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- No. 19: Aries Arugay, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 20: Aries Arugay, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 25: Joanne Lin, Senior Fellow
- No. 26: Joanne Lin, Senior Fellow
- No. 37: The State of Southeast Asia: 2024 Survey Report
- No. 38: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 39: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 41: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 44: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 45: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 47: Le Hong Hiep, 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
Cambodia
1. Anti-Vietnam Sentiment Is Raising the Heat on Cambodia’s Huns
Erin Cook
World Politics Review, 9 October 2024
Indonesia
2. Skipping ASEAN summits is bad foreign policy
Editorial board (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta Post, 10 October 2024
3. The future is nickel in Indonesia
Joseph Rachman
Asia Times, 9 October 2024
4. Study: Indonesian police reforms stalled, ‘culture of violence’ persists
Tria Dianti
Benar News, 9 October 2024
5. Half of Prabowo’s ministers to be NU members, chairman claims
News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta Post, 9 October 2024
6. Indonesia’s Defence Industry: Challenges Facing the Incoming Prabowo Administration
Edna Caroline & Adhi Priamarizki
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 9 October 2024
7. Temu unlikely to give up on entering Indonesia despite continued rejection from the authorities
Hariz Baharudin
Straits Times, 9 October 2024
Malaysia
8. Anwar Ibrahim in Russia: Opportunism or Hatred of the West?
David Hutt
Diplomat, 10 October 2024
9. Fiscal responsibility is the key in Budget 2025
Geoffrey Williams
Free Malaysia Today, 10 October 2024
10. The triple strategic master strokes of Anwar
Phar Kim Beng
Jakarta Post, 10 October 2024
11. New mufti bill unconstitutional, undermines Agong and harms Muslims through government control, says Latheefa
Latheefa Koya
Malaysia Now, 10 October 2024
12. Penang’s Manufacturing Future: A Balancing Act Between Growth and Talent
Ong Wooi Leng
Penang Monthly, 10 October 2024
13. US-China Tensions & the Transformation of Penang’s Tech Industry
Philip Khor
Penang Monthly, 10 October 2024
14. Peter Anthony’s Parti KDM going solo for Sabah polls, eyeing over 30 seats
Durie Rainer Fong
Star, 9 October 2024
Myanmar
15. SAC Chairman reaffirms commitment to transfer power to elected government following re-election
Eleven Myanmar, 9 October 2024
16. As fighting wears on, many in Myanmar are focused on a new government
Aye Aye Mon & Chan Aung
Radio Free Asia, 9 October 2024
Philippines
17. Is PH the next semiconductor superpower?
Dr. Danilo C. Lachica
Inquirer, 10 October 2024
18. Philippines’ anti-graft court dismisses $5M ill-gotten wealth case against the Marcoses
Camille Elemia
Benar News, 9 October 2024
19. Stage set for battle of the dynasties as Rodrigo Duterte eyes return to politics in the Philippines
Rebecca Ratcliffe
Guardian, 9 October 2024
20. Detained preacher’s senate bid highlights ‘broken’ Philippine electoral system
Mara Cepeda
Straits Times, 9 October 2024
Thailand
21. Thailand elected to UN Human Rights Council
Bangkok Post, 10 October 2024
22. Thailand eyes $300bn gas field frozen by Cambodia dispute
Bangkok Post, 10 October 2024
23. 3 candidates nominated for BOT board chairperson
The Nation, 10 October 2024
24. Human rights concerns overshadow Thailand’s bid for admission to UN body
Mike Firn
Radio Free Asia, 9 October 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
25. What will Malaysia push for as next ASEAN chair and could it affect grouping’s unity?
Amir Yusof
CNA, 10 October 2024
26. Commentary: US not walking the talk in Southeast Asia as Biden skips ASEAN Summit again
Joanne Lin
CNA, 10 October 2024
27. Europe’s must raise its game with EU-ASEAN ties
Chris Humphrey
Jakarta Post, 10 October 2024
28. Test of Asean unity lies in grouping’s response to internal, regional challenges: PM Wong
Tan Tam Mei
Straits Times, 10 October 2024
29. Can Asean continue to ignore the Quad?
Ravi Velloor
Straits Times, 10 October 2024
30. A rose or a unicorn? Asean’s mission under the spotlight
Lily Kong
Straits Times, 10 October 2024
31. ASEAN Launches the ASEAN Investment Report 2024
[Link to 204-page report “ASEAN Investment Report 2024“]
ASEAN Secretariat News, 9 October 2024
32. Malaysia’s Anwar calls for a united ASEAN amid rising ‘global tensions’
Iman Muttaqin Yusof
Benar News, 9 October 2024
33. ASEAN summit seeks progress on Myanmar civil war
Martin Abbugao & Thanaporn Promyamyai (AFP)
Jakarta Post, 9 October 2024
34. Reimagining Solutions: Southeast Asia’s Cultural Wisdom in the Global Fight Against Radicalism
Noor Huda Ismail
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 9 October 2024
35. Expansion of ASEAN-China free-trade pact questioned amid summit
Peh Hong Lim
VOA, 9 October 2024
36. How ASEAN Lost Its Luster in Global Affairs
World Politics Review, 9 October 2024
Asia Pacific
37. Commentary: Singapore and South Korea ties go beyond K-pop and football
Sarah Teo & Ha Chae Kyoun
CNA, 10 October 2024
38. South Korea’s Yoon Renews Unification Call in Challenge to Kim
Sam Kim
Bloomberg, 9 October 2024
39. Unified Korea will contribute to peace, prosperity in Indo-Pacific: Yoon
Anna J. Park
Korea Times, 9 October 2024
40. IPEF: Much ado about nothing
Jomo Kwame Sundaram & Ong Kar Jin
MySinchew, 9 October 2024
41. South Korea’s Yoon offers $100m to ‘promote democracy’ in Indo-Pacific
Dylan Loh
Nikkei Asia, 9 October 2024
42. Asia to remain center of chip industry despite West’s push: ASML CEO
Cheng Ting-Fang
Nikkei Asia, 9 October 2024
43. Can the next US president achieve a breakthrough in US-China relations?
Drew Thompson
ThinkChina, 9 October 2024
44. 韩国继续增进与中国沟通 减少误解和冲突 [South Korea continues to enhance communication with China to reduce misunderstandings and conflicts]
王英慧
联合早报, 9 October 2024
45. 韩国总统尹锡悦：朝鲜半岛统一有利于印太和平 [South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol: Unification of the Korean Peninsula is conducive to peace in the Indo-Pacific]
王英慧
联合早报, 9 October 2024
East/South China Sea
46. China tells PH to stop ‘intruding’ on Scarborough Shoal
Javier Joe Ismael
Manila Times, 10 October 2024
47. Philippines sides with Vietnam in South China Sea dispute, hoping it will ‘return the favour’
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 9 October 2024
48. ASEAN unites to reinforce central role and common stance on the East Sea
VietNamNet, 9 October 2024
Climate Change/Environment
49. The future of data centres: Looking at Asean’s next generation of data centres from a lifecycle lens
Holly Naylor
Eco-Business, 9 October 2024
50. Warming fuels cyclones, cloudbursts across Asia
[Link to the journal article, “Changes to tropical cyclone trajectories in Southeast Asia under a warming climate“]
Eco-Business, 9 October 2024
51. Massive global growth of renewables to 2030 is set to match entire power capacity of major economies today, moving world closer to tripling goal
[Link to 177-page PDF document: Renewables 2024 – Analysis & forecasts to 2030]
IEA, 9 October 2024
52. Philippines’ dependency on coal not cheap—power exec
Inquirer, 9 October 2024
Media, Technology & Society
53. An ‘Asean way’ for governance of AI
Shuan Fe & Jam Kraprayoon
Bangkok Post, 10 October 2024
54. US offers AI to counter Chinese aggression
Franco Jose C. Baroña
Manila Times, 10 October 2024
55. What the commercial reach of Chinese technology companies might mean for global AI governance
Benjamin Herscovitch, The Australian National University
East Asia Forum, 9 October 2024
Others
BRIC
56. Whither the BRICS?
Ian Hill
Interpreter, 10 October 2024
Geopolitics
57. Defining Success: Does the United States Need an “End State” for Its China Policy?
Jude Blanchette & Lily McElwee
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 7 October 2024
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