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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. 10: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 36: Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow
- No. 51: Nguyen Khac Giang, Visiting 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
Indonesia
1. KSP outlines three govt methods for maintaining investment climate
Antara, 25 May 2023
2. Charging ahead: Indonesia’s EV revolution and the road to success
Michael Soerijadji
Business Times, 25 May 2023
3. Race heats up between 2024 electability frontrunners
Fikri Harish
Jakarta Post, 24 May 2023
4. Talks will be pointless unless PDI-P willing to settle for VP
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 24 May 2023
5. Indonesia’s Megawati questions plan for regional military commands: ‘are we going to war?’
South China Morning Post, 24 May 2023
Malaysia
6. Stop telling Umno members to vote for DAP, says party leader
Nora Mahpar
Free Malaysia Today, 25 May 2023
7. In new anti-party hopping Bill, Sabah CM no longer needs to be party leader with majority seats
Julia Chan
Malay Mail Online, 25 May 2023
8. Why Anwar should worry about Selangor
Azzman Abdul Jamal
Malaysia Now, 25 May 2023
9. Wow! But Hadi has his reasons’ – Peja defends PAS president
Raveena Nagotra & Yasmin Ramlan
Malaysiakini, 25 May 2023
10. Ongoing issues that the govt needs to address
AZALEA AZUAR & HAJAR UMIRA MD ZAKI
Malaysian Reserve, 25 May 2023
11. Amirudin, Azmin and Yunus among MB candidates
SHERIDAN MAHAVERA
Star, 25 May 2023
12. Time to put an end to political appointments, patronage at GLCs, says Bersih
N. TRISHA
Star, 25 May 2023
13. Anwar’s accusations against old foes could disrupt detractors’ agenda
Shannon Teoh
Straits Times, 25 May 2023
14. Anwar to clean house after state elections, says source
Elill Easwaran
Free Malaysia Today, 24 May 2023
15. A more humane approach to refugees — Thomas Daniel
Malay Mail Online, 24 May 2023
16. Sarawak will be digitally developed by 2030, says premier
Desmond Davidson
Malaysian Insight, 24 May 2023
17. NST Leader: Of FDIs and MoUs
New Straits Times, 24 May 2023
Myanmar
18. Govt. is working to ensure stability and peace first as election has been promised: SAC Chair
Eleven Myanmar, 24 May 2023
19. ‘Psychological violence’: Nationalist Dhamma schools make a comeback under junta
Frontier Myanmar, 24 May 2023
20. Looting and destroying, junta declares war on Myanmar’s cultural sites and artifacts
Radio Free Asia, 24 May 2023
21. Myanmar’s junta increasingly relying on airstrikes, research group says
Radio Free Asia, 24 May 2023
Philippines
22. Marcos-Duterte Split Widens
Viswa Nathan
Asia Sentinel, 24 May 2023
23. Philippine govt announces reparations package for Marawi residents
Froilan Gallardo
Benar News, 24 May 2023
24. The Philippines should seek to bond with U.S. on metals
Makoi Popioco
Nikkei Asia, 24 May 2023
Thailand
25. Don’t delay poll results
Bangkok Post, 25 May 2023
26. Pheu Thai rebrand on cards after poll loss
Bangkok Post, 25 May 2023
27. Rift over Speaker’s job erupts
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 25 May 2023
28. Weed farms fret as MFP mulls U-turn
Prasit Tangprasert
Bangkok Post, 25 May 2023
29. MFP loses one seat, Bhumjaithai gains another in latest EC count
Nation Thailand, 25 May 2023
30. Pheu Thai claims House speaker’s position
Bangkok Post, 24 May 2023
31. How Thailand’s Myanmar Policy Could Change Under Move Forward
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 24 May 2023
32. Thailand’s Military Has No Good Options
Andrew Nachemson
Foreign Policy, 24 May 2023
33. Move Forward’s challenge to liquor titans is okay with senior tax official
Nation Thailand, 24 May 2023
34. Political gadfly expands complaint against Pita to entire coalition
Nation Thailand, 24 May 2023
Vietnam
35. Vietnam shows significant improvement in business environment: EIU
[link to “Business environment rankings 2023 report”]
VNA
VnExpress International, 23 May 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
36. ASEAN and the Quad Inch Closer Together
Sharon Seah, senior fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and the coordinator of its ASEAN Studies Centre, and Kei Koga, associate professor at Nanyang Technological University.
Foreign Policy, 24 May 2023
37. Singapore to ‘significantly enhance’ airport, seaport capacity: Wong
FUMIKA SATO
Nikkei Asia, 24 May 2023
Asia Pacific
38. Decoding diplomatic dynamics in Asia: The numbers tell a captivating story
Susannah Patton & Jack Sato
Interpreter, 25 May 2023
39. Economic diplomacy: Taking cover from the summit war of words
Greg Earl
Interpreter, 25 May 2023
40. APEC Sees More Uneven Growth in 2023, Moderation in 2024
APEC, 24 May 2023
41. Xi Says Russia, China Should Bolster Ties at Multilateral Groups
Bloomberg, 24 May 2023
42. The Big Hole in the Biden Administration’s Economic Diplomacy
Paul Nadeau
Diplomat, 24 May 2023
43. The U.S.-Chinese Economic Relationship Is Changing—But Not Vanishing: How “De-Risking” Can Preserve Healthy Integration
Jami Miscik, Peter Orszag, and Theodore Bunzel
Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2023
44. Is Biden’s promise of a US-China thaw believable?
Yang Danxu
ThinkChina, 24 May 2023
East/South China Sea
45. Philippines uses tourism to advance South China Sea claims
ELLA HERMONIO
Nikkei Asia, 25 May 2023
46. Decoupling Is Already Happening—Under the Sea
Elisabeth Braw
Foreign Policy, 24 May 2023
Climate Change/Environment
47. RI seeks to block curbs on raw plastic production
Aditya Hadi
Jakarta Post, 25 May 2023
48. Securing Critical Minerals Supply Chains for the Clean Energy Transition
Nandakumar Janardhanan
Observer Research Foundation, 25 May 2023
49. Indonesia and Norway’s renewed climate change partnership
Ida Aju Pradnja Resosudarmo, Rini Astuti and Peter Kanowski, ANU
East Asia Forum, 24 May 2023
Others
Media, Technology & Society
50. The Quad needs to talk security for subsea cables
AISHWARYA ACHARYA
Interpreter, 24 May 2023
51. Vietnam pressures TikTok to censor more content or face a ban
LAM LE
Rest of World, 24 May 2023
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