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- No. 29: Paul Chambers and Napon Jatusripitak, Visiting Fellows
- No. 32: Nguyen Khac Giang, Visiting Fellow
- No. 36: Nguyen Khac Giang, Visiting Fellow
- No. 48: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 51: 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. Australia – Indonesia defence relations ascend the house of stairs
Euan Graham
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 29 August 2024
2. Rise and fall of ‘blank boxes’ in November regional elections
Nina A. Loasana
Jakarta Post, 29 August 2024
3. Indonesia reemerges as key labor pool for Japan as Vietnamese migration slumps
Nana Shibata
Nikkei Asia, 29 August 2024
4. House should rush assets bill deliberation, Jokowi says
Dio Suhenda
Jakarta Post, 28 August 2024
5. Surakarta king backs out of mayoral election
Kusumasari Ayuningtyas
Jakarta Post, 28 August 2024
6. Prabowo Subianto Invites Parties to Collaborate; ‘Opposition is a Western Value’
Novali Panji Nugroho
Jakarta Post, 28 August 2024
7. Govt may restrict subsidized fuel sales on Oct. 1, energy minister says
Ruth Dea Juwita
Jakarta Post, 28 August 2024
8. Netizens call Jokowi by birth name Mulyono as form of protest
Jakarta Post, 28 August 2024
Malaysia
9. COMMENT | Does M’sia really control its own destiny?
Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj
Malaysiakini, 29 August 2024
10. 能吉里补选与阿末扎希的政途 [Nenggiri by – election and Zahid’s political career]
刘惟诚是马国时事评论员、拉曼大学政治与新闻系助理教授
联合早报, 29 August 2024
11. Malaysia Weighs Return of Consumption Tax to Boost Finances
Netty Idayu Ismail, Ram Anand, and Niki Koswanage
Bloomberg, 28 August 2024
12. Starbucks Operator in Malaysia Hurt by Anti-Israel Boycott
Tassia Sipahutar
Bloomberg, 28 August 2024
13. Why Malaysian voters and civil society are turning on Anwar Ibrahim
Han Jun Lim, The Australian National University
East Asia Forum, 28 August 2024
14. Improving the electoral system through fixed-term elections
Khairul Syakirin Zulkifli
Free Malaysia Today, 28 August 2024
Myanmar
15. Myanmar reins in employment agencies to harvest remittances
Htet Phyoe
Nikkei Asia, 29 August 2024
16. ‘Two lions in a cave’: Revolutionary divisions in Chin State
Angshuman Choudhury
Frontier Myanmar, 28 August 2024
17. China Closes Border to Pressure Myanmar Ethnic Armies Into Peace Talks
Irrawaddy, 28 August 2024
Philippines
18. Run, Leila, run
Inquirer, 29 August 2024
19. Prosperity agenda: Bigger budget, higher debt
Inquirer, 29 August 2024
20. In testimony, senior Philippine police officer calls national force ‘biggest crime group’
Jason Gutierrez
Benar News, 28 August 2024
21. Marcos ratings up, VP’s decline
Red Mendoza and Catherine S. Valente
Manila Times, 28 August 2024
22. Philippines VP Sara Duterte ‘goes on offensive’ in budget hearing. Did it work?
Raissa Robles
South China Morning Post, 28 August 2024
Thailand
23. Pheu Thai Party opens door to Democrats
Bangkok Post, 29 August 2024
24. A closer inspection of negative income tax
Bangkok Post, 29 August 2024
25. Thailand flooding poses early test for PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Kosuke Inoue
Nikkei Asia, 29 August 2024
26. Strategy developed to combat influx of substandard goods
The Nation, 29 August 2024
27. Thai central bank chief fights to balance growth, consumer debt
Francesca Regalado
Nikkei Asia, 28 August 2024
28. Opinion – End Game for Prawit and his once powerful PPRP, as they are booted out of coalition
Thanaphum Charoensombatpanich
Thai Enquirer, 28 August 2024
29. 为泰党邀宿敌民主党加入执政联盟 学者：泰国政治格局将改变 [Pheu Thai Party invites old rivals, the Democratic Party, to join the ruling coalition. Scholars: say Thailand’s political landscape will change]
周逸菲
联合早报, 28 August 2024
Timor-Leste
30. Economic challenges cast shadow on 25th anniversary celebrations of Timor – Leste’s independence vote
Ahmad Syamsudin
Benar News, 28 August 2024
Vietnam
31. Google weighs large data centre in Vietnam, source says, in nation’s first by US big tech
Bangkok Post, 29 August 2024
32. Leadership Changes In Vietnam: Implications [10-minute podcast]
BFM, 29 August 2024
33. After China, Vietnam’s New Leader To Lam Is Off To America
David Hutt
Diplomat, 29 August 2024
34. Why are thousands of Vietnamese students turning down university admissions?
VietNamNet, 29 August 2024
35. Vietnam’s New Leadership: Old Path, New Expectations
James Borton
Geopolitical Monitor, 28 August 2024
36. 2024 crucial for Vietnam to prove efforts in IUU fight
Vietnam Plus, 28 August 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
37. China’s Myanmar diplomacy
Editorial board (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta Post, 29 August 2024
38. DPM Zahid arrives in Timor – Leste for three – day official visit for talks on education, economic cooperation
Malay Mail Online, 29 August 2024
39. Marcos pledges stronger Philippines – Cambodia relations
Ry Sochan
Phnom Penh Post, 28 August 2024
Asia Pacific
40. Chinese embassy hits Japanese envoy after defending Philippines
Joseph Pedrajas
Manila Bulletin, 29 August 2024
41. Analysis: Elders stay faithful to Deng over ‘reformer Xi Jinping’
Katsuji Nakazawa
Nikkei Asia, 29 August 2024
42. Asia’s youth turn restless, in a world without enough jobs
Lin Suling
Straits Times, 29 August 2024
43. Taiwanese hide fears of potential Taiwan Strait war
Miao Zong-Han
ThinkChina, 29 August 2024
44. China Warns Taiwan Independence is Greatest Threat to Regional Stability
Newsweek, 28 August 2024
45. Tighter U.S. – Japan alliance is unexpected legacy of Kishida – Biden era
Ken Moriyasu and Shin Nakayama
Nikkei Asia, 28 August 2024
46. China and U.S. discuss plans for ‘leader-level call’ in coming weeks
CK Tan
Nikkei Asia, 28 August 2024
47. U.S. Regional Engagement with Chris Johnstone and Andreyka Natalegawa [41-minute podcast]
Gregory B. Poling, Christopher B. Johnstone, Andreyka Natalegawa, Japhet Quitzon, and Lauren Mai
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 22 August 2024
East/South China Sea
48. Malaysia gets taste of China West Philippine Sea bullying
[Link to ISEAS Perspective 2022/21 “Malaysia’s Oil and Gas Sector: Constant Expectations despite Diminishing Returns”]
Kurt Dela Peña
Inquirer, 29 August 2024
Climate Change/Environment
49. Marcos signs into law Loss and Damage Fund Board Act
Manila Bulletin, 29 August 2024
50. Exploring the Economic and Noneconomic Determinants of Investments in Renewable Energy
Gazi Salah Uddin, Md. Bokhtiar Hasan, Donghyun Park, Md. Sumon Ali, and Christoffer Wadström
Asian Development Bank, 28 August 2024
51. Cropped 28 August 2024: Sicily sizzles; Exploratory seabed mining; Net – zero ag emissions
[Link to Fulcrum 2024/256, “Cultivated Meat in Southeast Asia: Climate Change Provides Food for Thought”]
Giuliana Viglione, Aruna Chandrasekhar, Daisy Dunne, Orla Dwyer and Yanine Quiroz
Carbon Brief, 28 August 2024
52. Southeast Asia’s highly anticipated environmental rights declaration ‘watered down’, say critics
Nicha Wachpanich
Dialogue Earth, 27 August 2024
Media, Technology & Society
53. Digital TV channels want to keep licences
Bangkok Post, 29 August 2024
54. Telegram’s hands – off approach to content faces a reckoning
Parmy Olson
Straits Times, 29 August 2024
55. Exclusive: New Research Finds Stark Global Divide in Ownership of Powerful AI Chips
Billy Perrigo
Time, 28 August 2024
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