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- No. 7: Ooi Kee Beng, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 15: James Chai, Visiting Fellow
- No. 20: Norshahril Saat, Senior Fellow
- No. 37: Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow
- No. 39: David Arase, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 46: Jayant Menon, Senior Fellow
- No. 49: 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
Indonesia
1. My Say: Good things in store for Indonesia, the quiet outperformer
Manu Bhaskaran
Edge Markets, 28 October 2022
2. Indonesian internet ‘partly free’: Global report
A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil
Jakarta Post, 28 October 2022
3. Indonesia plans to build electricity connectivity in SE Asia
VietNamPlus, 27 October 2022
4. Sri Mulyani: Indonesia could benefit from G7 price cap on Russian oil
Fadhil Haidar Sulaeman
Jakarta Post, 26 October 2022
5. Social Conflict in Indonesia During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict, 25 October 2022
6. Govt considers banning tin ingot exports, experts unconvinced
Divya Karyza
Jakarta Post, 25 October 2022
Malaysia
7. My Say: A deeply transformed political landscape calls for confident voters
[The title “Catharsis: A Second Chance for Democracy in Malaysia” was mentioned in the article]
Ooi Kee Beng, Visiting Senior Fellow
Edge Markets, 28 October 2022
8. Most retailers bracing for gloomy 2023, says SME association
Clara Ferreira Marques
Free Malaysia Today, 28 October 2022
9. Step down as Muda president, don’t contest in GE15, Syed Saddiq told
Free Malaysia Today, 28 October 2022
10. Syed Saddiq ordered to enter defence over CBT, money laundering charges
V Anbalagan
Free Malaysia Today, 28 October 2022
11. Know your place, you’re not bigger than the party, Zahid tells Umno’s GE15 candidates
Keertan Ayamany
Malay Mail Online, 28 October 2022
12. Loke: DAP has a long-term plan to court rural Malay voters
Geraldine Tong & Low Choon Chyuan
Malaysiakini, 28 October 2022
13. Perak Amanah to field over 50pct new faces for GE15
Isabelle Leong
Malaysiakini, 28 October 2022
14. Thunderous applause echoes across Tambun but is Anwar singing to the choir?
Isabelle Leong
Malaysiakini, 28 October 2022
15. Vote to stave off another leadership flop
Eric Loo
Malaysiakini, 28 October 2022
16. PAS facing herculean task in Bangi
Mohd Farhan Darwis
Malaysian Insight, 28 October 2022
17. GE15: ‘Burdensome’ postal voting system likely to affect overseas votes
Star, 28 October 2022
18. GE15: Miri seat set for three-cornered fight
Star, 28 October 2022
19. Persiapan awal, keperibadian Ismail Sabri bonus buat BN [Early preparation, Ismail Sabri’s personality bonus for BN]
Datuk Dr Wan Hashim Wan Teh adalah Profesor Emeritus di Fakulti Pengajian dan Pengurusan Pertahanan, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM)
Berita Harian (Malaysia), 27 October 2022
20. Five hot-button issues likely to feature during Malaysia’s GE15 campaigning
Aqil Haziq Mahmud
Channel News Asia, 27 October 2022
21. Dr Mahathir says already in GE15 talks with Perikatan, still awaiting Pakatan response
Radzi Razak
Malay Mail Online, 27 October 2022
22. GE15: DAP’s Chin Tong almost certain to replace Kit Siang for Iskandar Puteri, say sources
Ben Tan
Malay Mail Online, 27 October 2022
23. PRU15: Perspektif baharu meyakinkan pengundi [GE15: new perspectives to convince voters]
Fakhrurrazi Rashid
Malaysian Insight, 27 October 2022
24. 安华竞选打扪议席 [Anwar’s contest in Tambun]
刘哲伟目前在国际伊斯兰大学政治学系任职助理教授。
Malaysian Insight, 27 October 2022
25. Young first-timers: are these people the GE15 kingmakers?
Choo Joon Kian
Sinchew 星洲网, 27 October 2022
26. 行动党进军马来区的积极意义 [The significance of DAP’s entry into Malay areas]
郑名烈
Sinchew 星洲网, 27 October 2022
27. GE15: GTA to field Dr M in Langkawi, Mukhriz in Jerlun
Tarrence Tan
Star, 27 October 2022
Myanmar
28. West needs to pay for Myanmar military defections
David Hutt
Asia Times, 27 October 2022
29. Junta meddling removes shine from domestic gem trade
Frontier Myanmar, 27 October 2022
30. China Myanmar Economic Corridor at crucial crossroad after China’s CCP Congress?
Andre Wheeler
Mizzima, 26 October 2022
Thailand
31. Deputy premier hopeful for 2023
Yuthana Praiwan & Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Bangkok Post, 28 October 2022
32. Pre-APEC, Thai PM touts infrastructure, EVs and bank reform
Dominic Faulder
Nikkei Asia, 27 October 2022
Vietnam
33. Climate change and dams force older residents to leave Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Nhung Nguyen
Eco-Business, 27 October 2022
34. 促进越中两国关系迈上新台阶 [Promote Vietnam-China relations to a new level]
吴俊达是越南之声广播电台驻京机构记者
Huanqiu 环球网, 27 October 2022
35. Vietnam approves national planning for 2021 – 2030
VietNamNet, 27 October 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
36. ASEAN to engage with Myanmar opposition: RI
Yvette Tanamal
Jakarta Post, 28 October 2022
37. 亚细安外长特别会议：应对缅甸定落实五点共识时间表 [ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Extraordinary Meeting: Set a timetable for the implementation of the five-point consensus in Myanmar]
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 28 October 2022
38. ASEAN sticks to failed peace plan despite ongoing bloodshed in Myanmar
Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata
Radio Free Asia, 27 October 2022
39. China’s pivot to national security impacts S-E Asia
Goh Sui Noi
Straits Times, 27 October 2022
40. Thai, Lao PMs to lay foundation stone for new Mekong bridge
Nation, 26 October 2022
41. How American Firms Give the US an Edge Over China in Southeast Asia
Phuong Pham
Diplomat, 25 October 2022
Asia Pacific
42. China’s ‘sharp, uncharacteristic’ economic slowdown to drag on Asian growth, IMF says
Agence France-Presse
South China Morning Post, 28 October 2022
43. COVID-19 and the Deployment of Labor Migrants from Asia: Lessons Learned and Ways Forward
Asian Development Bank, 27 October 2022
44. A Decade of US ‘Pivot to Asia’
Anushka Saxena
Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, 27 October 2022
45. China renews commitment to ‘deepening reform’ in bid to join CPTPP Asia-Pacific trade pact
Orange Wang
South China Morning Post, 27 October 2022
46. Yusof Ishak Institute’s Menon on Sovereign Default Wave [6-minute video]
Bloomberg, 24 October 2022
Climate Change/Environment
47. Indonesia will not sacrifice forests for solar energy: ministry
Antara, 27 October 2022
48. COP27 and the Importance of Climate Change Adaptation to Asia and the Pacific
Asian Development Bank, 27 October 2022
49. Russia Is Set to Lose the Energy War It Started
[Link to ISEAS Perspective 2022/103 “A Ground-Up Approach to Climate-Resilient Agriculture in Southeast Asia”]
Bloomberg, 27 October 2022
50. Decarbonising India: Charting a pathway for sustainable growth
Rajat Gupta, Divy Malik, Shirish Sankhe & Naveen Unni
McKinsey & Co., 27 October 2022
51. You Can Now Find Out How Climate Change Is Affecting Today’s Temperature
Alejandro De La Garza
Time, 27 October 2022
52. The Selfish Case for Climate Justice
Justin Worland
Time, 27 October 2022
Others
G20
53. In Asia’s ‘summit month’, Biden will attend only G-20 meet
Nirmal Ghosh
Straits Times, 28 October 2022
Media, Technology & Society
54. Southeast Asia’s Data Localization Push is a Double-Edged Sword
Xirui Li
Diplomat, 28 October 2022
55. Drowning in GE15 social media messages
A. Kathirasen
Free Malaysia Today, 28 October 2022
56. As political discourse heats up on social media, young voters learn to block noise
Fikri Harish
Jakarta Post, 28 October 2022
57. #UndiRosak: The ultimate ‘syiok sendiri’?
Alwyn Lau
Malay Mail Online, 28 October 2022
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