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Today’s issue includes the following commentaries and citations attributed to ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and its researchers. You can click on the links to go to the articles directly.
- No. 3: Yanuar Nugroho, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 39: Nguyen Khac Giang, Visiting Fellow
- No. 44: Joanne Lin Weiling, 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. Caught between giants: Why Cambodia looks to Australia
Chhay Lim Genevieve Donnellon-May
Interpreter, 16 October 2024
Indonesia
2. Indonesia’s New President Will Keep the World Guessing
Karishma Vaswani
Bloomberg, 16 October 2024
3. Commentary: Anticipating the first moves of Indonesia president-elect Prabowo
[This commentary first appeared on ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute’s blog, Fulcrum.]
Yanuar Nugroho
CNA, 16 October 2024
4. Family-friendly policies can help keep Indonesia’s demographics in the ‘sweet spot’
Rifky Pratama Wicaksono, Audit Board of Indonesia & Dewi Abiola Buchita Natakusuma, Independent
East Asia Forum, 16 October 2024
5. Analysis: Jakarta settles for second-rate leaders in global city transformation
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 16 October 2024
6. Jokowi aides make it onto cabinet shortlist
Radhiyya Indra and Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 16 October 2024
7. Will Prabowo’s flagship free school meal plan achieve its goal?
Alldo Fellix Januardy and Edbert Gani Suryahudaya
Straits Times, 16 October 2024
8. A decade of Indonesian MSME journey: Empowering local products to penetrate global markets
Creative Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta Post, 15 October 2024
9. Indonesia’s Prabowo courts largest party for coalition
Stanley Widianto and Ananda Teresia
Reuters, 15 October 2024
10. Indonesia-China Relations: Recent Developments and Prospects under the Incoming Prabowo Administration
Johanes Herlijanto, Alexander Raymond Arifianto
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 15 October 2024
Laos
11. Laos’ Megawatt Ambitions: Energising Regional Geopolitics
Hoang Anh Q. Nguyen
Australian Institute of International Affairs, 15 October 2024
Malaysia
12. Petrol subsidy cuts, new taxes and wage increases to be focus of Malaysia’s 2025 Budget: Analysts
Aqil Haziq Mahmud
CNA, 16 October 2024
13. CNA Correspondent – Does Malaysia have what it takes to stand out as a regional leader in AI?
[An 18-minute interview]
CNA, 16 October 2024
14. COMMENT | Borneo vs Malaya – dangerous rhetoric fuelling divide
Ooi Kok Hin
Malaysiakini, 16 October 2024
15. INTERACTIVE: Personal income tax cut most popular item on Budget 2025 poll
Star, 16 October 2024
16. Save ringgit or save Reformasi? PM Anwar could attempt both
Shannon Teoh
Straits Times, 16 October 2024
17. Q&A with Malaysia’s Second Finance Minister ahead of upcoming Budget
Melissa Goh
CNA, 15 October 2024
18. Zahid’s younger brother joins PAS
Free Malaysia Today, 15 October 2024
19. Malaysia’s rare earths ambition faces curbs as geopolitics muddies waters
Joseph Sipalan
South China Morning Post, 15 October 2024
Myanmar
20. Head of Myanmar’s military government urges ethnic rebels to join peace talks
AP News, 15 October 2024
21. China Reportedly Planning to Welcome Myanmar Junta Boss
Irrawaddy, 15 October 2024
22. Myanmar Junta Wraps Up Failed Population Census
Maung Kavi
Irrawaddy, 15 October 2024
23. Myanmar junta officials offering Russian language training for civil servants
Aung Zay
Myanmar Now, 15 October 2024
24. China Backs Neighboring Junta as it Widens Airstrikes in War of Survival
Matthew Tostevin
Newsweek, 15 October 2024
Philippines
25. US, PH launch war games
Francisco Tuyay and Agence France-Presse
Manila Times, 16 October 2024
26. The lure of politics: Some celebrities shun the circus
Kurt Dela Peña
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 16 October 2024
27. Strong and weak
Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 16 October 2024
28. Issues behind the issues in midterm election
Yen Makabenta
Manila Times, 15 October 2024
29. Worship in the Malls: Prayer or Profit?
Tessa Mangahas
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 October 2024
30. Drug war findings won’t be given to ICC, but accessible on social media
Faith Argosino
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 October 2024
31. Most Philippine voters won’t support pro-China candidates in 2025 elections: survey
Jeoffrey Maitem
South China Morning Post, 15 October 2024
Singapore
32. Most Singaporeans rate China’s clout above US, prefer it as strategic partner: survey
Jean Iau
South China Morning Post, 15 October 2024
Thailand
33. Ipsos highlights consumer trends
Bangkok Post, 16 October 2024
34. Thailand to move up semiconductor value chain with first front-end fab
Kenya Akama
Nikkei Asia, 16 October 2024
35. Opposition to tread warily in amnesty debate
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 15 October 2024
36. Govt may eye negative income tax system to improve welfare
The Nation, 15 October 2024
37. Thailand’s major strengths of 4 decades ago have been eroded by high costs, outdated rules and regulations and failure to update infrastructure
The Nation, 14 October 2024
Timor-Leste
38. Asia’s youngest nation defends its China ties: ‘it’s the Chinese helping us’
Agence France-Presse
South China Morning Post, 15 October 2024
Vietnam
39. What is behind Vietnam’s economic success story?
Tommy Walker
DW, 15 October 2024
40. Vietnamese businesses: Resilient but slow to grow – what’s holding them back?
VietNamNet, 15 October 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
41. Asean backs Myanmar stance: MFA
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 16 October 2024
42. Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship is a catalyst, not a panacea
Angeline Tan Yanitha Meena Louis
Interpreter, 16 October 2024
43. Southeast Asia’s emerging megacities must prioritize people
Jaime Urquijo
Nikkei Asia, 16 October 2024
44. Asean’s unity under challenge as power rivalries at East Asia Summit expose its weaknesses
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 16 October 2024
45. 7 moves to shape ‘Future Ready Asean’
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Bangkok Post, 15 October 2024
46. Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship and Anwar’s triple axis strategy
Phar Kim Beng
Jakarta Post, 15 October 2024
Asia Pacific
47. 亚洲国家靠向“金砖”说明什么？[What does it say that Asian countries are leaning towards BRICS?]
孙培松是国务院发展研究中心世界发展研究所研究员
环球网, 15 October 2024
East/South China Sea
48. Innovating Vietnam’s Public Diplomacy in the South China Sea
Nguyen Thanh Long
Diplomat, 16 October 2024
Climate Change/Environment
49. A bill to ‘outlast any minister or government’ – Nik Nazmi answers burning questions on Malaysia’s climate change legislation
Samantha Ho
Eco-Business, 16 October 2024
50. The EUDR Hints at the Limits of Market Access as Leverage
James Guild
Diplomat, 15 October 2024
51. Health and climate risks overlap in coal-burning Southeast Asia
Rhick Lars Albay
Eco-Business, 15 October 2024
52. Jokowi gagal penuhi hak lingkungan warga—bagaimana risikonya di era Prabowo? [Jokowi fails to fulfill citizens’ environmental rights—what are the risks in the Prabowo era?]
Fajri Fadhillah, Peneliti Hukum pada Divisi Pengendalian Pencemaran dan Kerusakan Lingkungan Hidup, Indonesian Center for Environmental Law (ICEL)
The Conversation, 15 October 2024
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