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- No. 2: Nguyen Khac Giang, Visiting Fellow
- No. 20: Francis Hutchinson, Senior Fellow
- No. 29: Nguyen Khac Giang, Visiting Fellow
- No. 41: Jayant Menon, Senior 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
Brunei
1. IMF Executive Board Concludes 2024 Article IV Consultation with Brunei Darussalam
IMF News, 25 September 2024
Cambodia
2. Cambodia hopes a new canal will boost trade. But it risks harming the Mekong that feeds millions
Aniruddha Ghosal
AP News, 25 September 2024
Indonesia
3. Dynasties, lack of opposition paint bleak House picture
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 26 September 2024
4. Analysis: Will politics or professionalism define Prabowo cabinet?
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 26 September 2024
5. Sea sand exports: Singapore gains, Indonesia loses
Thanthowy Syamsuddin
Jakarta Post, 26 September 2024
6. All eyes on Prabowo’s next steps after Jokowi’s deft balancing act
Leonard C. Sebastian and Januar Aditya Pratama
Straits Times, 26 September 2024
7. Indonesia: Prabowo hints at defunding Widodo’s new capital
Joseph Rachman
Asia Times, 25 September 2024
8. Slew of overseas visits show Prabowo’s desire to take charge of foreign affairs as next president: Analysts
Kiki Siregar
CNA, 25 September 2024
9. Tensions simmer as campaign season for regional races begins
Dio Suhenda and Apriadi Gunawan
Jakarta Post, 25 September 2024
10. Govt eyes up to Rp 8.8t in extra revenue from global tax deal
Aditya Hadi
Jakarta Post, 25 September 2024
11. Manfaat bekerja untuk lansia: bisakah dirasakan pekerja Indonesia? [Benefits of working for seniors: can Indonesian workers feel it?]
Stephani Dwiyanti, Assistant Professor, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya; Cecilia Alberta, Student Attending Neurogeriatric and Dementia Module at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya; Linda Suryakusum
The Conversation, 25 September 2024
12. Ketika Wibu turun aksi: kesadaran politik kritis kaum muda kembali bangkit [When Wibu take action: the critical political awareness of young people is reawakened]
Muhammad Naufal Waliyuddin, Researcher of Youth and Religious Studies. Doctoral candidate in Islamic studies, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga
The Conversation, 24 September 2024
Malaysia
13. Anwar’s Feud With 99-Year-Old Rival Looms Over Malaysia’s Revival
Niki Koswanage and Tom Redmond
Bloomberg, 26 September 2024
14. With 2 days to go, BN-PH’s focus is on Chinese voters in Mahkota
Nora Mahpar
Free Malaysia Today, 26 September 2024
15. Strong interest in JS-SEZ
[Link to 15-page PDF document: Greater Together: Two Economies, One EcoSystem]
Gerard Gimino
Star, 26 September 2024
16. Report: National household income growth stifled by pandemic, bolstered by Selangor’s strong showing
[Link To 176-page PDF Document: Households And The Pandemic 2019-2022: The State Of Households 2024]
Diyana Pfordten
Star, 26 September 2024
17. Penang’s medical tourism industry in good shape with the bulk of patients from Indonesia
Lu Wei Hoong
Straits Times, 26 September 2024
18. MIPP calls on PM to implement Malaysian Indian Blueprint
Free Malaysia Today, 25 September 2024
19. NST Leader: New education plan
New Straits Times, 25 September 2024
20. Top 5 at 5: Zero Percent Tax Breaks In Forest City
[Link to 36-mins audio interview]
Francis Hutchinson, Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the Malaysia Studies Programme, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
BFM 89.9, 24 September 2024
Myanmar
21. Of Monks and Military Men
Aung Zaw
Irrawaddy, 26 September 2024
22. Myanmar is Not About to Become a ‘Fractured’ State
Miemie Winn Byrd
Diplomat, 25 September 2024
Philippines
23. Why impunity persists
Inquirer, 26 September 2024
24. Marcos endorses admin’s Senate slate for 2025 polls
[Link to full text: Marcos’ speech at the Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas convention] Betheena Unite
Manila Bulletin, 26 September 2024
25. P6.352 trillion budget for 2025 gets House nod
Gabriel Pabico Lalu
Inquirer, 25 September 2024
Thailand
26. Handout to create ‘economic whirlwind’
Mongkol Bangprapa & Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Bangkok Post, 26 September 2024
27. Pheu Thai coy on ethics bill plans
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 26 September 2024
28. Welcome ethics move
Bangkok Post, 26 September 2024
Vietnam
29. China on the agenda as Vietnam’s leader meets Joe Biden
David Hutt
DW, 26 September 2024
30. PacNet #68 – Vietnam’s policy of controlled development will continue
James R. Brow
Pacific Forum, 25 September 2024
31. Biden meets Vietnam’s president in New York
Alex Willemyns
Radio Free Asia, 25 September 2024
32. Party Chief, President To Lam meets with Presidents of EC & Ukraine
VietNamNet, 25 September 2024
33. National Assembly to consider $834.5mil additional investment in Vietcombank
VietNamNet, 25 September 2024
34. Vietnam plans to invest in 1,500 kilometers of north-south high-speed railway
VNA
VnExpress International, 25 September 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
35. The case for ASEAN economies to join BRICS
Chian Wen Chan
Nikkei Asia, 26 September 2024
36. Malaysia’s Myanmar conundrum as next ASEAN chair
Thomas Daniel
Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, 25 September 2024
37. ASEAN looks to strengthen trade, investment beyond member countries
Aditya Hadi
Jakarta Post, 25 September 2024
Asia Pacific
38. How China is preparing for America’s next president
Yu Jie
Free Malaysia Today, 26 September 2024
39. Asia’s middle powers’ activism a plus for regional stability
Huong Le Thu
Asia Research Institute, 25 September 2024
40. China’s Soft Sell of Autocracy Is Working: And America’s Efforts to Promote Democracy Are Failing
Daniel Mattingly
Foreign Affairs, 25 September 2024
41. How China’s diversifying overseas investment has swung open doors into the Global South
Ralph Jennings
Jakarta Post, 25 September 2024
East/South China Sea
42. Chinese Navy Chopper ‘Harasses’ Philippines Aircraft Over Scarborough Shoal; Comes Amid Boiling Tensions In Indo-Pacific
Sakshi Tiwari
EurAsian Times, 25 September 2024
Climate Change/Environment
43. Philippines Seeks to Have Nuclear Plants in Operation by 2032
Sing Yee Ong
Bloomberg, 26 September 2024
44. Japan’s Overseas Oil and Gas Financing Threatens the Global Energy Transition
Walter James
Energy Tracker Asia, 26 September 2024
45. Bumpy road ahead as battery fears hit global EV rollout
SciDev Net
Eco-Business, 25 September 2024
46. Solar power at core of National Energy Plan to achieve emission goal
The Nation, 25 September 2024
Media, Technology & Society
47. Big Tech’s Coup : How Companies Seized Power From States—and How States Can Claw It Back
Marietje Schaake
Foreign Affairs, 26 September 2024
Others
48. OECD sees global economy ‘turning corner’ toward growth
[Link to the: OECD Economic Outlook, Interim Report September 2024]
Rob Garver
VOA, 25 September 2024
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