Malaysiakini, 17 May 2022
7. Will Tengku Zafrul be Umno’s choice for Kuala Selangor?
Mohd Farhan Darwis
Malaysian Insight, 17 May 2022
8. Muhyiddin: States to have own recovery committees soon
Veena Babulal
New Straits Times, 17 May 2022
9. ‘Tiny’ Usno could be the catalyst of big changes in Sabah
Robin Augustin
Free Malaysia Today, 16 May 2022
10. Analysts mixed on Ismail’s future after constitution amendment
Free Malaysia Today, 16 May 2022
11. The neglected issue of prison reform
Esther Sinirisan Chong
Malaysian Insight, 16 May 2022
12. Review of 2021 electoral reforms
Shad Saleem Faruqi
Star, 16 May 2022
13. PKR polls: In-person voting numbers low so far
Bernama, 15 May 2022
14. Sultan of Johor receives interim report on Pulau Batu Puteh case
Bernama, 15 May 2022
15. Malaysian politics now a three-legged race
Francis E Hutchinson, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
East Asia Forum, 15 May 2022
16. Abang Johari: GPS to contest in all 31 seats in GE15
Malay Mail Online, 15 May 2022
17. Local power moves in Sabah
Philip Golingai
Star, 15 May 2022
18. Umno decides to keep top brass led by Zahid until after general election
Shannon Teoh
Straits Times, 15 May 2022
19. Saifuddin vs Rafizi: Who is in the lead?
Joceline Tan
Star, 14 May 2022
20. Malaysia says US Indo-Pacific economic plan only a ‘good beginning’
David Lawder
Reuters, 13 May 2022
Myanmar
21. Religious Nationalism and Extremism in Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and India: Assessing the Impact of Structural Conditions
Joseph Franco, Cameron Sumpter, Antara Chakraborthy
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 17 May 2022
22. 249,500 people remain displaced by conflict and insecurity in southeastern Myanmar: OCHA
Eleven Myanmar, 16 May 2022
23. ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus ‘Not Appropriate’ for Myanmar: Ex-US Ambassador
Irrawaddy, 16 May 2022
24. Myanmar’s shadow government holds talks with powerful Arakan Army
Radio Free Asia, 16 May 2022
25. Myanmar citizens have to decide Myanmar’s affairs says Chairman of SAC
Eleven Myanmar, 14 May 2022
Philippines
26. End of the party list system?
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 17 May 2022
27. In Marcos Jr’s foreign policy, nothing will be set in stone
Raul Dancel
Straits Times, 16 May 2022
28. Despite huge victory, Bongbong underwhelms
Ronald D Holmes, De La Salle University
East Asia Forum, 15 May 2022
29. Fears of a Marcos Government Courting China Are Overblown
Andrew Yeo and Enrico Gloria
Diplomat, 13 May 2022
30. Philippines’ presidential runner-up Robredo vows to fight on with ‘largest volunteer network’
Dana Batnag
Straits Times, 13 May 2022
31. The West Will Work With the Philippines’ Next President, Even If He Is a Dictator’s Son
Chad de Guzman
Time, 13 May 2022
Thailand
32. Thailand’s Battered Tourism Struggles To Rebuild
Vijitra Duangdee
ASEAN Post, 16 May 2022
33. Somkid pinpoints 6 concerns for Thailand’s economic recovery
Nation, 16 May 2022
Vietnam
34. What Does The US-ASEAN Special Summit Mean For Vietnam?
Dr. Rajaram Panda
Eurasia Review, 16 May 2022
35. Vietnamese delegation’s loose lips caught on video during US-ASEAN summit
Radio Free Asia, 16 May 2022
36. Remarks by PM Pham Minh Chinh at CSIS in Washington D.C
VietNamNet, 16 May 2022
37. Vietnam’s rice sector is the key to meeting methane reduction targets
Katherine M Nelson, Reiner Wassmann and Björn Ole Sander, International Rice Research Institute
East Asia Forum, 14 May 2022
38. HSBC predicts Vietnam’s inflation to be capped under 4 percent
VietNamNet, 14 May 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
39. ASEAN the key ground of competition in US-China’s Indo-Pacific strategies
He Jun is a partner, director of China Macro-Economic Research Team and senior researcher at ANBOUND
Jakarta Post, 17 May 2022
40. Longevity in question at US-ASEAN meet
A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil
Jakarta Post, 17 May 2022
41. Diplomacy is indispensable to manage the Mekong
Anoulak Kittikhoun
Interpreter, 16 May 2022
42. Scoring Biden’s ASEAN summit
Susannah Patton
Interpreter, 16 May 2022
43. Rethinking self-censorship in Southeast Asia’s media landscape
Fadhilah Fitri Primandari
New Mandala, 16 May 2022
44. Malaysian FM: ‘Junta should be more open to ASEAN proposals’
Radio Free Asia, 16 May 2022
45. ASEAN Health Ministers agree on mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccination certs
Bernama, 15 May 2022
46. Summit a good opening move as US steps up its game in South-east Asia
Nirmal Ghosh
Straits Times, 15 May 2022
47. Joint Vision Statement of The ASEAN-U.S. Special Summit, 2022
[8-page PDF document]
ASEAN Secretariat News, 14 May 2022
48. Is the Biden Administration Serious About ‘ASEAN Centrality’?
Xirui Li
Diplomat, 14 May 2022
49. US-Asean summit more a pledge of commitment than a showcase of substantive action
Tan Hui Yee
Straits Times, 14 May 2022
50. Middle-power security agreements help maintain regional maritime order
Rahul Mishra and Peter Brian M. Wang
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 13 May 2022
51. China slams planned US economic framework as Biden hosts SE Asian leaders
Radio Free Asia, 13 May 2022
52. Asean centrality – really?, India’s sudden FTA appetite
Ravi Velloor
Straits Times, 13 May 2022
53. ‘Special’ summit to show how important ASEAN is – or isn’t – to Biden
Tenggara, 13 May 2022
54. Joint Statement of the 25th ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting
[7-page PDF document]
ASEAN Secretariat News, 12 May 2022
Asia Pacific
55. Potential Economic Impact of COVID-19-Related School Closures
Asian Development Bank, 17 May 2022
56. AUKUS: More than meets the eye
Jada Fraser
Interpreter, 17 May 2022
57. U.S. Business Leaders Not Ready for the Next U.S.-China Crisis
Michael J. Green, Scott Kennedy
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 16 May 2022
58. US ‘biggest disruptor’ of China-ASEAN ties, with the South China Sea question in focus: GT survey
China Daily, 16 May 2022
59. ‘Indo-Pacific Economic Framework’ not a blessing to Asia
Khmer Times, 16 May 2022
60. Is the US creating an Indo-Pacific version of NATO to deter China?
Derrick A Paulo
Channel News Asia, 15 May 2022
61. COVID-19 Trade Challenges a Chance to Refresh Asia-Pacific Integration: Report
APEC, 14 May 2022
62. Stabilization of China-US relations probably the most likely scenario: US scholar
Global Times, 14 May 2022
East / South China Sea
63. China, ASEAN to hold South China Sea code of conduct talks this month
Radio Free Asia, 16 May 2022
Climate Change/Environment
64. FEATURE-In Indonesia, climate change takes a bite out of apple crops
Asad Asnawi
Reuters, 16 May 2022
Others
Media, Technology & Society
65. Social media could likely become key campaign platform: Bawaslu
Antara, 16 May 2022
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