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- No. 16: Mohd Faizal Musa, Visiting Fellow
- No. 25: Aries Arugay, Visiting Fellow
- No. 37: Ian Storey, Senior Fellow & Hoang Thi Ha, 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 | Others
Indonesia
1. Jokowi wants 18-year MoU with Malaysia on workers reviewed, says envoy
K. Parkaran
Free Malaysia Today, 20 April 2022
2. Divide and rule Papua
Editorial board
Jakarta Post, 20 April 2022
3. Parpol Islam Harus Antisipasi Politik Identitas Jelang Pemilu 2024 [Islamic political parties should anticipate identity politics in the run up to the 2024 elections]
Republika, 20 April 2022
4. Sunseap to develop large-scale solar energy and storage plants in Indonesia’s Riau Islands
Channel News Asia, 19 April 2022
5. LG Energy signs $9bn EV supply chain deal in Indonesia
Song Jung-a
Financial Times, 19 April 2022
6. Indonesia eyes smaller budget deficit in 2023 amid surging commodity prices
Vincent Fabian Thomas
Jakarta Post, 19 April 2022
7. Mengapa Poros Partai Islam Sulit Terwujud dan Empat Tantangan pada Pemilu 2024 [Why an Axis of Islamic Parties is Difficult to Realize and Four Challenges in the 2024 Election]
Nawir Arsyad Akbar
Republika, 19 April 2022
Malaysia
8. Minimum wage subsidy for SMEs will stifle productivity, says economist
Dineskumar Ragu
Free Malaysia Today, 20 April 2022
9. Joining GPS best way for ex-PKR men to retain seats, says analyst
Nicholas Chung
Free Malaysia Today, 20 April 2022
10. Faktor Agong, pelantikan perdana menteri timbul lagi [The Agong factor, the appointment of the prime minister arises again]
Asalnya mahu tulis topik lain. Ubah fikiran apabila terbaca laporan 18 April. Mohamad Hasan, timbalan presiden Umno, menyifatkan keputusan partinya menamakan Ismail Sabri Yaakob sebagai calon perdana menteri untuk PRU15 menunjukkan “kesepakatan, kematangan, dan kestabilan” Umno menghadapi pilihan raya “yang ramai percaya akan diadakan tidak lama lagi”.
Mohsin Abdullah
Free Malaysia Today, 20 April 2022
11. PH should opt for modesty in tent-building
Free Malaysia Today, 20 April 2022
12. Pandemic Papers: Lessons from Covid-19 [A 79-page PDF document]
Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, 20 April 2022
13. Special Select Committee set up for anti-party hopping Bill bound by motion passed in Parliament, says Wan Junaidi
Soo Wern Jun
Malay Mail Online, 20 April 2022
14. RCEP set to propel Malaysia’s recovery plan
Dr Shankaran Nambiar is a senior research fellow at the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER)
New Straits Times, 20 April 2022
15. GE15 may be Anwar’s last as PKR president, says Fahmi
Liew Jia Xian
Star, 20 April 2022
16. Nurul Izzah, Rafizi sajalah tunggu 10 tahun [Only Nurul Izzah, Rafizi can wait 10 years]
Mohd Faizal Musa atau Faisal Tehrani bertugas sebagai felo di Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu (UKM), Felo Pelawat di ISEAS-Yusuf Ishak dan Bersekutu untuk sebuah projek di bawah Weatherhead Center, Universiti Harvard.
Malaysian Insight, 19 April 2022
17. Sabah has great potential in Muslim-friendly tourism, hospitality sector
Datuk Dr Mohmed Razip Hasan, Director-General, Islamic Tourism Centre, Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia
New Straits Times, 19 April 2022
18. Why fuss over the minimum wage?
Jagdev Singh
Star, 19 April 2022
Myanmar
19. Myanmar’s de-dollarization looks like financial suicide
Bertil Lintner
Asia Times, 19 April 2022
20. Prophecies, Rituals, and Resistance in Myanmar
Naw Theresa
Diplomat, 19 April 2022
21. SAC issues warnings to some companies for announcing fuel shortage: spokesperson
Eleven Myanmar, 19 April 2022
22. Myanmar’s Health System Is in Collapse, ‘Obliterated’ by the Regime
Richard C. Paddock
New York Times, 19 April 2022
23. Rewards for jets, helicopters will test loyalty of Myanmar military: former soldiers
Radio Free Asia, 19 April 2022
24. Myanmar energy ministry denies shortages as motorists queue for fuel
Reuters, 19 April 2022
Philippines
25. 学者：菲总统选举民调虽仍落后小马可斯 罗布雷多支持率回升或有机会翻盘 [Philippine presidential election polls still lag behind Marcos Robredo’s approval rating or have a chance to turn over]
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 20 April 2022
26. DOE seeks security body’s nod to resume WPS oil search
Frances Mangosing, Jordeene Lagare & Nestor Corrales
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 20 April 2022
Thailand
27. PM unveils new forum on economy
Mongkol Bangprapa
Bangkok Post, 20 April 2022
28. Joke or corruption?
Bangkok Post, 20 April 2022
29. Tour package subsidies must continue, urges travel industry
Dusida Worrachaddejchai
Bangkok Post, 20 April 2022
30. Vendors, pavements in focus
Democrat Party candidate Suchatvee Suwansawat said many people earn their living from street vending. They also provide a source of cheap food for city residents so they must be allowed to trade without having to worry about being caught by the police for illegally occupying pavements and violating sanitation regulations, he added.
Bangkok Post, 20 April 2022
31. Ministry pushing soft power
Phusadee Arunmas
Bangkok Post, 20 April 2022
32. Another arrest warrant out for Yingluck
Bangkok Post, 19 April 2022
33. Wichian quits amid Sang Anakhot Thai switch talk
Bangkok Post, 19 April 2022
34. Jurin steps down as head of two women’s panels, stays on as Democrat leader
Nation, 19 April 2022
Timor-Leste
35. East Timor votes for president in runoff amid political feud
Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 19 April 2022
Vietnam
36. US donates nearly 40 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam
Voice of Vietnam, 20 April 2022
37. Russia says military drills planned with Vietnam
[Link to the Fulcrum article “The Russia-Ukraine War: Parallels and Lessons for Vietnam“]
Radio Free Asia, 19 April 2022
38. Vietnam’s inflation remains under control: Finance ministry
VietNamNet, 19 April 2022
39. Vietnam considered a pillar in India’s ‘Act East’ policy
Voice of Vietnam, 19 April 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
40. Analysts: ASEAN Needs the US for Security and Economy
Lay Sopheavotey & Teng Yalirozy
Cambodianess, 20 April 2022
41. Strategic divergence: Australia’s Southeast Asia challenge
Susannah Patton
Interpreter, 20 April 2022
42. Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines Consider Expanding Sulu Sea Trilateral Patrols
Prashanth Parameswaran
Diplomat, 19 April 2022
43. Jacinda Ardern’s Trip to Japan and Singapore Is About More Than Just Trade
Geoffrey Miller
Diplomat, 19 April 2022
44. Indonesia’s USD5 billion plan to send clean power to Singapore
South China Morning Post, 19 April 2022
Asia Pacific
45. Youth Employment Support in Asia and the Pacific: What Works
Helen Osborne & Paul Vandenberg
Asian Development Bank, 20 April 2022
46. The Bandung message and the building of a principled world order
Yayan GH Mulyana is a career diplomat at the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Jakarta Post, 20 April 2022
47. Justice should be the way forward in commodity trade
Edi Suhardi is a sustainable palm oil analyst.
Jakarta Post, 20 April 2022
48. Pro-CCP inauthentic social media accounts shift focus to the Quad
Albert Zhang
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 19 April 2022
49. Ukraine war: Can India feed the world?
Soutik Biswas
BBC, 19 April 2022
50. Taiwan seeks Indo-Pacific Economic Framework membership with US
Channel News Asia, 19 April 2022
51. Singapore and New Zealand have ‘vested interest’ in stable US-China ties, Lee says on Ardern’s Asia trip
Kok Xinghui
South China Morning Post, 19 April 2022
East / South China Sea
52. On the South China Sea, Philippine presidential hopefuls tend to be naively nationalist or neocolonialist
Mark J. Valencia
South China Morning Post, 20 April 2022
Climate Change/Environment
53. Scrap hidden carbon subsidies
Bangkok Post, 19 April 2022
54. Singapore and New Zealand to collaborate on climate change, green economy: PM Lee, Ardern
Goh Yan Han
Straits Times, 19 April 2022
55. Indonesia raises coal royalty rate to range of 14% to 28%
Bernadette Christina
Reuters, 18 April 2022
56. John Kerry Says the Ocean Is Finally Getting the Attention It Deserves in the Climate Change Fight
Time, 18 April 2022
Others
Global Economy
57. Global finance meeting focuses on war-driven food insecurity
Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 19 April 2022
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