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- No. 26: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 27: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 28: 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. Indonesia: the buck stops with Sri Mulyani
Erin Cook
Interpreter, 9 March 2023
2. Urging Indonesia to lead care economy in ASEAN
Syrah Nerine and Maria Lauranti
Jakarta Post, 9 March 2023
3. PPP opens doors to PDI-P, leans toward closed-list election
Fikri Harish
Jakarta Post, 9 March 2023
4. The unsolved problems of our construction of knowledge
Asep Muizudin Muhamad Darmini
Jakarta Post, 9 March 2023
5. Will Nusantara be Jokowi’s lasting legacy or a burden on Indonesia?
Shoeb Kagda
Business Times, 8 March 2023
6. Construction progress on core IKN region hits 23%
Aditya Hadi
Jakarta Post, 8 March 2023
7. The Return of Colonial Laws and State Paternalism in Indonesia’s New Criminal Code
Yassar Aulia
Stratsea, 8 March 2023
Laos
8. Laos’ inflation surges over 40% in February
Radio Free Asia, 8 March 2023
Malaysia
9. Bukit Aman USJT to handle probe on Hadi’s gov’t ouster claim
Bernama, 9 March 2023
10. Hadi’s faux PAS
Joe Samad
Free Malaysia Today, 9 March 2023
11. PM defends Saifuddin over exemption for Umno on no-contest motion
Elill Easwaran
Free Malaysia Today, 9 March 2023
12. EPF reveals two million members have savings below RM10,000; 2.64 million members not contributed in years
John Bunyan
Malay Mail Online, 9 March 2023
13. COMMENT | Hadi will get away with defying Terengganu sultan
S Thayaparan
Malaysiakini, 9 March 2023
14. Jana Wibawa scandal timeline
New Straits Times, 9 March 2023
15. Developing | Malaysia to charge former PM Muhyiddin Yassin with corruption
Joseph Sipalan
South China Morning Post, 9 March 2023
16. Select panel to present Political Funding Bill
Star, 9 March 2023
17. Bans on political talks in mosques will hit PAS hardest: analysts
A. Azim Idris
The Vibes, 9 March 2023
18. 纳吉能否东山再起？[Can Najib rise again?]
利亮时
星洲网, 9 March 2023
19. Malaysia finally facing the right direction
SECOND of two parts: Anwar’s confident first 100 days
[Link to 1st part]
M. Bakri Musa
Malaysian Insight, 8 March 2023
20. Analysts: Home minister’s exemption on RoS letter to Umno ensures govt stability
Mohamed Basyir
New Straits Times, 8 March 2023
Myanmar
21. Tea and a quiet word: How women influence peace talks in Myanmar
360 Info, 8 March 2023
22. Myanmar’s Tough Economic Times Forecast to Continue
Irrawaddy, 8 March 2023
Philippines
23. The political theatre behind Philippines police cleansing
Authors: Steffen Jensen, Aalborg University and Karl Hapal, University of the Philippines Diliman
East Asia Forum, 9 March 2023
24. PH should not fall for China’s ‘gray zone trap’ – maritime security scholar [link to Stratbase ADRi event videorecording]
John Eric Mendoza
Inquirer.net, 9 March 2023
25. Jeepney transport strike ends in the Philippines
Aie Balagtas See
Benar News, 8 March 2023
Singapore
26. Amid great power rivalry, S’pore must look past ‘bluster’, preserve ability to act in own interest: Shanmugam
Jean Iau
Straits Times, 9 March 2023
27. 尚穆根：建立促进合作而非竞争区域框架 符合小国利益 [Shanmugam: It is in the interest of small countries to establish a regional framework that promotes cooperation, not competition]
联合早报, 9 March 2023
28. Amid Russia-Ukraine war, small countries like Singapore must keep a sober mind and look beyond headlines: Shanmugam [3-minute video]
Channel News Asia, 8 March 2023
Thailand
29. Earlier House dissolution is ‘lawful’
Mongkol Bangprapa
Bangkok Post, 9 March 2023
30. Part 1: The country needs to change
Chartchai Parasuk
Bangkok Post, 9 March 2023
31. Pheu Thai would welcome back Sam Mitr faction
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 8 March 2023
32. Thai voters to shun parties without anti-corruption policies: survey
Nation Thailand, 8 March 2023
33. Prawit seeks chance to rebuild democracy, patch political rifts in Thailand
Nation Thailand, 8 March 2023
Vietnam
34. The causes and consequences of Vietnam’s leadership shake-up
John McCarthy
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 9 March 2023
35. Global Minimum Tax a head-scratcher for Vietnamese policymakers
VietNamNet, 8 March 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
36. Commentary: Call by China foreign minister for ASEAN to stay clear of power rivalry highlights tricky balancing act for region
Oh Ei Sun
Channel News Asia, 9 March 2023
37. Regional development plan gets green light from Cabinet
Nation Thailand, 8 March 2023
Asia Pacific
38. Singapore keen to play peacemaker as US-China tensions rise
Bloomberg
Bangkok Post, 9 March 2023
39. Conflicting Economic Ideologies May Impact Future China Policy in the US
Jiachen Shi
Diplomat, 9 March 2023
40. The Pyrrhic Victory of a China Consensus
Gibbs McKinley
Diplomat, 9 March 2023
41. Like a giant balloon, US-China relations have strayed far off course
Xu Xiabing
South China Morning Post, 9 March 2023
42. Hard Security Back in Focus at the Quad Foreign Ministers Meet
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Diplomat, 8 March 2023
43. China’s Global Development Initiative is not the BRI reborn
Yunnan Chen
Nikkei Asia, 8 March 2023
44. When Beijing no longer minces its words about the US
Yang Danxu
ThinkChina, 8 March 2023
East/South China Sea
45. Philippines Launches Strategy of Publicizing Chinese Actions
Jim Gomez
Diplomat, 9 March 2023
46. How an old Chinese map transformed the South China Sea into a flashpoint
Yen Makabenta
[This book “The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations, on the South China Sea (SCS) by Daniel Yergin” is available at ISEAS Library.]
Manila Times, 9 March 2023
47. (Almost) Everyone is Drilling Inside the Nine-Dash Line
Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, 8 March 2023
Climate Change/Environment
48. China’s energy transition sees ‘staggering’ progress on renewables — and a coal power boom
Sam Meredith
CNBC, 8 March 2023
49. Explainer: New revision to reduce benefits of owning rooftop solar panel
Divya Karyza
Jakarta Post, 8 March 2023
50. Asean’s natural gas demand to double by 2050
Manoj Mathew
Khmer Times, 8 March 2023
51. As Indonesia’s new capital takes shape, risks to wider Borneo come into focus
Basten Gokkon
Mongabay, 8 March 2023
52. World’s oceans contain 170 trillion plastic particles, study says
Subel Rai Bhandari
Radio Free Asia, 8 March 2023
Others
Global Economy
53. Fragmented Globalization
Mohamed A. El Erian
Project Syndicate, 8 March 2023
Media, Technology & Society
54. Soal Tagar ‘UrusanGue Asikin Indonesia’, Pengamat: Cara Kreatif Milenial di Politik [On the hashtag ‘UrusanGue Asikin Indonesia’, Observer: Millennials’ Creative Ways in Politics]
Republika, 9 March 2023
55. TikTok seeks to calm Europe’s fears over data privacy
AFP
Channel News Asia, 8 March 2023
56. Sindrom Islamofobia AI [An Islamophobic syndrome in AI]
Mohd Fudzail Mohd Nor
Malaysian Insight, 5 March 2023
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