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- No. 5: Maria Monica Wihardja, Visiting Fellow
- No. 17: Francis Hutchinson, Senior Fellow
- No. 18: Norshahril Saat, Senior Fellow
- No. 38: Ian Storey, Senior Fellow & Benjamin Loh, 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
Indonesia
1. How Indonesia’s Prabowo will see the world
Joseph Rachman
Asia Times, 3 July 2024
2. Odd rule change, survey support Kaesang to run in Central Java race
Dio Suhenda
Jakarta Post, 3 July 2024
3. Prabowo’s leg surgery sparks speculation over health, but could help him perform presidential duties better, say analysts
Denny Armandhanu
Cambodia Daily, 2 July 2024
4. Indonesia Announces Hefty Tariffs on Chinese-made Goods
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 2 July 2024
5. The Heterogeneous Impacts of Digital Transformation and Investment on Indonesia’s Labour Market
[88-page PDF document]
Maria Monica Wihardja, Abror Tegar Pradana, Putu Sanjiwacika Wibisana, Arya Swarnata
ERIA, 2 July 2024
6. KPU opens door for Jokowi’s youngest son to run for governor
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 2 July 2024
7. Govt to reinstate SME loan restructuring program
Aditya Hadi
Jakarta Post, 2 July 2024
Laos
8. Is Laos Planning to Sell Off More of Its Energy Sector to China?
David Hutt
Diplomat, 2 July 2024
9. Lao central bank governor removed amid economic crisis
Radio Free Asia, 2 July 2024
10. Rainy season exacerbates Laos’ power outages
Radio Free Asia, 2 July 2024
Malaysia
11. Kemenangan calon PH mampu kuatkan UMNO dalam kerajaan [A win for PH candidate could strengthen UMNO’s position in the government]
Prof Dr Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani
Berita Harian, 3 July 2024
12. All you need to know about: Malaysia’s new cost-of-living benchmark
John Bunyan
Malay Mail Online, 3 July 2024
13. When more is less: PAS would make Anwar’s crowded house noisier
Shannon Teoh
Straits Times, 3 July 2024
14. Umno open to return of ex-members, including Tok Pa
Predeep Nambiar
Free Malaysia Today, 2 July 2024
15. DoSM: Selangor top contributor to Malaysia’s 2023 GDP
Malay Mail Online, 2 July 2024
16. Malaysia must prepare for an ageing population
The Malaysian Insight, 2 July 2024
17. Penang leads Malaysia’s semiconductor charge
Seoow Juin Yee
ThinkChina, 2 July 2024
18. 网络传教及保守政治论述盛行 或助长马国回教极端主义 [The prevalence of online proselytizing and conservative political discourse may fuel Islamic extremism in Malaysia]
萧郡瑜
联合早报, 2 July 2024
Myanmar
19. Risky business
Bangkok Post, 3 July 2024
20. Myanmar’s reliance on imported fuel squeezes military as civilians suffer
Dominic Faulder
Nikkei Asia, 3 July 2024
21. How Myanmar’s Railways Reflect the Nation’s Uneasy History
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 2 July 2024
22. ‘Killing the weeds’: Village warfare in Myingyan
Hein Thar
Frontier Myanmar, 2 July 2024
23. Myanmar’s Conscription Exiles Struggle in Thailand
AFP
Irrawaddy, 2 July 2024
24. In China, Thein Sein Likely Passed on Plea for Help From Junta Boss
Irrawaddy, 2 July 2024
25. Myanmar shuns ethnic party from planned elections
Radio Free Asia, 2 July 2024
26. Japanese zoo urged to reject elephants from Myanmar’s junta over propaganda value
Julian Ryall
South China Morning Post, 2 July 2024
Philippines
27. Philippines’ ex-police chief admits rights abuses in drug war. Why now?
Sam Beltran
South China Morning Post, 3 July 2024
28. Philippines warned ‘US satellite-like’ status puts it under Putin’s nuclear cross hairs
Jeoffrey Maitem
South China Morning Post, 2 July 2024
29. South China Sea: why Philippines’ Duterte may be doing U-turn on pro-Beijing stance
Jeoffrey Maitem
South China Morning Post, 2 July 2024
Thailand
30. Charn fails to churn interest
Nattaya Chetchotiros
Bangkok Post, 3 July 2024
31. Thais favour proactive foreign policy
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Bangkok Post, 2 July 2024
32. Thai conservatives dominate new Senate, add pressure on PM
Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat
Nikkei Asia, 2 July 2024
33. Stormy weather ahead as ‘Orange tide’ washes over Pheu Thai
The Nation, 2 July 2024
Vietnam
34. Vietnam, once isolated, is scoring key diplomatic victories with agility
Rushali Saha
South China Morning Post, 2 July 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
35. ASEAN silence on Pyongyang summit
Editorial board (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta Post, 3 July 2024
36. ASEAN wage hikes worry industries benefiting from supply chain shift
Atsushi Tomiyama, Ramon Royandoyan, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat and Norman Goh
Nikkei Asia, 2 July 2024
37. Japan commits to ASEAN power grid project to counter China
Nikkei Asia, 2 July 2024
38. Malaysia leads 35 countries in percentage of people with favourable view on Russia: Pew survey
[Link to Views of Russia and Putin]
[Link to Confidence in Zelenskyy and support for Ukraine]
Straits Times, 2 July 2024
Asia Pacific
39. Asian officials brace for Trump 2.0 after Biden debate meltdown
William Pesek
Nikkei Asia, 3 July 2024
40. Asia is set to embrace protectionism in face of China’s overcapacity
Sonal Varma
Nikkei Asia, 2 July 2024
East/South China Sea
41. Manila: Philippines, China agree to ‘de-escalate’ South China Sea tensions
Jason Gutierrez
Benar News, 2 July 2024
42. EAST CHINA SEA
Energy Information Administration, 1 July 2024
Climate Change/Environment
43. It’s time Asia reckoned with lithium-ion batteries’ sustainability problem
Kamala Thiagarajan
South China Morning Post, 1 July 2024
Media, Technology & Society
44. Indonesia struggles to recover after cyberattack hits 282 agencies
Tomoyoshi Oshikiri
Nikkei Asia, 3 July 2024
45. Thailand’s homegrown AI project aims to resist U.S. tech giants
Kenya Akama
Nikkei Asia, 3 July 2024
46. U.N. adopts Chinese resolution with U.S. support on closing gap in access to artificial intelligence
Associated Press
Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 2 July 2024
47. The urgent need for cyber-physical resilience in critical infrastructure
Agus Hasan
Jakarta Post, 2 July 2024
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