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- No. 7: Burhanuddin Muhtadi, Visiting Fellow
- No. 10: A’an Suryana, Visiting Fellow
- No. 15: James Chai, Visiting Fellow
- No. 16: Cassey Lee, Senior Fellow
- No. 30: Termsak Chalermpalanupap, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 46: Ha Hoang Hop, Associate Senior Fellow
- No. 48: William Choong and Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow
- No. 53: Ian Storey, Senior Fellow
- No. 59: Prapimphan Chiengkul, Associate 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. Indonesia’s NRE Bill Calls On Coal-based Energy Sources
Tim Daiss
Energy Tracker, 18 March 2024
2. Analysis: In spite of electoral success, Golkar chairmanship up for grabs
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 18 March 2024
3. Akankah Anies Kembali Nyagub di Pilgub DKI Jakarta? [Will Anies return to serve as governor in the DKI Jakarta gubernatorial election?]
Eva Rianti
Republika, 18 March 2024
4. Prabowo and Jokowi on a unity ticket to dampen election criticism
Liam Gammon, Australian National University
East Asia Forum, 17 March 2024
5. Indonesia’s falling marriage rate sparks concern about low fertility and ‘undesirable consequences’ on economy
Johannes Nugroho
South China Morning Post, 17 March 2024
6. House, govt agree to place new Jakarta council under president
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 16 March 2024
7. In Indonesia, the art of winning elections can cost candidates an arm and a leg – or a kidney
[Originally published here on Fulcrum]
Burhanuddin Muhtadi
South China Morning Post, 16 March 2024
8. VAT hike ‘could backfire’, posing threat for state revenue
Ruth Dea Juwita
Jakarta Post, 15 March 2024
9. Fenomena Split-Ticket Voting Sebabkan Prabowo-Gibran Menang di Kandang Banteng [Split-Ticket Voting Phenomenon Caused Prabowo-Gibran to Win in PDI-P stronghold]
Antara, M Noor Alfian Choir
Republika, 15 March 2024
10. 与戈尔卡党“关系密切” 佐科或过档？[Is Jokowi “closely related” to Golkar?]
蓝云舟
联合早报, 15 March 2024
Malaysia
11. Regulating Rohingya undermines Malaysia’s human rights stance, says don
Free Malaysia Today, 18 March 2024
12. Sabah PKR chief asked to step down
Olivia Miwil
New Straits Times, 18 March 2024
13. Ex-aide of Malaysian PM Anwar takes major stake in tech firm, raising governance concerns
Zunaira Saieed
Straits Times, 18 March 2024
14. Malaysia looks to China to fast-track rare earth processing and tackle illegal exports
Shannon Teoh
Straits Times, 18 March 2024
15. 公正党突然成了大磁铁 [PKR suddenly becomes a big magnet]
岑玉溪
星洲网, 18 March 2024
16. Malaysians feel the pinch as the ‘shringgit’ returns – and there’s no quick fix for PM Anwar
Joseph Sipalan
South China Morning Post, 17 March 2024
17. It must be ‘we’, not ‘me’
Mergawati Zulfakar
Star, 17 March 2024
18. 为何赛沙迪选择国盟 [Why Syed Saddiq chose PN]
蔡镇燊
星洲网, 17 March 2024
19. Malaysia’s visa-free policy attracts more tourists from China’s second-tier cities
Tan Ai Leng
Business Times, 16 March 2024
20. Dissent within Anwar’s coalition threatens to sink controversial changes to citizenship rules
Shannon Teoh and Azril Annuar
Straits Times, 16 March 2024
21. COMMENT | Consider better, cheaper, faster options than Penang LRT
Lim Mah Hui
Malaysiakini, 16 March 2024
22. Overall drop in racism incidents in 2023 – report
[link to 66 page Malaysia Racism Report 2023]
Cha Zhi Ting
Malaysiakini, 15 March 2024
22. Malaysians deride minister’s idea to rebrand palm oil workers as ‘specialised harvesters’
Hadi Azmi
South China Morning Post, 15 March 2024
Myanmar
23. Myanmar Catholics struggle to keep their faith alive amid conflict
Rachel Moon
Frontier Myanmar, 15 March 2024
24. Timeline: Myanmar Junta Fast-Tracks Conscription Law Implementation
Irrawaddy, 15 March 2024
Philippines
25. What a US-funded port on a Philippine island near Taiwan means for cross-strait tensions
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 18 March 2024
26. Marcos, Biden, Kishida to hold trilateral meet
Star, 18 March 2024
27. Philippine conspiracy of illegally occupying Ren’ai Jiao doomed to end in failure
Global Times, 17 March 2024
28. Philippines in hard and fast offensive shift on China
Richard Heydarian
Asia Times, 16 March 2024
29. ADRi Special Study: “An Analysis of the Philippine Manufacturing Industry”
[incl. link to 62 page report]
Ser Percival K. Pena-Reyes, Angelica Nicolette B Dejaresco
ADRI, 15 March 2024
Thailand
30. Thai establishment to disband popular party – Asian Media Report
David Armstrong
Asia Link, 18 March 2024
31. Four-point plan for crisis in Myanmar
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 18 March 2024
32. The shape of finance to come
Somruedi Banchongduang, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk And Lamonphet Apisitniran
Bangkok Post, 18 March 2024
33. Thaksin doing better than he should be
Veera Prateepchaikul
Bangkok Post, 18 March 2024
34. Thailand’s civilian defense minister seeks ‘gradual’ military reform
Kosuke Inoue
Nikkei Asia, 18 March 2024
35. Opinion: A dirty game and a dirty system
Lynn Sasinpong
Thai Enquirer, 18 March 2024
36. 泰国建克拉大陆桥面临三大挑战 [Thailand’s three major challenges in building the Kra Land Bridge]
虞群是国防科技大学国际关系学院东南亚研究中心主任
环球网, 18 March 2024
37. Pita says Move Forward preparing to battle Election Commission
Panumate Tanraksa & Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 17 March 2024
38. Poll shows tepid response to opposition’s move to grill government
[Link to NIDA poll]
Bangkok Post, 17 March 2024
39. So where’s the opposition?
Bangkok Post, 16 March 2024
40. Thaksin’s Chiang Mai trip shakes faith of hometown loyalists
Francesca Regalado
Nikkei Asia, 16 March 2024
41. In Thailand, it’s justice for me but not for thee
Zachary Abuza
Benar News, 15 March 2024
42. Thailand again considers legalising casinos, up to now a losing bet
Business Times, 15 March 2024
Vietnam
43. Vietnam’s parliament to meet over ‘personnel issues’, says letter to legislators
Francesco Guarascio
Reuters, 18 March 2024
44. Vietnam’s next leader faces crunch time with economy, demographics
David Hutt
Radio Free Asia, 17 March 2024
45. Vietnam and the Art of Choosing
Khang Vu
Diplomat, 15 March 2024
46. China Gives Warnings on Vietnam-Australia Strategic Relationship
An Hai
VOA, 15 March 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
47. ASEAN centrality gets an Australian touch-up
EAF editors
East Asia Forum, 18 March 2024
48. Amid China tensions, Australia and Asean must iron out hard issues to preserve regional stability
[Originally published here on Fulcrum]
William Choong and Sharon Seah
South China Morning Post, 17 March 2024
49. What’s behind Australian investors’ reluctance to venture into Southeast Asia?
Su-Lin Tan
South China Morning Post, 16 March 2024
50. Politics, Energy, and Nationalism: Thailand and Cambodia’s Overlapping Maritime Claims
William J. Jones
Diplomat, 15 March 2024
51. Southeast Asia quarterly economic review: Proving resilient
Denis Bugrov, Debadrita Dhara, and Kamaruzaman Kamarudin
McKinsey & Co., 15 March 2024
52. Prabowo followed Marcos’ election playbook, for better or worse
Richard Heydarian
Nikkei Asia, 15 March 2024
Asia Pacific
53. 国际特稿：普京再战六年 俄如何与国际共处？[International feature: Putin will fight for another six years. How will Russia coexist with the world?]
廖慧婷
联合早报, 17 March 2024
54. Analysis: As a Biden-Trump presidential rematch looms, who might China prefer as the winner and why?
Wong Woon Shin
CNA, 16 March 2024
55. Examining US export controls against China
Dyuti Pandya, European Centre for International Political Economy ; Julien Chaisse, City University of Hong Kong
East Asia Forum, 16 March 2024
56. Rising tide of ethno-religious nationalism threatens civilisation
Peter T. C. Chang
South China Morning Post, 16 March 2024
East/South China Sea
57. China bears down on PH as Defense Ministry calls for ‘immediate stop’ to SCS provocations
Javier Joe Ismael
Manila Times, 16 March 2024
58. China loses strategic waters in the South China Sea
Gregory Poling, Center for Strategic and International Studies
East Asia Forum, 15 March 2024
Climate Change/Environment
59. Energy and agrarian justice in Southeast Asia’s green transition
[Originally published here on Fulcrum]
Prapimphan Chiengkul
Eco Business, 18 March 2024
60. Vietnam faces $4 billion in annual crop losses from rising saltwater levels
AFP
Straits Times, 17 March 2024
61. Australia summit shows Asean wants climate partners. Hong Kong, step up
Stephen Minas
South China Morning Post, 15 March 2024
Media, Technology & Society
62. The U.S. and EU Brace for AI-Powered Election Disinformation
Rane Worldview, 15 March 2024
63. Leveraging generative artificial intelligence to outcompete strategic rivals
Jeffrey Cimmino and Andrew A. Michta
Atlantic Council, 14 March 2024
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