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- No. 21: Mohd Faizal Bin Musa, Visiting Fellow
- No. 32: Le Hong Hiep, Senior Fellow
- No. 33: Le Hong Hiep, Senior Fellow
- No. 34: Le Hong Hiep, Senior Fellow
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 opposition leader jailed for treason
AFP
Bangkok Post, 3 March 2023
Indonesia
2. Indonesia in big flip-flop on floating LNG technology
Asia Times, 3 March 2023
3. Outrage after Court Orders Election Delay in Favor of Unknown Party
Jakarta Globe, 3 March 2023
4. Jokowi administration, Megawati call for election process to continue
Jakarta Post, 3 March 2023
5. KPU to push ahead with 2024 balloting despite ruling to delay election
Reuters
Jakarta Post, 3 March 2023
6. Women, youth are ‘unseen leaders’ in rural Indonesia
SciDev Net
Eco-Business, 2 March 2023
Malaysia
7. Umno polls: Eight candidates vying for VP posts, including surprise unknown from Iskandar Puteri
Bernama, 3 March 2023
8. 100 days: Between no-tie culture, Malaysia MADANI and Asian Tiger
Bernama, 3 March 2023
9. Survey may be flawed, but Umno shouldn’t ignore sentiment, say academics
Jason Thomas
Free Malaysia Today, 3 March 2023
10. Terengganu bars politicians from giving religious lectures in mosques, suraus
Free Malaysia Today, 3 March 2023
11. Mahathir to take over as Putra president?
Malaysiakini, 3 March 2023
12. COMMENT | How amendments to Constitution affected redelineation
Danesh Prakash Chacko
Malaysiakini, 3 March 2023
13. Anwar needs to win Malays over, say analysts
Mohd Farhan Darwis
Malaysian Insight, 3 March 2023
14. Govt wants to empower Malaysians by removing bankruptcy status, economists say
Alfian Z.M. Tahir
Malaysian Insight, 3 March 2023
15. Sabah BN moves to mend fences with GRS
Star, 3 March 2023
16. Pejuang not a game changer for Perikatan, say analysts
Star, 3 March 2023
17. Taking the Measure of Anwar Ibrahim
Murray Hunter
Asia Sentinel, 2 March 2023
18. Wan Rosdy, Ismail Sabri among six UMNO division chiefs elected unopposed in Pahang
Bernama, 2 March 2023
19. Malaysian jailed ex-leader Najib acquitted of audit tampering charge
Channel Newsasia, 2 March 2023
20. Group pushes for race, religious hate law
Desmond Davidson
Malaysian Insight, 2 March 2023
21. Anwar Ibrahim memimpin Asean [Anwar Ibrahim leads Asean]
Mohd Faizal Musa atau Faisal Tehrani bertugas sebagai felo di Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu (UKM), Felo Pelawat di ISEAS-Yusuf Ishak dan Bersekutu untuk sebuah projek di bawah Weatherhead Center, Universiti Harvard.
Malaysian Insight, 2 March 2023
Myanmar
22. Book review: Lessons from Myanmar’s failed peace process
[This book “Winning By Process” is available at ISEAS Library.]
Nikkei Asia, 3 March 2023
23. 13 Crony Parties Keen to Contest Myanmar Junta’s Proposed Election
Irrawaddy, 2 March 2023
24. Only Civilian Govt Can Deliver Stability, Myanmar’s NUG Tells China
Irrawaddy, 2 March 2023
25. Myanmar Diaspora in US Calling for No-Fly Zone Over Myanmar
[Link to Myanmar Air Strikes against Civilians as Acts of Terrorism]
VOA, 2 March 2023
Philippines
26. Philippine defense chief says U.S. base deal not aimed at war
Cliff Venzon
Nikkei Asia, 3 March 2023
Thailand
27. Late convert to democracy
Bangkok Post, 3 March 2023
28. Prayut running down clock to aid UTN
Thitinan Pongsudhirak
Bangkok Post, 3 March 2023
29. PM: Local administrators’ pay rise not vote-getting
Bangkok Post, 2 March 2023
30. Paetongtarn, Pheu Thai take huge lead in Northeast poll as election looms
Nation Thailand, 2 March 2023
Vietnam
31. New Vietnam president moves party chief Trong closer to one-man rule
Tomoya Onishi
Nikkei Asia, 3 March 2023
32. 当选越南国家主席 武文赏矢言坚决打腐 [Vo Van Thuong, Elected President of Vietnam Vows to Resolutely Fight Corruption]
联合早报, 3 March 2023
33. Vietnam’s Parliament Selects Vo Van Thuong as New President
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 2 March 2023
34. Vietnam parliament elects Vo Van Thuong as new state president
Khanh Vu and Francesco Guarascio
Reuters, 2 March 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
35. Indonesia and its ASEAN neighbors take to telemedicine
Nana Ishibata and Ismi Damayanti
Nikkei Asia, 3 March 2023
36. South-East Asia is crying out for regional leadership
Economist, 2 March 2023
37. Disaster Management in Southeast Asia: 20 Years of Progress and Challenges
Mely Caballero-Anthony, Alistair D. B. Cook, Jonatan Anderias Lassa
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2 March 2023
38. Advancing metals and mining in Southeast Asia with digital and analytics
McKinsey & Co., 1 March 2023
Asia Pacific
39. Why China Is Not a Superpower
Foreign Policy, 2 March 2023
East/South China Sea
40. Govt crafting guidelines on joint maritime patrol SCS
Bernadette E. Tamayo
Manila Times, 3 March 2023
41. As South China Sea trigger points grow even beyond US control, what will China do?
Mark J. Valencia
South China Morning Post, 3 March 2023
Climate Change/Environment
42. Mekong river sand mining is a crumbling castle
Lilla Szabó, TIU
East Asia Forum, 2 March 2023
43. ADB Signs Loan for First Cross-Border Wind Power Project in Asia, First Plant in Lao PDR and Largest in Southeast Asia
Asian Development Bank, 1 March 2023
Others
G20
44. China’s G20 Diplomacy Highlights Geopolitical Rifts
Shannon Tiezzi
Diplomat, 3 March 2023
45. G20 Talks End in India With No Consensus on Ukraine War
Matthew Lee
Diplomat, 2 March 2023
Media, Technology & Society
46. TikTok Isn’t the Only China-Backed App the White House Is Worried About
Eric Martin, Jenny Leonard and Peggy Collins
Bloomberg, 3 March 2023
47. A Private Company Is Using Social Media to Track Down Russian Soldiers
Foreign Policy, 3 March 2023
48. Concerns over privacy as COVID-19 tracing app repurposed
Nina A. Loasana
Jakarta Post, 3 March 2023
49. Twitter forbids ‘violent speech’ MTS
Associated Press
Manila Times, 3 March 2023
50. Analyst: China-linked hackers stole gigabytes of data from ASEAN servers
Pizaro Gozali Idrus
Benar News, 2 March 2023
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