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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. 5 : Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 11 : Lee Hwok Aun, Senior Fellow
- No. 23 : Aaron Kao, Senior Research Officer
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. Widodo for vice-president gets a big thumbs-down
John McBeth
Asia Times, 20 September 2022
2. Fuel price hike takes toll on Jokowi’s popularity
Dio Suhenda
Jakarta Post, 20 September 2022
3. Shift to electricity means shift to coal, critics warn
Vincent Fabian Thomas
Jakarta Post, 20 September 2022
4. Policymakers press ahead with plan to create yet another new province in Papua
Nur Janti
Jakarta Post, 20 September 2022
5. 甘扎尔竞选印尼总统仍有变数 [Ganjar’s bid for Indonesian presidency remains uncertain]
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, 20 September 2022
6. Ancaman Resesi Global dan Cara Indonesia Menghadapinya [Threat of global recession and how Indonesia is facing it]
Novita Intan, Lida Puspaningtyas
Republika, 20 September 2022
7. Indonesia parliament passes long-awaited data protection bill
Stanley Widianto
Star, 20 September 2022
Malaysia
8. Better to push for other safeguards, analyst tells Sabah, Sarawak
Free Malaysia Today, 20 September 2022
9. Only Umno supporters want early election, poll reveals
Mohd Farhan Darwis
Malaysian Insight, 20 September 2022
10. PH to contest all 45 state, 14 Parliament seats in Kelantan
Sharifah Mahsinah Abdullah
New Straits Times, 20 September 2022
11. Political chiefs in Asia fall but the authoritarian machinery is alive and well
Rohini Mohan
Straits Times, 20 September 2022
12. Sabah to launch Sabah Malaysia My Second Home programme
Bernama, 19 September 2022
13. Govt agrees to make GLC heads, judges declare assets
Free Malaysia Today, 19 September 2022
14. Sarawak opposition parties sign pact on GE15 seats
Free Malaysia Today, 19 September 2022
15. Johor Umno’s Hasni claims Kit Siang will contest Bakri in GE15 despite retirement
Ben Tan
Malay Mail Online, 19 September 2022
16. PAS politics of ‘sleeping with all’
Dr Rais Hussin is Emir Research CEO.
Malaysian Insight, 19 September 2022
17. Muda eyeing non-Pakatan seats in GE15
Raevathi Supramaniam
Malaysian Insight, 19 September 2022
18. Issues on dissolution of Parliament
Shad Saleem Faruqi
Star, 19 September 2022
Myanmar
19. ‘We are losing while we are selling’: junta policies bite businesses
Frontier Myanmar, 19 September 2022
20. Bangladesh-Myanmar Border Tensions Must Be De-escalated
Dr. Arpita Hazarika
Geopolitical Monitor, 19 September 2022
21. Targeted sanctions on arms sales key to ending violence in Myanmar: observers
Radio Free Asia, 19 September 2022
Philippines
22. Marcos: I cannot see PH future without US as partner
Daphne Galvez
Inquirer, 20 September 2022
Singapore
23. Sentosa ex-military site that has fallen into ruin to be given lifeline
Ng Keng Gene
Straits Times, 18 September 2022
Thailand
24. Thaksin, 16 years on: Coup was a stab in the back
Bangkok Post, 19 September 2022
Vietnam
25. Still a distant dream
VietNamNet, 20 September 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
26. Rising S Korea deepens ties with Asean
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Bangkok Post, 20 September 2022
27. Care vital for energy deal
Bangkok Post, 20 September 2022
28. RMB usage in ASEAN countries continues to grow
Khmer Times, 20 September 2022
29. Saifuddin pushes Asean to review peace plan as UN mulls Myanmar action
Malaysiakini, 20 September 2022
Asia Pacific
30. Aukus’ real threat to Asean is not nuclear-powered submarines, but dreams of Western empire
Daryl Guppy
South China Morning Post, 20 September 2022
31. SCO leaders hail unity yet struggle to find common ground at Samarkand summit
Theo Normanton
South China Morning Post, 20 September 2022
32. Despite Difficulties, SCO Underscores Growing Indian, Chinese and Russian Convergence
Mohamed Zeeshan
Diplomat, 19 September 2022
33. Regional financial integration is unfinished business
Yu Yongding, CASS
East Asia Forum, 19 September 2022
Climate Change/Environment
34. Fossil fuel reserves contain 3.5 tn tonnes of CO2: database
[Link to the Global Registry of Fossil Fuel Emissions]
Khmer Times, 20 September 2022
35. 225 Million Displacements in Asia and Pacific Due to Disasters, As Impact of Climate Change Deepens, Says New ADB Report
Asian Development Bank, 19 September 2022
36. How carbon markets can help Malaysia achieve its climate targets
McKinsey & Co., 19 September 2022
Others
Global Powers
37. The US and India: Democracy and Strategic Autonomy
Raymond E. Vickery, Jr.t
Diplomat, 18 September 2022
Media, Technology & Society
38. FEATURE-Activists fear rising surveillance from Asia’s Digital Silk Road
Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Reuters, 19 September 2022
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