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- No. 27: Termsak Chalermpalanupap, Visiting Fellow
- No. 31: William Choong and Hoang Thi Ha, Senior Fellows
- No. 34: William Choong and Hoang Thi Ha, Senior Fellows
- No. 36: Ian Storey, Senior Fellow, and The State of Southeast Asia Survey 2023
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. Indonesia, China to strengthen trade, investment cooperation
Antara, 23 February 2023
2. Indonesia presidential race: A possible frontrunner, West Java governor says he will back Golkar pick
Nivell Rayda
Channel News Asia, 23 February 2023
3. Plan to create one military command in each province faces pushback
Yerica Lai and Fikri Harish
Jakarta Post, 23 February 2023
4. Indonesia Still Has 68 Unexplored Oil and Gas Basins
Jayanty Nada Shofa
Jakarta Globe, 22 February 2023
5. The Dutch are not guilty of war crimes in Indonesia?
Marjolein van Pagee
Jakarta Post, 22 February 2023
6. Jokowi seeks support from China for Indonesia’s new capital
Nana Shibata and Ismi Damayanti
Nikkei Asia, 22 February 2023
7. Pakar Ilmu Politik: Perubahan Sistem Pemilu Seharusnya Diterapkan untuk Pemilu 2029 [Political Science Expert: Changes to the Electoral System Should Be Implemented for the 2029 Election]
Republika, 22 February 2023
Malaysia
8. Bersih: Voter turnout in six state polls could be below 60pc, announce voting day early as solution
Ida Lim
Malay Mail Online, 23 February 2023
9. Najib’s son Nazif to contest Langkawi Umno division chief post
Ben Tan
Malay Mail Online, 23 February 2023
10. PAS Youth’s ‘war’ parade could let Anwar govt burnish moderation credentials, analysts say
R. Loheswar
Malay Mail Online, 23 February 2023
11. 71 pct of EPF contributors aged 55 and below do not have enough to rise above poverty level
Suzalina Halid
New Straits Times, 23 February 2023
12. Hajiji rises to be the Sabah power
Durie Rainer Fong
Star, 23 February 2023
13. Six Malaysia states set for July polls after multi-party talks
Ram Anand
Straits Times, 23 February 2023
14. 我国民主制度致命弱点 [The Achilles’ heel of our democratic system]
黄子豪
星洲网, 23 February 2023
15. Gerakan unmoved: A stale and static tale
Praba Ganesan
Malay Mail Online, 22 February 2023
16. Mengubah optik perjalanan Dewan Rakyat [Changing the optics of the Dewan Rakyat journey]
Fakhrurrazi Rashid
Malaysian Insight, 22 February 2023
17. Govt to set up information commission, says Ramkarpal
Malaysian Insight, 22 February 2023
18. Anwar’s corruption-busting campaign opens up a Pandora’s box of greed
MySinchew, 22 February 2023
Myanmar
19. Myanmar declares martial law in three more towns
Star, 23 February 2023
20. ‘My son’s future comes first’: Debating the boycott
Frontier Myanmar, 22 February 2023
21. Chinese Envoy’s Visits Signal Growing Tensions With US Over Myanmar
Irrawaddy, 22 February 2023
22. Oil, biggest single Myanmar import this financial year
Mizzima, 22 February 2023
23. India is keeping close ties with Myanmar, even transferring weapons, NGOs say
Radio Free Asia, 22 February 2023
Philippines
24. European legislators meet Philippine senators in ‘tense’ briefing on Duterte drug war
Aie Balagtas See
Benar News, 22 February 2023
Thailand
25. Ruling ‘won’t affect poll date’
Mongkol Bangprapa & Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 23 February 2023
26. Prayuth plays Thai poll timing guessing game in reelection bid
Marwaan Macan-Markar
Nikkei Asia, 23 February 2023
27. 泰国3月解散国会5月大选 佩通坦民调遥遥领先 [Thailand to dissolve parliament in March for May election, Paetongtarn far ahead in polls]
China Press, 22 February 2023
Timor-Leste
28. Gusmão, Alkatiri and Greater Sunrise: Timor-Leste calls parliamentary election
Parker Novak
Interpreter, 23 February 2023
Vietnam
29. Should Vietnam rescue the real estate market?
VietNamNet, 22 February 2023
30. HCM City pledges to remove bottlenecks for foreign businesses
Voice of Vietnam, 22 February 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
31. Commentary: Southeast Asia has big concerns but limited choices in case of a Taiwan conflict
[Originally published on Fulcrum.sg as “Southeast Asians Mull Over a Taiwan Conflict: Big Concerns But Limited Choices”]
William Choong and Hoang Thi Ha
Channel News Asia, 23 February 2023
32. Singapore temporarily halts development and reclamation near Batu Puteh after Malaysia’s protest, says foreign minister
Zarrah Morden
Malay Mail Online, 23 February 2023
33. PacNet #15 – For India and ASEAN, an opportune reorientation
Shristi Pukhrem
Pacific Forum, 23 February 2023
34. Testing S-E Asia’s reaction to a Taiwan conflict
[Originally published on Fulcrum.sg as “Southeast Asians Mull Over a Taiwan Conflict: Big Concerns But Limited Choices”]
William Choong and Hoang Thi Ha
Straits Times, 23 February 2023
35. Malay facilitator: BRN agrees to other Thai Deep South groups in talks
Muzliza Mustafa and Nisha David
Benar News, 22 February 2023
36. 物价上涨，但对东南亚而言，乌克兰战争还很遥远 [Prices rise, but for Southeast Asia, the Ukraine war remains distant]
[Link to The State of Southeast Asia: 2023 Survey Report]
Pime Asia News, 22 February 2023
37. Asean must not be forced to pick sides, Indonesia says during visit by China’s Qin Gang
Resty Woro Yuniar
South China Morning Post, 22 February 2023
Asia Pacific
38. US Is ‘Watching Closely’ to See Whether China Gives Russia Lethal Aid
Iain Marlow
Bloomberg, 22 February 2023
39. Xi the Survivor: How Washington Overestimates Chinese Weakness
Christopher Johnson
Foreign Affairs, 22 February 2023
40. Aukus pact, rare earth production will keep Australia self-reliant, Albanese says
Su-Lin Tan
South China Morning Post, 22 February 2023
41. China’s Checkbook Diplomacy Has Bounced
Christina Lu
Foreign Policy, 21 February 2023
East/South China Sea
42. South China Sea: China faces hard choices as US support for rivals grows
Mark J. Valencia
South China Morning Post, 23 February 2023
Climate Change/Environment
43. Indonesia launches carbon trading mechanism for coal power plants
Business Times, 22 February 2023
44. Many Indonesians still misunderstand climate change – so how can we change this?
Brurce Muhammad Mecca, Senior Analyst, Climateworks Centre
Conversation, 22 February 2023
45. Most Malaysians favour reducing emissions, but lack faith in climate action
Samantha Ho
Eco-Business, 22 February 2023
46. The Unexpected Climate Impact of Russia’s War in Ukraine
Ciara Nugent
Time, 22 February 2023
47. ASEAN’s Natural Gas Demand to More Than Double in 2050
Jayanty Nada Shofa
Jakarta Globe, 21 February 2023
Others
Media, Technology & Society
48. Issues & Insights Vol. 23, WP2 – Digital China: The Strategy and Its Geopolitical Implications [44-page PDF document]
David Dorman & John Hemmings
Pacific Forum, 22 February 2023
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