Media

Francis Hutchinson and Serina Abdul Rahman quoted in TODAY: “Battleground Johor: Signs of swing in BN’s stronghold, but ruling pact’s sway likely to hold”

 

This article was published by TODAY on 8 May 2018.

Dr Francis Hutchinson is Senior Fellow and Coordinator Malaysia Studies Programme, while Dr Serina Abdul Rahman is Visiting Fellow, with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

“Consensus by Accommodation” by Hoang Thi Ha

 

2018/54, 8 May 2018

The leaked Zero Draft of the Chairman’s Statement of the 32nd ASEAN Summit in Singapore with member states’ attributed inputs on the South China Sea (SCS) has put ASEAN under scrutiny and criticism. ASEAN’s decision-making on this matter was disparaged as “consensus by deletion” because several strong formulations originally proposed by some member states were omitted or watered down in the final Chairman’s Statement.

 

Norshahril Saat interviewed by The Straits Times: “Expect fierce battle in Kelantan in Malaysia Election 2018”

 

This interview was published by The Straits Times on 8 May 2018.

Dr Norshahril Saat is Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

Norshahril Saat quoted in The Interpreter: “Malaysia’s political treadmill”

 

This article was published by The Interpreter on 8 May 2018.

Dr Norshahril Saat is Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

Cassey Lee and Serina Abdul Rahman quoted in LA Times: “Malaysia’s election is a strange brew of ‘fake news,’ Cambridge Analytica and a 92-year-old autocrat-turned-reformer”

 

This article was published by LA Times on 7 May 2018.

Dr Cassey Lee is Senior Fellow, while Dr Serina Abdul Rahman is Visiting Fellow, with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

Le Hong Hiep quoted in VNExpress: “Vietnam’s Party holds key gathering to build ‘strategic’ cadre”

 

This article was published by VN Express on 7 May 2018.

Dr Le Hong Hiep is Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

Lee Hwok-Aun quoted in The Edge Markets: “The State of the Nation: Malaysians’ income growing slower than that of foreign workers”

 

This article was published by The Edge Markets on 7 May 2018, with reference to ISEAS Perspective 2018/25 Counting Migrant Workers in Malaysia: A Needlessly Persisting Conundrum by by Lee Hwok-Aun and Khor Yu Leng.

Dr Lee Hwok-Aun is Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

Lee Hwok-Aun quoted in TODAY: “Battleground Selangor: Malaysia’s richest state likely to remain elusive catch for BN”

 

This article was published by TODAY on 6 May 2018.

Dr Lee Hwok-Aun is Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

 

Lee Hock Guan quoted in CNA: “How will Malaysia’s Chinese vote? ‘The answer lies in Yong Peng'”

 

This article was published by Channel Newsasia on 7 May 2018.

Dr Lee Hock Guan is Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

Serina Abdul Rahman quoted in CNA: “Malaysia election: UMNO women’s wing making headway in rural Kelantan”

 

This article was published by Channel Newsasia on 6 May 2018.

Dr Serina Abdul Rahman is Visiting Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.