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- No. 8: Pradana Boy Zulian Thobibul, Visiting Fellow
- No. 23: James Chai, Visiting Fellow
- No. 24: Lee Hwok Aun, Senior Fellow
- No. 49: Sharon Seah, 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 | Media, Technology & Society | Others
Indonesia
1. Analysis: House inquiry may pave way for new round in Jokowi-Megawati fight
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 4 March 2024
2. PSI sees boost in latest vote tally
Radhiyya Indra and Dio Suhenda
Jakarta Post, 4 March 2024
3. In the future, the development of Nusantara City will not need APBN: OIKN
Antara, 3 March 2024
4. Push for House inquiry ramps up
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 3 March 2024
5. Muslim clerics laud Indonesia’s unwavering support for Palestine
Antara, 2 March 2024
6. Ministry for all religions
Editorial board (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta Post, 2 March 2024
7. Shrinkflation’ takes edge off rising prices, industry says
Yohana Belinda
Jakarta Post, 2 March 2024
8. Indonesia’s divided Muslims unite around a common cause: the Israel-Gaza war
Pradana Boy Zulian
South China Morning Post, 2 March 2024
Laos
9. Why Laos’ Communists cannot do anti-corruption
David Hutt
Radio Free Asia, 3 March 2024
Malaysia
10. Malaysia’s widening anti-graft probe zeroing in on high-profile corporate bailouts of the Mahathir era
Leslie Lopez
Channel News Asia, 4 March 2024
11. 40% of experienced grads underemployed or underpaid, says study
FMT Reporters
Free Malaysia Today, 4 March 2024
12. Govt correct to discontinue national load centre shipping policy
Rosli Khan
Free Malaysia Today, 4 March 2024
13. PSM, Muda welcome new approach by PRM president despite uncertainty
Martin Vengadesan
Malaysiakini, 4 March 2024
14. 伊党或抛弃哈迪走新路向 [PAS could abandon Hadi for a new direction]
张可言
星洲网, 4 March 2024
15. Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund announces highest-ever dividend payout of RM57.8 billion in 2023
Tan Ai Leng
Business Times, 3 March 2024
16. Bersatu’s amended constitution has little to no impact in resolving party conflicts, say experts
Nuradzimmah Daim
New Straits Times, 3 March 2024
17. UMNO dah ‘pening lalat’ dengan DAP – Hashim [UMNO ‘dazed’ by DAP – Hashim]
Mohd. Hafiz Abd. Mutalib Dan Izlizan Othman
Utusan Malaysia, 3 March 2024
18. IN FOCUS: Johor’s abuzz over a proposed T-shaped integrated transport network that could boost its SEZ with Singapore
Amir Yusof
Channel News Asia, 2 March 2024
19. RM1bil for new Bumiputera entrepreneurship fund, says Anwar
Free Malaysia Today, 2 March 2024
20. Platformizing Malaysia’s economy: New wine in an old bottle?
Guanie Lim & Yat Ming Ooi
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, 2 March 2024
21. Review – The Bersih Movement and Democratisation in Malaysia: Repression, Dissent and Opportunities
[This book is available at ISEAS Library]
Yukiko Taniguchi
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, 2 March 2024
22. Bersatu EGM approves amendment to stop MPs defecting
Malaysiakini, 2 March 2024
23. What the King’s speech in Parliament tells us
James Chai is a Think Tank Chief Researcher and Legal Advisor
MySinchew, 2 March 2024
24. The Big Read: Malaysia’s brain drain to Singapore — winners and losers in the long run not so clear-cut
Amanda Yeap
Today, 2 March 2024
25. Malaysia to let foreign vessels repair undersea cables
Norman Goh
Nikkei Asia, 1 March 2024
Bumiputera Economic Congress 2024
26. Three things we learnt from: 2024 Bumiputera Economic Congress
Syed Jaymal Zahiid
Malay Mail, 3 March 2024
27. Bumiputera Economic Congress: Three resolutions to strengthen economic pillars, uphold social justice, says PM Anwar
Malay Mail, 2 March 2024
Myanmar
28. Thai parliament holds Myanmar seminar over junta’s objection
Asia One, 3 March 2024
29. Myanmar’s Governance Challenges
Michael Martin
CSIS, 1 March 2024
30. Sealed fate: The second sons of Ta’ang State
Hein Thar
Frontier Myanmar, 1 March 2024
Philippines
31. PH envoy to China: Stop harassing us
Agence France-Presse
and Bernadette E. Tamayo
Manila Times, 4 March 2024
32. DFA: PH moves in Bajo de Masinloc not provocative, don’t violate int’l. law
Charie Abarca
Philippines Inquirer, 4 March 2024
33. PH eyes ‘triangular’ pact with India, Japan
Jane Bautista
Philippines Inquirer, 3 March 2024
34. A new dam threatens this Filipino tribe. It’s just one of the country’s stalled China-funded projects
Mara Cepeda
Straits Times, 3 March 2024
35. Australia, Philippines in firm and fast lockstep against China
Richard Javad Heydarian
Asia Times, 2 March 2024
36. 2 Chinese research vessels ‘loitering’ at Philippine Rise
Nestor Corrales
Philippines Inquirer, 2 March 2024
37. Senator Raffy Tulfo is opposition supporters’ top pick for the 2028 national elections
WRN Research, 1 March 2024
Thailand
38. Experts split on PM’s hub dream
Mongkol Bangprapa
Bangkok Post, 4 March 2024
39. Sri Lanka’s deal with Thailand could open doors to ‘greater trade’, in boost for debt-stricken economy
Dimuthu Attanayake
South China Morning Post, 4 March 2024
40. Thaksin the most influential, while Pita tops ‘sympathy’ vote: NIDA Poll
Stephanie Adair
The Nation, 3 March 2024
41. Doing more with less? Possibilities and limitations of platform governance in post-coup Thailand
Andrew Stokols
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, 2 March 2024
42. Flexibility, Security, and the Quest for Unity in Platform Work: A Case of Riders from Thailand
Akkanut Wantanasombut
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, 2 March 2024
43. Review – A Soldier King: Monarchy and Military in the Thailand of Rama X
[This book is availabe at ISEAS Library]
Gregory Raymond
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, 1 March 2024
Vietnam
44. Vietnam: Leaked Communist Party document warns of ‘hostile forces’
[Link to the report, “Vietnam’s Leaders Declare War on Human Rights as a Matter of Official Policy“]
Jonathan Head
BBC, 1 March 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
45. Australia engages with the ASEAN it has and works towards the ASEAN the region needs
East Asia Forum, 4 March 2024
46. Report: Singaporeans cross Causeway to Malaysia in search of affordable medicine, prompting calls for more stringent monitoring
Anis Zalani
Malay Mail, 4 March 2024
47. Thanaleng Dry Port links South-East Asia to the world, developer tells Timor-Leste president
Star, 3 March 2024
48. Thailand needs to play a more proactive role in forging Mekong cooperation
Apichai Sunchindah is an independent development specialist on ASEAN and Mekong affairs and former executive director of the ASEAN Foundation
The Nation, 3 March 2024
49. 李总理访澳三天 亚细安澳洲领袖召开特别峰会 [PM Lee visits Australia for three days; ASEAN and Australian leaders hold a special summit]
蓝云舟
联合早报, 3 March 2024
50. Voltage Visions: China’s EV Surge in Southeast Asia
Nancy Wei
Diplomat, 2 March 2024
51. The end of laissez-fair? Gig economy governance in post-pandemic Singapore and Thailand
Gerard Mccarthy
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, 2 March 2024
52. Vietnam calls for breakthrough measures for CLV development triangle area
VietNamNet, 2 March 2024
53. ASEAN sighs with relief after Taiwan’s election
Orson Tan, University of Canterbury
East Asia Forum, 1 March 2024
54. The Growing Salience of Moderate Islam
Mohamed Bin Ali, Muhammad Haziq Bin Jani
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 1 March 2024
55. The History and Evolution of the Islamic State in Southeast Asia
Uday Bakhshi & Adam Rousselle
Hudson Institute, 28 February 2024
Asia Pacific
56. US, Asian partners walk complex line with drills
Peter Apps
Bangkok Post, 4 March 2024
57. Australia wants ‘region where no one country dominates’: FM Wong
Shaun Turton and Sophie Mak
Nikkei Asia, 4 March 2024
58. China: Stop projecting Beijing as ‘threat’ to PH
Dempsey Reyes
Philippines Inquirer, 4 March 2024
59. What binds the Quad
Bharat Sharma
Interpreter, 3 March 2024
60. Deal for sub with Chinese engine most ‘likely’ a go
WASSANA NANUAM
Bangkok Post, 2 March 2024
61. Australia’s Southeast Asia Strategy Faces Challenge of ‘Buy-in’
Shannon Teoh
Asialink, 1 March 2024
62. Security is still China’s top priority, not the economy
Diana Choyleva
Nikkei Asia, 1 March 2024
East/South China Sea
63. Philippines’ U-turn on South China Sea code of conduct a sign tensions remain stumbling block to progress
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 4 March 2024
64. US think tank: 195 Chinese vessels linger daily in South China Sea
Nestor Corrales
Philippines Inquirer, 3 March 2024
Climate Change/Environment
65. Flood Risk In Asia
Viktor Tachev
Energy Tracker Asia, 4 March 2024
66. Mercury rising: Why a Thai community believes it is being poisoned across the international border
Jack Board
Channel News Asia, 3 March 2024
67. Thailand’s Path toward Carbon Neutrality and the Implications for the Mekong Subregion
Twarath Sutabutr
NBR, 2 March 2024
68. Major growth of clean energy limited the rise in global emissions in 2023
[Link to 24-page PDF document: CO2 Emissions in 2023]
[Link to 27-page PDF document: Clean Energy Market Monitor
IEA, 1 March 2024
Media, Technology & Society
69. Cambodia’s pioneering post-Khmer Rouge era Phnom Penh Post newspaper will stop print publication
Sopheng Cheang
APNews, 2 March 2024
70. Platformizing participation in Indonesian cities
Asri Septarizky & Hasanatun Nisa Thamrin
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, 2 March 2024
71. China data leak spotlights cyber-spying across Southeast Asia
Fiona Kelliher
Nikkei Asia, 1 March 2024
72. Southeast Asia’s digital future should be more than replicas of the past
Elina Noor
South China Morning Post, 1 March 2024
73. Majorities in most countries surveyed say social media is good for democracy
Sneha Gubbala And Sarah Austin
Pew Research, 23 February 2024
74. Countering Disinformation Effectively: An Evidence-Based Policy Guide
[includes link to 130 page report]
Jon Bateman, Dean Jackson
Carnegie Endowment for Peace, 1 January 2024
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