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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. 22: Wai Moe, Visiting Fellow
- No. 33: Joanne Lin, Lead Researcher
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. Why Did Cambodia’s Hun Sen Sue His Rival in a French Court?
David Hutt
Diplomat, 13 October 2022
Indonesia
2. MPR, Palace advisers mull indirect elections
Nur Janti
Jakarta Post, 14 October 2022
3. Indonesia draws line at Russian annexation
Yvette Tanamal
Jakarta Post, 14 October 2022
4. Indonesia’s stance on Uyghur is consistent, but questionable
Fitriani
Jakarta Post, 14 October 2022
5. Court vs politicians in pivotal Indonesia democracy test
John McBeth
Asia Times, 13 October 2022
6. As 2024 nears, Jakarta’s flooding becomes political
Fikri Harish
Jakarta Post, 13 October 2022
7. Indonesia’s China-funded rail project on track despite cost overrun
Yuddy Cahya Budiman
Reuters, 13 October 2022
Laos
8. Laos and ‘Xiplomacy’
Sribala Subramanian
Diplomat, 13 October 2022
Malaysia
9. Consider dissolving all assemblies in PH-led states, says Ramkarpal
Free Malaysia Today, 14 October 2022
10. Apa yang diperlukan PH untuk menang PRU15 [What PH needs to win GE15]
Faisal Tehrani
Free Malaysia Today, 14 October 2022
11. GE15: The peculiar case of Malaysia’s potentially limited election
Malay Mail Online, 14 October 2022
12. Parti Bersatu Sabah agrees to use new GRS logo for GE15 to show solidarity
Debra Chong
Malay Mail Online, 14 October 2022
13. BN will win GE unless voter turnout rises, say analysts
Ravin Palanisamy
Malaysian Insight, 14 October 2022
14. MTEM outlines demands for political parties to secure Malay votes
Mohamed Basyir
New Straits Times, 14 October 2022
15. Split over polls in Penang
Star, 14 October 2022
16. Uncertainty surrounds Malaysia’s state assemblies after dissolution of federal parliament
Rashvinjeet S Bedi
Channel News Asia, 13 October 2022
17. Putrajaya to proceed with sovereignty claims over Pulau Batu Puteh, says Ismail Sabri
Desmond Davidson
Malaysian Insight, 13 October 2022
18. Comment: Najib is behind bars, but can he still swing the M’sian general election his way?
James Chin
Mothership, 13 October 2022
19. Anwar leaves the door wide open but Fahmi slams it shut
Dawn Chan & Qistina Sallehuddin
New Straits Times, 13 October 2022
20. The biggest constituency is online
Aliza Shah, Iylia Marsya Iskandar & Junaid Ibrahim
Star, 13 October 2022
Myanmar
21. Navigating ASEAN-Myanmar Relations: The Phnom Penh Summit as a Critical Juncture for (Dis)Engagement
Wrenn Yennie Lindgren
Australian Institute of International Affairs, 14 October 2022
22. Commentary: Is Myanmar’s pivot to Russia pragmatic or ill-advised?
[This commentary first appeared in Fulcrum, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute’s commentary and analysis website]
Wai Moe, Visiting Fellow, ISEAS
Channel News Asia, 14 October 2022
23. Myanmar’s Brain Drain Grows Amid Chaos of Life Under Military Rule
Hein Htoo Zan
Irrawaddy, 14 October 2022
24. Another Sorry Week for Press Freedoms in Myanmar
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 13 October 2022
Philippines
25. China looks to maintain Philippines supply chain gains as Marcos Jnr pivots back to US
Ralph Jennings
South China Morning Post, 13 October 2022
Thailand
26. Democrats find Niphon replacement
Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post, 14 October 2022
27. Chart Pattana Kla Party ‘ready’ for general election as it unveils Chatichai statue
Nation, 13 October 2022
Vietnam
28. An additional $3.5 billion to be put into the economy
VietNamNet, 13 October 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
29. Long live ASEAN!
Sim Vireak
Asia Times, 14 October 2022
30. Post-Covid headwinds hit the region
Thitinan Pongsudhirak
Bangkok Post, 14 October 2022
31. Pyongyang’s missile tests weaken ASEAN’s hand on Myanmar
Phar Kim Beng
Jakarta Post, 14 October 2022
32. Cambodian PM calls on ASEAN to strengthen cooperation for socio-economic recovery from pandemic
Khmer Times, 14 October 2022
33. An arduous journey ahead for US envoy to Asean
[This is an edited version of an article first published in Fulcrum, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute’s commentary and analysis website]
Joanne Lin, Lead Researcher, ISEAS
Straits Times, 14 October 2022
34. Asean on talent hunt as China slows
Manoj Mathew
Khmer Times, 13 October 2022
35. Vietnam and Thailand abstain from UN vote to condemn Russia’s Ukraine annexation
Subel Rai Bhandari & Nontarat Phaicharoen
Radio Free Asia, 13 October 2022
36. Coronavirus: China, Philippines, and Indonesia are last Covid holdouts in Asia to unvaccinated travellers
South China Morning Post, 13 October 2022
Asia Pacific
37. Beijing’s Global Media Influence in Southeast Asia with BC Han
[30-minute Podcast]
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 13 October 2022
38. What Xi’s First Decade Tells Us About the Next
Jo Inge Bekkevold
Foreign Policy, 13 October 2022
39. Engaging China on Strategic Stability and Mutual Vulnerability
[34-page PDF document]
George Perkovich
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 12 October 2022
40. China Pathfinder: 2022 annual scorecard
GeoEconomics Center and Rhodium Group
Atlantic Council, 10 October 2022
Climate Change/Environment
41. Sea-level rise ‘may cross two metres by 2100’
[Link to ADB report “Sea-Level Change In the PacIfic Islands RegIon“]
SciDev Net
Eco-Business, 13 October 2022
42. How to get Asia to net zero
Economist, 13 October 2022
43. Thailand bets on coal despite long losing streak for communities
Kannikar Petchkaew
Mongabay, 13 October 2022
44. Retiring Indonesia’s coal plants early to cost $53b and boost green jobs, study finds
David Fogarty
Straits Times, 13 October 2022
Others
Belt & Road Initiative
45. Xi Jinping’s third term: After a decade of building the Belt and Road, where does China go from here?
Tho Xin Yi
Channel News Asia, 14 October 2022
46. New era of China’s Belt and Road Initiative will see less risk and more focus
Winston Mok
South China Morning Post, 13 October 2022
Global Economy
47. Worries over global financial stability mount
Davide Barbuscia & Lewis Krauskopf
Jakarta Post, 14 October 2022
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