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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.
Brunei | Cambodia | Indonesia | Laos | Malaysia | Myanmar | Philippines | Singapore | Thailand | Timor-Leste | Vietnam | ASEAN / Southeast Asia | Asia Pacific | East / South China Sea | Climate Change/Environment | Others
Cambodia
1. How Cambodia’s Internet Gateway Will Harm the Internet
Adrian Wan & Charles Mok
Stanford Global Digital Policy Incubator, 18 February 2022
Indonesia
2. The Challenges Facing Indonesia’s G20 Presidency
Noto Suoneto & Hugh Harsono
Diplomat, 12 April 2022
3. Rising oil prices throw Indonesia’s energy subsidies into question
Siwage Dharma Negara, Senior Fellow, ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute
East Asia Forum, 12 April 2022
4. Does Indonesia have excessive maritime claim beyond UNCLOS?
Aristyo Rizka Darmawan
Jakarta Post, 12 April 2022
5. Parties make U-turn election postponement
Dio Suhenda & Nur Janti
Jakarta Post, 12 April 2022
6. PLN and green energy for 2022 G20 Presidency
Antara, 11 April 2022
7. 14 Nations To Join In Indonesian-US War Games
ASEAN Post, 11 April 2022
8. Four Demands Voiced by Students in Today’s Rally
Tempo, 11 April 2022
9. Gov’t Pays 20.7m Families $21 Each to Buy Cooking Oil
Jakarta Globe, 9 April 2022
Laos
10. Assessment of Electric Vehicle Penetration in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
[Link to 147-page PDF report]
ERIA, 31 March 2022
Malaysia
11. Anwar retains PKR presidency uncontested
Free Malaysia Today, 12 April 2022
12. Nurul Izzah stays out of party polls, to focus on wooing fence-sitters
Free Malaysia Today, 12 April 2022
13. Nurul Izzah: Expect smaller voter turnout for GE15 as distrust of politicians deepened after ‘Sheraton Move’
Sharin Aizat Noorshahrizam
Malay Mail Online, 12 April 2022
14. Institutional racism in armed forces recruitment
P Ramasamy
Malaysiakini, 12 April 2022
15. Tabling of Constitutional Amendment Bill manifestation of healthier politics
Bernama, 11 April 2022
16. PKR to see 15-cornered fight for vice-presidency
Nora Mahpar
Free Malaysia Today, 11 April 2022
17. Experts laud move to refer anti-party hopping amendment bill to select committee
Chan Kok Leong & Raevathi Supramaniam
Malaysian Insight, 11 April 2022
18. Malaysia’s manufacturing sales value up 11.2% in February
Malaysian Insight, 11 April 2022
19. Parliament approves motion to refer proposed constitutional amendment to special select committee
Rahimy Rahim, Martin Carvalho & Tarrence Tan
Star, 11 April 2022
Myanmar
20. Myanmar army launches air strikes against rebels near Thai border
Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 11 April 2022
21. Revisiting the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor After the Coup
Amara Thiha
Diplomat, 11 April 2022
22. Is the ‘Yangon Dream’ over? How Yangon lost in the coup
Yay Chann
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (Indonesia), 8 April 2022
Philippines
23. Philippines set to outperform Asean peers
Khmer Times, 12 April 2022
24. Duterte bowing out with high ratings
Kaithreen Cruz
Manila Times, 12 April 2022
25. Bongbong Marcos gets backing of Garcia-led One Cebu party
Neil Arwin Mercado
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 12 April 2022
26. Can Leni Robredo beat Marcos Jr.?
Richard Heydarian
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 12 April 2022
27. Philippine volunteers in door-to-door blitz for presidential hopeful Robredo
AFP
Straits Times, 12 April 2022
28. The Philippines Wants to Acquire Submarines. What Should They Be Used For?
Joshua Bernard Espeña
Diplomat, 11 April 2022
29. No such thing as pre-shaded ballots, PH Embassy in Singapore says
Argyll Cyrus Geducos
Manila Bulletin, 11 April 2022
30. Duterte’s useless quacks against party-list system
Tita C. Valderama
Manila Times, 11 April 2022
Thailand
31. South peace talks at crucial turn
Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post, 12 April 2022
32. Thai Opposition Figure Charged With Royal Defamation, Cyber Crimes
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 12 April 2022
33. Ukraine war: Thai royalists turn from King Maha Vajiralongkorn to defending Russia’s Putin as pro-democracy camp condemns bloodshed
Jitsiree Thongnoi
South China Morning Post, 12 April 2022
34. Russia-Thailand ties remain strong despite Ukraine
Richard S Ehrlich
Asia Times, 11 April 2022
35. Tourism banking on digital realm
Dusida Worrachaddejchai
Bangkok Post, 11 April 2022
Vietnam
36. Vietnam’s apparel industry sees stable growth amid pandemic
Star, 12 April 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
37. Pondering Asean’s future beyond 2025
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Bangkok Post, 12 April 2022
38. Can Sustainable Finance Make a Difference in Southeast Asia?
James Guild
Diplomat, 12 April 2022
39. How the Mekong River Commission ignores reality
Milton Osborne
Interpreter, 12 April 2022
40. ASEAN nations push for financial stability, integration at AFMGM
Antara, 11 April 2022
41. Vietnam, Laos seek to spur border trade development
Voice of Vietnam, 11 April 2022
Asia Pacific
42. Will the Ukraine war ease US-China tensions?
Yang Yao
Free Malaysia Today, 12 April 2022
43. China’s entry into the Muslim world
Manila Times, 12 April 2022
44. Regional Perspectives on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
Matthew P. Goodman & Aidan Arasasingham
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 11 April 2022
45. Singapore’s Lee cautions US against ‘everyone but China’ approach in Asia engagement, says ‘more pleased’ if Hong Kong expats stayed put
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 11 April 2022
46. Braving the Storms: The outlook for East Asia and the Pacific, illustrated
[Link to 100-page PDF: BRAVING THE STORMS]
Aaditya Mattoo, Ekaterine T. Vashakmadze & Ergys Islamaj
World Bank Blogs, 11 April 2022
East / South China Sea
47. China’s nine-dash line proves stranger than fiction
Bec Strating
Interpreter, 12 April 2022
48. Vietnamese girl’s 1940 birth certificate could support Paracels sovereignty claim
Radio Free Asia, 11 April 2022
Others
Media, Technology and Society
49. As Malaysia tests AI court sentencing, some lawyers fear for justice
Rina Chandran
Reuters, 12 April 2022
Image credit: “Myanmar Yangon Thanlyn“, by Werner Bayer on Flickr.
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