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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.
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 unemployment rate lowest in Asean
Kang Sothear
Khmer Times, 21 July 2022
Indonesia
2. RI seeks to boost transport connectivity along border with Timor Leste
Antara, 21 July 2022
3. Regresi Demokrasi dan Resentralisasi [Democratic regression and recentralisation] (3)
Azyumardi Azra
Republika, 21 July 2022
4. Home Minister tells regional heads to enact policies favorable to MSME
Antara, 20 July 2022
5. The Indonesia Investment Authority: Jokowi’s trouble-shooter?
Kyunghoon Kim
Interpreter, 20 July 2022
6. The Indonesian Armed Forces’ Involvement in Counterterrorism: Pondering Beyond the Established Debates
Chaula R. Anindya
Stratsea, 18 July 2022
Laos
7. Laos’ Debt-Fueled Economy Is Going Up in Smoke
Joshua Kurlantzick
World Politics Review, 21 July 2022
Malaysia
8. Sabah’s tumultuous history of competing claims
Joe Samad
Free Malaysia Today, 21 July 2022
9. Holding Umno polls now won’t derail push for GE15, says analyst
Robin Augustin
Free Malaysia Today, 21 July 2022
10. PKR falling into ‘Umno trap’, analysts say as Indian representation declines
Ahmad Mustakim Zulkifli
Malaysia Now, 21 July 2022
11. B40 group could become B60 due to inflation, rising cost of living
B40 group could become B60 due to inflation, rising cost of living
New Straits Times, 21 July 2022
12. KL’s austerity drive hurts election prospects despite record subsidy bill
Shannon Teoh
Straits Times, 21 July 2022
13. Rafizi ketuai jentera PRU [Rafizi to lead GE machinery]
Mahani Ishak
Berita Harian (Malaysia), 20 July 2022
14. Tiga senario dijangka jadi pencetus kemelut dalam PKR [Three scenarios expected to trigger crisis in PKR]
Dr Mohammad Tawfik Yaakub adalah Pensyarah Kanan Jabatan Pengajian Pentadbiran dan Politik, Universiti Malaya (UM)
Berita Harian (Malaysia), 20 July 2022
15. PIRECFS to become guidelines for planning, physical development of forests within Peninsular
Bernama, 20 July 2022
16. Ex-AG Thomas’ letter the backbone of decision threatening seizure of Malaysia’s wealth abroad
Malaysia Now, 20 July 2022
17. Malaysia won’t budge ‘an inch’ over Sabah as Philippine heirs chase US$15 billion claim
Hadi Azmi
South China Morning Post, 20 July 2022
Myanmar
18. Military-Ruled Myanmar Facing Second Year of Negative Growth
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 20 July 2022
19. Regime’s Foreign Currency Restrictions Push Myanmar Towards Bankruptcy
Irrawaddy, 20 July 2022
Philippines
20. Why the Philippines Is So Vulnerable to Food Inflation
Trinh Nguyen
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 13 July 2022
Singapore
21. Johor plays crucial role in maintaining close link between S’pore and Malaysia: PM Lee
Malavika Menon
Straits Times, 20 July 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
22. ASEAN special envoy plans third trip to Myanmar; hopes to use Aung San Suu Kyi’s influence to end violence
[Link to 7-minute video]
Leong Wai Kit
Channel News Asia, 21 July 2022
23. The centrality of the East Asia Summit under challenge
Gurjit Singh is a former Indian ambassador to ASEAN.
Jakarta Post, 21 July 2022
24. On the 25th anniversary of the Asian financial crisis, is once-saviour China the new worry?
Ravi Velloor
Straits Times, 21 July 2022
Asia Pacific
25. Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2022 Supplement: Recovery Faces Diverse Challenges
[15-page PDF document]
Asian Development Bank, 21 July 2022
26. Education best bet for Quad to win Asean ‘brownie points’
Yanitha Meena
Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, 20 July 2022
27. Reject CPTPP, stay out of New Cold War
Anis Chowdhury is Adjunct Professor, Western Sydney University and University of New South Wales, Australia. Jomo Kwame Sundaram was an economics professor and United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development.
Sinchew 星洲网, 20 July 2022
28. Emerging Giants in Asia
83-page PDF report
KPMG China, 18 July 2022
Climate Change/Environment
29. Best Technology Solutions For Climate Change Mitigation
Eric Koons
Energy Tracker Asia, 21 July 2022
30. Indonesia’s next world-class export: Coastal carbon stocks
Elshinta Suyoso-Marsden is a Climate Reality Indonesia and Global Corps UK leader at the Climate Reality Project and the founder of the Perpetual Ocean Foundation, where Bill Marsden is chief technical advisor.
Jakarta Post, 21 July 2022
31. Technology and Climate Change: Taking a Look At the Policy Gap
Eric Koons
Energy Tracker Asia, 18 July 2022
Others
Media, Technology & Society
32. Enhancing Asean access to finance with digital banknote
[This is an edited version of an article first published in Fulcrum, the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute’s commentary and news analysis site.]
Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy
Straits Times, 21 July 2022
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