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- No. 4: Burhanuddin Muhtadi, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 8: Siwage Dharma Negara, Senior Fellow
- No. 12: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 26: Le Hong Hiep, Senior Fellow
- No. 29: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
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. Doubt lingers about Anies’ Jakarta bid, with backers at odds over running mate
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 25 July 2024
2. ASEAN mini summit on SCS
Editorial board (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta Post, 25 July 2024
3. Indonesia launches ‘Golden Visa’ to lure foreign investors, boost economy
Reuters
Reuters, 25 July 2024
4. Experts warn of rising corruption in Indonesia as nearly half of voters polled were offered bribes
[Link to the Fulcrum 2024/78 article, “A Kidney for Your Vote: Money Politics in Indonesia’s 2024 Elections”]
Hariz Baharudin
Straits Times, 25 July 2024
5. Indonesia pledges new tax exemptions, full foreign ownership among incentives to woo SEZ investments
CNA, 24 July 2024
6. Vice President-Elect Gibran to Expand Free Lunch Trials to Remote Areas
Theressia Silalahi
Jakarta Globe, 24 July 2024
7. Businesses question supply viability of Prabowo’s free milk program
Ruth Dea Juwita
Jakarta Post, 24 July 2024
8. 分析：财政空间有限 普拉博沃如何落实免费午餐计划？[Analysis: With limited fiscal space, how will Prabowo implement the free lunch plan?]
蓝云舟
联合早报, 24 July 2024
9. Heavy Reliance on Exports to China Could Hurt Indonesia’s Trade: Analyst
Arnoldus Kristianus
Jakarta Globe, 23 July 2024
Malaysia
10. Stay out of Nenggiri, Ku Li tells DAP
Malaysia Now, 25 July 2024
11. MCA, MIC perlu kuatkan UMNO dengan tarik sokongan bukan Melayu [MCA, MIC need to strengthen UMNO by attracting non-Malay support]
Aslinda Nasir
Utusan Malaysia, 25 July 2024
12. Santiago revives calls for reintroduction of free breakfast in schools
Free Malaysia Today, 24 July 2024
13. Malaysia sheds short-termism to become Asia’s comeback kid
Trinh Nguyen
Nikkei Asia, 24 July 2024
14. Penang on target to becoming global integrated circuit hub, says Kon Yeow
Ian McIntyre
The Malaysian Insight, 24 July 2024
Myanmar
15. Myanmar Is Running Out of Gas. What Happens Next?
Guillaume de Langre
Diplomat, 25 July 2024
16. Could BIMSTEC be the answer to the Myanmar question?
Arkoprabho Hazra
Interpreter, 25 July 2024
17. Women-to-Women Diplomacy and Informal Peacebuilding in Post-Coup Myanmar
Julia Palmiano Federer and Aye Myat Su Wai
Australian Institute of International Affairs, 24 July 2024
18. ‘We just want peace’: Lashio under siege
Frontier Myanmar, 24 July 2024
19. Will China Accept Another Six-Month Extension of Myanmar’s Emergency Rule?
[17-minute video]
Irrawaddy, 24 July 2024
20. Myanmar Junta Defends Min Aung Hlaing’s Presidential Power Grab as ‘Constitutional’
Irrawaddy, 24 July 2024
Thailand
21. Digital wallet scheme poses credit risk
Chartchai Parasuk
Bangkok Post, 25 July 2024
22. Thailand to set up task force to prevent transactions for Myanmar arms
Reuters
Reuters, 25 July 2024
23. Two scenarios predicted following verdict in Srettha case
The Nation, 25 July 2024
24. Thailand bets on B500bn cash handout to revive economy
Bangkok Post, 24 July 2024
25. Could Anutin Charnvirakul be Thailand’s next PM?
The Nation, 24 July 2024
Vietnam
26. Mourners gather in Vietnam for leader’s funeral
AFP
New Straits Times, 25 July 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
27. ASEAN seeks to tackle Myanmar crisis, South China Sea tension
Stanley Widianto & Martin Petty
Reuters, 25 July 2024
28. Philippines and Singapore broaden defense ties with a new agreement
Jim Gomez
AP News, 24 July 2024
Asia Pacific
29. Kazakhstan Enhances Ties with Central Asian Neighbors to Promote Regional Prosperity
Dauren Aben
Astana Times, 25 July 2024
30. The View from INDOPACOM
[40-minute PodCast]
Jude Blanchette and Michael J. Green
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 24 July 2024
31. The ‘Corridorizing’ of Asia: Cooperation, Competition, and Consequences
Sophia Nina Burna-Asefi
Diplomat, 24 July 2024
32. PacNet #52 – No NATO in Asia: The costs and consequences of countering China
Daniel R. DePetris
Pacific Forum, 24 July 2024
East/South China Sea
33. South China Sea: doubts surface over Philippines’ deal with Beijing on shoal missions
Alan Robles and Raissa Robles
South China Morning Post, 25 July 2024
34. South China Sea: is Philippines becoming a gateway for West’s Indo-Pacific interests?
Sam Beltran
South China Morning Post, 25 July 2024
Media, Technology & Society
35. Will Singapore find a way to counter misinformation ahead of its next GE?
Janice Heng
Business Times, 24 July 2024
Others
US Foreign Policy
36. Strategic Change in U.S. Foreign Policy
[89-page PDF document]
Christopher S. Chivvis, Jennifer Kavanagh, Sahil Lauji, Adele Malle, Samuel Orloff, Stephen Wertheim, and Reid Wilcox
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 23 July 2024
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