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- No. 3: The Road to Nusantara: Process, Challenges and Opportunities, from ISEAS Publishing
- No. 28: Lye Liang Fook, Senior Fellow
- No. 37: Phan Xuan Dung, Research Officer
- No. 51: Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow, and The State of Southeast Asia: 2024 Survey Report
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. Enhancing Cambodia’s Growth through Economic Integration
[55-page PDF report]
EDITORS: Rashesh Shrestha, Dionisius A. Narjoko, Salvador Buban
ERIA, 27 June 2024
2. Cambodian minister calls outcry over 180km canal project ‘double, triple standards’
Tan Hui Yee
Straits Times, 27 June 2024
Indonesia
3. Review: Indonesia Giant Capital Move: Nusantara, Prabowo and Beyond
ASEAN Wonk, 28 June 2024
4. Indonesia regulator says studying proposal to reinstate COVID-era bad debt policy
Reuters
CNA, 28 June 2024
5. Big firms too dominant in Indonesia, World Bank says
Aditya Hadi
Jakarta Post, 28 June 2024
6. Jokowi’s Legacies and the Incoming Prabowo Administration: Change or Continuity?
[21-page PDF document]
Alexander Raymond Arifianto, Adhi Priamarizki
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 28 June 2024
7. Indonesia devising regulations to protect textile industry
Antara, 27 June 2024
8. Freeport Launches World’s Largest Single-Line Copper Smelter in Indonesia
Faisal Maliki Baskoro
Jakarta Globe, 27 June 2024
9. Govt lost billions in social aid distribution corruption scandal: KPK
Radhiyya Indra
Jakarta Post, 27 June 2024
10. Continuity does not mean a carbon copy for incoming Prabowo government
Yerica Lai and Ina Parlina
Jakarta Post, 27 June 2024
11. Indonesia aims to build cutting-edge spaceport but faces obstacles
Devianti Faridz
VOA, 27 June 2024
Laos
12. Laos agrees to build dam in remote, mountainous area near Vietnam border
Radio Free Asia, 27 June 2024
Malaysia
13. Commentary: How will joining BRICS benefit Malaysia?
James Chin
CNA, 28 June 2024
14. Nenggiri by-election on Aug 17
Elill Easwaran
Free Malaysia Today, 28 June 2024
15. Discard price controls to raise global competitiveness, say economists
Tan Chin Tung
Free Malaysia Today, 28 June 2024
16. Survey shows surge in Malaysians’ trust in govt, reflecting growing confidence in stability of Anwar administration
[Link to 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer Global Report]
Anis Zalani
Malay Mail Online, 28 June 2024
17. Changes to pension system: What do MPs say?
Shakira Buang & Yap Si Err
Malaysiakini, 28 June 2024
18. Assessing Malaysia’s food security efforts
MUHAMMAD AIMAN ROSZAIMI
Star, 28 June 2024
19. Selangor Sultan’s fury over football team’s punishment reflects rise of state nationalism
Shannon Teoh
Straits Times, 28 June 2024
20. Umno members key in winning Sungai Bakap for Pakatan, says analyst
Ian McIntyre
The Vibes, 28 June 2024
21. Fishy politics at KL flood retention pond
Andrew Sia
Malaysiakini, 27 June 2024
22. Malaysia has Brics ambitions, so why is Prime Minister Anwar refusing to visit Russia?
Hadi Azmi
South China Morning Post, 27 June 2024
Myanmar
23. India Demands Protection of Assets as Myanmar Junta Loses Control in Rakhine
Irrawaddy, 27 June 2024
24. Amid revolution, Myanmar’s NGOs face a deficit of donor solidarity
Tamas Wells & Pyae Phyo Mung
New Mandala, 27 June 2024
Philippines
25. Philippines, Japan foreign and defence ministers to meet July 8 in Manila
Reuters
Straits Times, 28 June 2024
26. How Big Is the Philippines’ Online Gambling Problem?
Alvin Camba
Diplomat, 27 June 2024
27. NEDA: PH upper-middle income status may be achieved in 2026, later than 2025 projection
XANDER DAVE CEBALLOS
Manila Bulletin, 27 June 2024
Singapore
28. Suzhou Industrial Park: Singapore’s evolving role 30 years on
[Originally published here on Fulcrum]
Lye Liang Fook
ThinkChina, 27 June 2024
Thailand
29. Digital wallet funds delayed for review
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 28 June 2024
30. Senate poll faces accusations of vote rigging
Mongkol Bangprapa
Bangkok Post, 28 June 2024
31. Thai car buyers’ preferences shifting
Bangkok Post, 28 June 2024
32. Lessons from Senate race
Editorial
Bangkok Post, 28 June 2024
33. Harnessing Thailand’s human capital
Peerasit Kamnuansilpa
Bangkok Post, 28 June 2024
34. Democracy worth fighting for, Thai MP says amid political turmoil
Yvette Tanamal
Jakarta Post, 28 June 2024
35. Bhumjaithai a player in new Senate
Aekarach Sattaburuth and Mongkol Bangprapa
Bangkok Post, 27 June 2024
Vietnam
36. 越南“竹子外交”展现理性务实 [Vietnam’s “bamboo diplomacy” demonstrates rationality and pragmatism]
唐奇芳是中国国际问题研究院副研究员
环球网, 28 June 2024
37. Putin’s Visit to Hanoi: Hardly a Challenge to Vietnam-US Strategic Partnership
Phan Xuan Dung, Benjamin Ho
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 27 June 2024
38. Chinese firms eye investment in Vietnam rail projects
Hoai Thu
VnExpress International, 27 June 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
39. Southeast Asia has its reasons for pivoting to BRICS
William Pesek
Asia Times, 28 June 2024
40. ‘Symbol of bonded kinship’: Singaporeans, Malaysians laud importance of Causeway as motorway celebrates 100 years
Amir Yusof
CNA, 28 June 2024
41. Why the EU should adjust its policy toward Southeast Asia
Denis Suarsana
Jakarta Post, 28 June 2024
42. MULTIMEDIA: Over the Causeway
Star, 28 June 2024
43. Philippine tax cut opens up new opportunities for Vietnamese rice exports
Viet Nam News, 28 June 2024
44. Việt Nam, Cambodia look forward to $20 billion trade
Viet Nam News, 28 June 2024
45. A common ASEAN visa may be too ambitious to realise
William J Jones, Mahidol University International College
East Asia Forum, 27 June 2024
46. Casinos are booming in South-East Asia
Economist, 27 June 2024
47. Growing Champions: The Age of Asean: Opportunities for Malaysia
Nurlin Mohd Salleh and Anis Mohd Nor
Edge Markets, 27 June 2024
48. Fostering Cambodia-Brunei Relations For Shared Growth – Analysis
Yen Samnang
Eurasia Review, 27 June 2024
49. A Legal Framework Analysis Of ASEAN International Agreement On Human Trafficking: Challenges And Opportunities For Regional Cooperation
Indra Wahyu Pratama
Eurasia Review, 27 June 2024
50. Revisiting the Cambodia-Thailand Maritime Dispute: International Law, Politics and Nationalism
William J. Jones
East West Centre, 27 June 2024
51. Emerging Leaders Forum 2024: Fireside Chat — State of Southeast Asia
[24-minute video]
Asia Society, 19 June 2024
Asia Pacific
52. China’s Xi calls for ‘bridges’ amid trade, diplomatic frictions
CNA, 28 June 2024
53. The New Productive Forces In China – Analysis
Zhao Zhijiang
Eurasia Review, 28 June 2024
54. Putin in Asia: Setting a cat among the pigeons
Ian Hill
Interpreter, 28 June 2024
55. Production diplomacy for deterrence, readiness, and resilience in the Indo-Pacific
Andrew Brown, John T. Watts, and Markus Garlauskas
Atlantic Council, 27 June 2024
56. Have China’s Wolf Warriors Gone Extinct? Why Beijing Embraced Combative Diplomacy—and Why It Might Do So Again
Tyler Jost
Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2024
57. Europe’s Security Role in the Indo-Pacific: Making It Meaningful
Max Bergmann and Christopher B. Johnstone
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), 26 June 2024
East/South China Sea
58. US tells China that Philippines support ‘ironclad’
AFP
Straits Times, 28 June 2024
59. Chinese embassy hits US envoy in Manila for ‘selective’ application of law
JOSEPH PEDRAJAS
Manila Bulletin, 27 June 2024
Climate Change/Environment
60. Malaysia’s Energy Trilemma As We Phase Out Coal Plants
[10-min podcast]
Dhana Raj Markandu
BFM 89.9, 28 June 2024
61. Southeast Asia’s urban heat islands
Gideon Lasco
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 28 June 2024
62. First-movers will capture outsized returns in South-East Asia’s biofuels market
Thomas Luedi, Tanguy Morin, Emily Wu, Shreya Thariana And Wren Kabir
Star, 28 June 2024
63. The fall of the forest-based carbon offset: A cautionary tale for Malaysia
RIMBAWATCH
Star, 28 June 2024
64. Climate Change Laws And Policies In The Philippines
Eric Koons
Energy Tracker Asia, 27 June 2024
65. Water Scarcity in ASEAN: An Urgent Call for Action
I GUSTI NGURAH KRISNA DANA
Modern Diplomacy, 27 June 2024
66. Asia is going to need a lot more power to support spread of AI
Mayank Maheshwari
Nikkei Asia, 27 June 2024
67. EV subsidies – an electric dream or a fiscal nightmare?
Che Ran
The Malaysian Insight, 26 June 2024
Media, Technology & Society
68. US, Philippines to hold first ‘cyber-digital policy dialogue’ in July amid rise in cyberattacks
Craig Dale, Louisa Tang
CNA, 28 June 2024
69. AFP notices ‘alarming surge’ in disinformation efforts vs gov’t
MARTIN SADONGDONG
Manila Bulletin, 28 June 2024
70. Thai news industry faces tough outlook as layoffs mount
Wittayakorn Boonruang
Benar News, 27 June 2024
71. Myanmar regime uses Chinese tech to surveil internet users, report says
Thompson Chau
Nikkei Asia, 27 June 2024
72. From “FYP” to Ballot Box: TikTok and Indonesia’s 2024 General Elections
[22-page PDF document]
Ali Nur Alizen, Adhi Priamarizki, Ratu Dyah Ayu Gendiswardani, Salma Salima Hariza Nihru, Rafi Alif Muhammad Akbar
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 27 June 2024
Others
Global Economy
73. The Eclipse of the Petrodollar
HIPPOLYTE FOFACK
Project Syndicate, 27 June 2024
US Foreign Policy
74. Biden, Trump, and Washington’s Wishful Thinking [57-minute podcast]
Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2024
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