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- No. 6: Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 10: Serina Rahman, Associate Fellow
- No. 15: Francis E. Hutchinson, Senior Fellow
- No. 34: 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
Cambodia
1. Cambodia takes lead in women’s employment in ASEAN
Charles Chau
HRM Asia, 19 October 2022
2. Construction at Cambodia’s Ream Picks Up Pace
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 18 October 2022
Indonesia
3. Indonesia: The Gulf monarchies’ new battleground
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat
Asia Sentinel, 19 October 2022
4. Ganjar Pranowo Ready to Run for President
Carlos Ky Paath
Jakarta Globe, 19 October 2022
5. Analysis: Ahead of Xi’s arrival, cost overrun has yet to be settled
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 19 October 2022
6. 印尼设国立孔教大学荆棘满途 [Setting up a National Confusius University in Indonesia is full of thorns]
廖建裕(Leo Suryadinata)
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 19 October 2022
7. Dirty metals for clean cars: Indonesian nickel could be key to EV battery industry
Erwida Maulia
Nikkei Asia, 19 October 2022
8. Indonesian police scandals show Jokowi needs reforms to repair trust, critics say
Resty Woro Yuniar
South China Morning Post, 19 October 2022
Malaysia
9. Student groups: 15 demands for GE15, including lifetime 5-term limit for MPs
Geraldine Tong
Malaysiakini, 19 October 2022
10. In Perak, a gateway for Harapan into Malay heartlands
Zikri Kamarulzaman
Malaysiakini, 19 October 2022
11. Rafizi may attract fence-sitters but risks party revolt, say observers
Alfian Z.M. Tahir
Malaysian Insight, 19 October 2022
12. Warisan wouldn’t contest in peninsula if not confident, party leader says
Noel Achariam
Malaysian Insight, 19 October 2022
13. PM: It’s for the people, not tycoons
Rahimy Rahim
Star, 19 October 2022
14. Taking aim with hot-button topics
Star, 19 October 2022
15. Malaysia’s elections – a two-level chess game?
[This is an edited version of an article first published in Fulcrum, the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute’s commentary and analysis website]
Francis E. Hutchinson is senior fellow and coordinator of the Malaysia
Straits Times, 19 October 2022
16. Malaysia GE2022: PAS decision makes race for Malay vote uncertain
Nadirah H. Rodzi
Straits Times, 19 October 2022
17. My Say: Policy changes that will attract investors
Yeo Eng Ping & Chan Vai Fong
Edge Markets, 18 October 2022
18. Topsy-turvy politics of PAS and the split opposition
Moaz Nair
Free Malaysia Today, 18 October 2022
19. 本报网络调查：尽管对政局动荡感失望 在新马国公民七成愿在来届大选投票 [Online Survey: 70% Malaysians in Singapore are willing to vote in the next general election despite being disappointed by the political turmoil]
姚博闻
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 18 October 2022
20. All in the family: Anwar in homecoming plan to ‘Malay, but safe’ Permatang Pauh?
Malaysia Now, 18 October 2022
21. PM: Use reports on Thomas’ book, Pulau Batu Puteh as ‘political ammo’
Malaysiakini, 18 October 2022
22. Borneo parties set to be kingmakers in Malaysia’s general election
Ram Anand
Straits Times, 18 October 2022
Myanmar
23. Myanmar’s Democrats Must Strive to Win Over China: Analyst
Irrawaddy, 19 October 2022
24. Myanmar Court Says Suu Kyi’s Last Corruption Trial to Go on
Bloomberg, 18 October 2022
25. Myanmar signs Middle Paunglaung Hydropower project with Russia
Eleven Myanmar, 18 October 2022
26. Contracts signed for Kyaukpyu SEZ in the past must be made into a win-win situation by keeping in mind the political sensitivities and mutual negotiations: SAC vice chair
Eleven Myanmar, 14 October 2022
Philippines
27. Controlling the Narrative: Historical Distortion and the Philippines
Nicolo Ludovice
Asia Sentinel, 18 October 2022
Singapore
28. Smart Powering India-Singapore Ties
P. S. Suryanarayana
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 18 October 2022
Vietnam
29. Doi moi’s time comes again for Vietnam
Guanie Lim, GRIPS & Chengwei Xu, NTU
East Asia Forum, 18 October 2022
30. With a global minimum tax, how will Vietnam keep investors?
VietNamNet, 18 October 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
31. Indonesia, Singapore discuss strengthening economic cooperation
Antara, 19 October 2022
32. Mekong countries seek post-COVID tourism rebound
VietNamNet, 18 October 2022
Asia Pacific
33. China’s digital inroads into the Middle East
John Calabrese
East Asia Forum, 19 October 2022
34. Why China is gaining an edge in emerging markets while the West tries to ‘impose hegemony on a shoestring’
Connor Mycroft
South China Morning Post, 19 October 2022
East/South China Sea
35. MARCOS JR. AND ASEAN: MINILATERALISM IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
Richard Javad Heydarian
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 18 October 2022
Climate Change/Environment
36. How ESG is transforming Southeast Asia’s tech game
Lauren Blasco & Neels Steyn
Jakarta Post, 19 October 2022
37. Australia and Singapore strike agreement to achieve net-zero
Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 18 October 2022
38. ‘Green hushing’ on the rise as companies keep climate plans from scrutiny
Financial Times, 18 October 2022
39. World’s top finance firms keep fueling deforestation in RI, Brazil, new study finds
Reuters
[Link to Report “Global Bank Policies ‘Dangerously Inadequate’“]
Jakarta Post, 18 October 2022
Others
Media, Technology & Society
40. Mainstream media still chief source, but influencers gain role in discourse
Krixia Subingsubing
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 19 October 2022
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