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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. 1: ISEAS Perspective, “Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement: A Cambodian Perspective”
- No. 21: Napon Jatusripitak, 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 | Media, Technology & Society | Others
Cambodia
1. Trade pressures on Cambodia
[Link to ISEAS Perspective, “Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement: A Cambodian Perspective“]
Vannarith Chheang
Khmer Times, 14 June 2023
Indonesia
2. Challenges for the next Indonesian president in 2024
Dendi Ramdani
Jakarta Post, 14 June 2023
3. PDI-P seeks to expand coalition for Ganjar
(Antara/Akbar Nugroho Gumay)
Jakarta Post, 14 June 2023
4. Politik Dagang Sapi [Horse-trading politics]
A Makmur Makka
Republika, 13 June 2023
5. Coal, recentralisation and Jambi’s traffic hell
Muhammad Beni Saputra
New Mandala, 14 June 2023
6. Has Indonesia’s deradicalisation program done enough to combat terrorism?
William Frangia
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 14 June 2023
7. Indonesia: China-funded high-speed rail project set for limited August launch
Arie Firdaus
Benar News, 13 June 2023
Malaysia
8. Is Umno in panic mode?
James Chin
Straits Times, 14 June 2023
9. State polls: Police identify 190 hotspots in six states
Bernama
New Straits Times, 13 June 2023
10. 巫统的存亡 [The survival of Umno]
戴子豪
星洲网, 13 June 2023
11. Umno harps on pardon for Najib in bid to clean up party’s image: Analysts
Zunaira Saieed
Straits Times, 14 June 2023
12. EPF’s budget guide says RM1,930 enough for singles to live in Klang Valley
K. Parkaran
Free Malaysia Today, 14 June 2023
13. PAS’ rising star Sanusi – bane or boon for PN?
Isabelle Leong
Malaysiakini, 14 June 2023
14. White Paper: MoH moots raising public healthcare fees for those with means, but keep safety net for low-income groups
Ida Lim
Malay Mail Online, 13 June 2023
15. KJ: “We don’t know why we were sacked and suspended, what are we appealing for?”
Suraya Ali
New Straits Times, 13 June 2023
Myanmar
16. Mocha should be a clarion call for international humanitarian actors working in Rakhine
Victor is a pen name for a humanitarian worker from Myanmar with more than 10 years of experience working in the international aid sector as well as engaging with ethnic armed organisations.
Frontier Myanmar, 12 June 2023
17. Rapes, massacres detailed in Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar authorities
Carlos G. Hamann
Benar News, 13 June 2023
18. Brotherhood Alliance of Three Ethnic Armies a Key Player in Myanmar’s Civil War
Moe Sett Nyein Chan
Irrawaddy, 13 June 2023
19. Myawaddy households struggle without power from Thailand
Assawin Pinitwong
Bangkok Post, 13 June 2023
Philippines
20. Pursuing a truly independent foreign policy
Dindo Manhit
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 14 June 2023
Thailand
21. Coalition Efforts to Lead Thai Government ‘In Limbo,’ Experts Say
Tommy Walker
VOA, 13 June 2023
22. 330 MPs-elect get EC nod
Mongkol Bangprapa
Bangkok Post, 14 June 2023
23. Time to take axe to PM2.5
Bangkok Post, 14 June 2023
24. Political vacuum’ sparks jitters
Bangkok Post, 14 June 2023
25. Conditional inclusivity just the first step
Titipol Phakdeewanich
Bangkok Post, 14 June 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
26. Reclaiming ASEAN’s comprehensive and cooperative security
Mely Caballero-Anthony, NTU
East Asia Forum, 13 June 2023
27. Confidence-Building: ASEAN Navies Lead the Way
Gilang Kembara
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 12 June 2023
28. My Say: Accelerating supply chain changes set to benefit Southeast Asia
Manu Bhaskaran
Edge Markets, 13 June 2023
29. High time for Asean joint efforts on the high seas
Ei Sun Oh
Manila Times, 14 June 2023
Asia Pacific
30. To understand the Quad’s real ambitions, ignore its empty rhetoric and look at its actions in the Indo-Pacific
Mark J. Valencia
South China Morning Post, 14 June 2023
31. How “Strategic” is India’s Indo-Pacific “Vision”?
P. S. Suryanarayana
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 12 June 2023
32. Asia’s gamblers cheer wave of legalisation
Bloomberg News
Bangkok Post, 14 June 2023
33. Singapore’s Tharman urges US, China to abandon ‘hubris’ of viewing own system as superior
Bhavan Jaipragas
[Link to 70-minute recording of “Strategies for a more resilient world”]
South China Morning Post, 13 June 2023
34. Can IPEF Protect Corporate Supply Chains?
SUKEGAWA Seiya
Diplomat, 12 June 2023
East/South China Sea
35. Cambodia Pumps Brakes on Plan for ASEAN Joint Military Exercises in South China Sea
Sim Chansamnang & Meas Da
VOA, 13 June 2023
36. China’s patient but insistent South China Sea grab
Denny Roy
Asia Times, 13 June 2023
Climate Change/Environment
37. Asian companies are not telling the full story of their carbon footprint: study
[Link to 47-page PDF report “Sustainability Counts: Understanding sustainability reporting requirements across Asia Pacific and insights on the journey to date”]
Robin Hicks
Eco-Business, 13 June 2023
38. Geoengineering Without Decarbonization Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis
James G. Dyke
World Politics Review, 13 June 2023
39. Empowering Southeast Asia’s solar surge: Turning hype into reality
Sam Liu is director for renewable energy, corporate risk and broking in Asia at WTW.
Jakarta Post, 13 June 2023
40. PGMPI in talks with Korean firm on critical minerals venture
Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat
Manila Bulletin, 13 June 2023
41. US-led minerals partnership shortlists projects for green energy shift
Financial Times, 14 June 2023
Media, Technology & Society
42. How the US is pushing China out of the internet’s plumbing
Anna Gross, Alexandra Heal, Chris Campbell, Dan Clark, Ian Bott and Irene de la Torre Arenas
Financial Times, 13 June 2023
43. Nobel laureate Maria Ressa says research by Oxford institute can be used against reporters
Emma Graham-Harrison
Guardian, 14 June 2023
44. Influencers overtaking journalists as news source
AFP
Bangkok Post, 14 June 2023
45. France says uncovers major disinformation campaign by Russia
AFP
Bangkok Post, 13 June 2023
46. Fewer people trust traditional media, more turn to TikTok for news, report says
Helen Coster
[Link to 160-page “Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2023“]
Reuters, 14 June 2023
47. KPU won’t regulate AI campaigning, leaving voters to tell between facts, lies
Dio Suhenda
Jakarta Post, 14 June 2023
48. ChatGPT unleashed an AI race, now regulators are struggling to hold on
Yifan Yu
Nikkei Asia, 14 June 2023
Others
World politics
49. Ensuring Greater Equity in Global Institutional Participation
Madhav Das Nalapat, B. Poornima, Dhanasree Jayaram
Others, 14 June 2023
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