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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. Cambodia’s Ecosystem for Technology Startups
Asian Development Bank, 30 June 2022
Indonesia
2. Jokowi offers to relay Zelenskyy’s message to Putin
Antara, 30 June 2022
3. Indonesia, Japan discuss investment, industry cooperation
Antara, 30 June 2022
4. 佐科能成为俄乌战争和事佬？ [Can Joko be a peacemaker in the Russian-Ukrainian war?]
廖建裕是新加坡尤索夫伊萨东南亚研究院 资深访问研究员 南洋理工大学拉惹勒南国际研究院兼任教授
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 30 June 2022
5. Menteri Perdagangan absen dari agenda penting WTO karena reshuffle, apa yang Indonesia lewatkan? [The Minister of Trade is absent from the WTO’s important agenda because of the reshuffle, what is Indonesia missing?
Rizky Banyualam Permana, Junior Lecturer, Department Of International Law; Researcher, Center For International Law Studies & Legal Center For International Trade & Investment, Universitas Indonesia
Conversation, 29 June 2022
6. We need to talk! Art, offence and politics in Documenta 15
Wulan Dirgantoro And Elly Kent
New Mandala, 29 June 2022
7. Hasil Survei Poltracking Indonesia di Jatim Cerminkan Calon Pemilih di Indonesia Timur [Results of Poltracking Indonesia survey in East Java reflect Eastern Indonesian voters’ choice of candidates]
Republika, 29 June 2022
Laos
8. Gas graft: smugglers defraud Laos of taxes on 700 million liters a year
Radio Free Asia, 29 June 2022
Malaysia
9. 马哈迪语出惊人剑指何方？ [Who are Mahathir’s sharp words aimed at?]
胡逸山是新加坡国际事务学会（研究所）高级研究员 马来西亚太平洋研究中心首席顾问
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 30 June 2022
10. Report: Dr Mahathir says he may defend Langkawi seat in GE15 if no suitable Pejuang candidate forthcoming
Dineskumar Ragu
Malay Mail Online, 30 June 2022
11. Report: Tajuddin is ‘old and irrelevant’, says Umno Youth chief
Shahrin Aizat Noorshahrizam
Malay Mail Online, 30 June 2022
12. Unlikely out-of-favour Tajuddin can keep Pasir Salak without Umno’s backing, say analysts
John Bunyan
Malay Mail Online, 30 June 2022
13. COMMENT | A thorough revision is required to reflect the actual inflation rate
Jason Loh & Amanda Yeo
Malaysiakini, 30 June 2022
14. Prices of bottled cooking oil to soar 40% as subsidy ends
Ravin Palanisamy
Malaysian Insight, 30 June 2022
15. Over RM70 billion in subsidies to help with rising goods, food prices
New Straits Times, 30 June 2022
16. Prices of chicken and eggs go up
Tarrence Tan
Star, 30 June 2022
17. PM: State, district food security committees to be set up for synergy in implementation
Malay Mail Online, 28 June 2022
18. I’ll quit as PBS president in three years or earlier, says Ongkili
Malay Mail Online, 28 June 2022
Myanmar
19. Myanmar downgrades diplomatic ties with Australia, Brunei and Germany
Eleven Myanmar, 29 June 2022
20. ‘They are our revolution partners’: TNLA general secretary
Frontier Myanmar, 29 June 2022
21. Myanmar one of the 10 ‘worst countries for working people’
[Link to the Global Rights Index 2022]
Mizzima, 29 June 2022
22. Myanmar’s civil war and the myth of military victory
Andrew Selth
Asialink, 28 June 2022
Philippines
23. Philippines’ food and energy crises, China oil deal to greet Marcos Jnr as he takes office
Raissa Robles
South China Morning Post, 30 June 2022
24. Incoming Philippines finance secretary wants to put his country back on a growth track
Sumathi Bala
CNBC, 29 June 2022
25. Marcos Jr. is Steering the Philippines Towards a Foreign Policy Reset
Richard Javad Heydarian
Diplomat, 29 June 2022
26. Nobel laureate Maria Ressa vows to fight Philippines order shutting Rappler site
Guardian, 29 June 2022
Singapore
27. Singapore’s Leadership Transition Comes at a Challenging Time
Prashanth Parameswaran
World Politics Review, 29 June 2022
Thailand
28. PM calls for unity among Thais
Bangkok Post, 30 June 2022
29. Thai Rice Demand Predicted to Rise as Ukraine War Continues
Steve Sandford
VOA, 29 June 2022
Vietnam
30. Ministry listens to firms’ difficulties, pledges to raise support
VietNamNet, 29 June 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
31. Singapore’s Ecosystem for Technology Startups and Lessons for Its Neighbors
Asian Development Bank, 30 June 2022
32. VIDEO: Asean committed to RCEP’s effective implementation, says Sophea
[A 31-minute video]
Khmer Times, 29 June 2022
33. Second trip to Myanmar minus key stakeholders underway for ASEAN Envoy
Radio Free Asia, 29 June 2022
34. The future of the ASEAN Economic Community
Wendi Wiliyanto
Asia & the Pacific Policy Society, 28 June 2022
Asia Pacific
35. The IPEF gains momentum but lacks market access
Arasasingham And Emily Benson, Csis
East Asia Forum, 30 June 2022
36. Can IPEF Outweigh India’s Over Dependency On China For Supply Chain?
Subrata Majumder
Eurasia Review, 30 June 2022
37. The high costs of disengagement for China
George Magnus
Free Malaysia Today, 30 June 2022
38. Kishida, Yoon debut at NATO, casting shadow on Asian peace
Wang Qi
Global Times, 30 June 2022
39. Nato leaders say China is a ‘systemic challenge to Euro-Atlantic security’
Priyanka Shankar
South China Morning Post, 30 June 2022
40. The Geopolitics of Hydrogen in the Indo-Pacific Region
Jane Nakano
[A 74-page PDF document]
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 29 June 2022
41. US-led security push in Asia leaves trade as an optional extra
Alan Beattie
Financial Times, 29 June 2022
42. Rice Is Saving Asia as Ukraine War Drives Up Food Prices
Jon Emont & Suryatapa Bhattacharya
Wall Street Journal, 29 June 2022
43. From Maritime Quad to Tech Quintet
Ryan Fedasiuk and Elliot Silverberg
The National Bureau of Asian Research, 28 June 2022
44. BTI Transformation Index 2022 – Asia and Oceania: Between Regression and Resilience
[A 22-page PDF report]
Aurel Croissant and Christoph Trinn*
BTI Transformation Index, 14 July 1905
East/South China Sea
45. Has the South China Sea become a nuclear playground?
Taufik Rachmat Nugraha And Ridha Aditya Nugraha
Jakarta Post, 30 June 2022
Climate Change/Environment
46. Financing the Blue Economy: Investments in Sustainable Blue Small–Medium Enterprises and Projects in Asia and the Pacific
Asian Development Bank, 30 June 2022
47. Global South metropolises 10 times more likely to be affected by flooding than rich cities: study
Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez
Eco-Business, 30 June 2022
48. The G7 Summit 2022: A Recap of the 48th G7 Meeting and Where Leaders Failed
Viktor Tachev
Energy Tracker Asia, 30 June 2022
49. Capturing growth in Asia’s emerging EV ecosystem
Rod Farmer, Rahul Gupta, Vivek Lath, and Nimal Manuel
McKinsey & Co., 30 June 2022
50. Rare earth mining in Malaysia’s Perak forest raises environmental and health concerns
Choy Myn
Eco-Business, 29 June 2022
51. Will Oil-Producing Countries Remain Stable in a Decarbonising World
Viktor Tachev
Energy Tracker Asia, 29 June 2022
52. Selain menambah ketegangan, Pakta AUKUS bisa perburuk risiko pencemaran laut dari kapal selam nuklir [Besides adding to tension, the AUKUS Pact could exacerbate the risk of marine pollution from nuclear submarines]
Taufik Rachmat Nugraha, Research Fellow at the Indonesian Centre For The Law Of The Sea (iclos), Universitas Padjadjaran
Conversation, 28 June 2022
Others
Food Security
53. Global Food Supply Chain Needs to Return to Normal: Jokowi at G7 Summit
Jayanty Nada Shofa
Jakarta Globe, 28 June 2022
Group of 20 (G-20)
54. New Normal, New Technologies, New Financing
[Link to a 164-page PDF report]
Edited by Lili Yan Ing and Dani Rodrik
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 22 June 2022
Media, Technology & Society
55. COMMENT | TikTok – the next political battleground
Syahredzan Johan
Malaysiakini, 30 June 2022
56. The CCP’s information campaign targeting rare earths and Australian company Lynas
Albert Zhang
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 29 June 2022
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