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- No. 9: Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 18: Ooi Kee Beng, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 33: Kristina Fong, Lead Researcher
- No. 39: Joanne Lin, Senior Fellow
- No. 40: Joanne Lin & Ian Storey, Senior Fellows
- No. 43: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 52: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 57: 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. RI diplomacy influential despite Jokowi’s focus on domestic issues
Yvette Tanamal
Jakarta Post, 11 October 2024
2. Analysis: Weighing the costs and benefits of Prabowo’s new agencies
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 11 October 2024
3. No more ‘trickle-down’ economy: Prabowo
Deni Ghifari
Jakarta Post, 11 October 2024
4. The shadows of fraud loom over Indonesia’s defense
Muhammad Rafi Bakri
Jakarta Post, 11 October 2024
5. Housing allowance for new lawmakers causes stir
Jakarta Post, 11 October 2024
6. Indonesia retailers cheer Temu ban as big win in battle to stem tide of cheap imported goods
Elisa Valenta
Business Times, 10 October 2024
7. Here’s why the 2025 state budget is a milestone for the Golden Indonesia 2045 vision
Jakarta Post, 10 October 2024
8. Challenges Faced in Indonesia’s Naval Modernisation
Alfin Febrian Basundoro
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 10 October 2024
9. 佐科十年：黄金印尼的奠基人还是政治野心家 [Jokowi’s Decade: Founder of Golden Indonesia or Political Aspirant]
邴泓剑
联合早报, 10 October 2024
Malaysia
10. ByteDance cuts over 700 jobs in Malaysia in shift towards AI moderation
Bangkok Post, 11 October 2024
11. Commentary: The politics at play in Malaysia’s upcoming budget
James Chai
CNA, 11 October 2024
12. Analysis: Malaysia’s MyJPJ app U-turn latest policy reversal to hurt public confidence in government
Aqil Haziq Mahmud
CNA, 11 October 2024
13. Will Budget 2025 see govt’s transport priorities change?
Rosli Khan
Free Malaysia Today, 11 October 2024
14. Inheritance tax could make a comeback in Budget 2025: But what is it and why are some Malaysians for and against it?
Syed Jaymal Zahiid
Malay Mail Online, 11 October 2024
15. World Bank: More M’sian degree grads working in jobs that don’t need it
Malaysiakini, 11 October 2024
16. COMMENT | Why you should be worried about the FT Mufti Bill
Maiam Mokhtar
Malaysiakini, 11 October 2024
17. Party poised for traditional-style AGM
Star, 11 October 2024
18. Malaysia in the ASEAN Chair 2025: Policy Recommendations from Penang Institute
Ooi Kee Beng, Tan Lee Ooi, Zulfigar Yasin, Ong Wooi Leng, Beh May Ting, Yeong Pey Jung, Fauwaz Abdul Aziz, Pan Yi Chieh and Rahida Aini
Penang Monthly, 8 October 2024
Myanmar
19. Don’t fall for the fake election in Myanmar
Ashley South, Chiang Mai University
East Asia Forum, 11 October 2024
20. Conflict, uncertainty hang over Mogok’s gemstone industry
Raju Gautam, Emily Fishbein and Hpan Ja Brang
Frontier Myanmar, 10 October 2024
21. Myanmar talks in Jakarta another ASEAN debacle
Lina Alexandra
Jakarta Globe, 10 October 2024
Philippines
22. China’s appetite for PH ores gnaws at mining trade
Kurt Dela Peña
Inquirer, 11 October 2024
23. Impact of Isko Moreno’s policies still felt by Manila senior citizens
Inquirer, 10 October 2024
Thailand
24. Foreign policy needs to be democratic
Bangkok Post, 11 October 2024
25. Dissolution petition targets Thaksin and Pheu Thai
Bangkok Post, 10 October 2024
26. Thailand elected UN Human Rights Council member amid ‘questionable’ civil liberties record
Nontarat Phaicharoen
Benar News, 10 October 2024
27. Meeting between Thaksin and Newin marks a major political realignment
The Nation, 10 October 2024
Vietnam
28. Vietnam plans to develop a regional financial hub by 2035
VietNamNet, 11 October 2024
29. The United States must axe Vietnam’s ‘non-market economy’ status
Harry Horsfield, Nanyang Technological University
East Asia Forum, 10 October 2024
30. Vietnam’s FDI miracle is running out of energy
Tim Daiss
Nikkei Asia, 10 October 2024
31. Vietnam plans new undersea cables amid security concerns
Radio Free Asia, 9 October 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
32. Asean markets are ‘gold mines’ for cross-border sellers, but challenges abound
Jamille Tran
Business Times, 11 October 2024
33. The Curious Case Of Sluggish US Economic Influence Perceptions In ASEAN – Analysis
Kristina Fong, Lead Researcher, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
Eurasia Review, 11 October 2024
34. Myanmar Peace Efforts ‘Substantially Inadequate’: ASEAN Draft
Irrawaddy, 11 October 2024
35. ASEAN countries skeptical of Japan PM Ishiba’s ‘Asian NATO’
Yuki Fujita
Nikkei Asia, 11 October 2024
36. Indonesia, Timor-Leste sign MoU on sustainable development
Antara, 10 October 2024
37. New railways could transform South-East Asia
Economist, 10 October 2024
38. Philippines’ Marcos pushes for ‘earnest’ South China Sea talks
Ramon Royandoyan
Nikkei Asia, 10 October 2024
39. Biden misses regional summits for second straight year
Pimuk Rakkanam
Also republished at Benar News
Radio Free Asia, 10 October 2024
40. 分析：亚细安峰会难以解决缅甸危机和南中国海局势 [Analysis: ASEAN summit will not resolve Myanmar crisis and South China Sea situation]
海珂娴
联合早报, 10 October 2024
41. ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific for the Future-Ready ASEAN and ASEAN-Centred Regional Architecture
ASEAN Secretariat News, 9 October 2024
42. ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on Enhancing Supply Chain Connectivity
ASEAN Secretariat News, 9 October 2024
43. ASEAN summit kicks off, expands potential of cooperation between China and bloc
Zhao Yusha
[Link to the State of Southeast Asia 2024 Survey]
Global Times, 9 October 2024
44. ASEAN Leaders’ Review and Decision on the Implementation of the Five-Point Consensus
ASEAN Secretariat News, 8 October 2024
Asia Pacific
45. From ‘economic animal’ to equal partners: Japan’s postwar relations with Southeast Asia
Hidekazu Wakatsuki
ThinkChina, 11 October 2024
46. The Once Wobbly Quad Is Here to Stay
Derek Grossman
Foreign Policy, 10 October 2024
47. Biden Is Missing Another East Asia Summit. So What?
Gregory B. Poling
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 9 October 2024
East/South China Sea
48. Marcos: China’s behavior in South China Sea should not be ignored
Argyll Cyrus Geducos
Manila Bulletin, 11 October 2024
49. Economies of scale
Dr. Fermin D. Adriano
Manila Times, 11 October 2024
50. 不要把南海问题强加给东盟 [Don’t impose the South China Sea issue on ASEAN]
彭念是华南理工大学区域国别研究中心、印度洋岛国研究中心研究员
环球网, 11 October 2024
51. China defiant over South China Sea skirmishes in ASEAN talks and blames meddling by foreign forces
Eileen Ng & Jintamas Saksornchai
AP News, 10 October 2024
52. Vietnam imitating China’s island-making in South China Sea
Gabriel Honrada
Asia Times, 10 October 2024
53. US and Ally To Deploy More Forces to Strategic Islands Near China
Ryan Chan
Newsweek, 10 October 2024
Climate Change/Environment
54. Thailand’s path to climate resilience
Genevieve Donnellon-May
Interpreter, 11 October 2024
55. ‘Time now for net zero goal’
Zakiah Koya
Star, 11 October 2024
56. Green bonds, red flags: Cambodia’s microfinance crisis deepens amid sustainability push
Leila Goldstein, Eung Sea
Dialogue Earth, 10 October 2024
57. Is interfaith environmentalism possible in Indonesia?
[Originally published as Fulcrum 2024/299]
Iim Halimatusa’diyah and Ronald Adam
Eco-Business, 10 October 2024
58. NGOs call for higher taxes on mining firms so Philippines can benefit from transition minerals boom
Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez
Eco-Business, 10 October 2024
59. JETP: A top-down approach cannot deliver a just transition
Tunggal Pawestri
Jakarta Post, 10 October 2024
60. The Post-2025 ASEAN Agrifood Landscape: What Next?
Paul Teng
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 10 October 2024
61. Report: Wood Energy Boom Threatens Southeast Asian Forests and Communities
Nabiha Zain
Tempo, 10 October 2024
Others
Geopolitics
62. China Is Not the Global South
Sarang Shidore
Foreign Policy, 10 October 2024
World Population
63. The Age of Depopulation: Surviving a World Gone Gray
Nicholas Eberstadt
Foreign Affairs, 10 October 2024
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