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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. 21: James Chai, Visiting Fellow
- No. 47: Jayant Menon, Senior Fellow
- No. 51: Michael Schaper, Visiting Senior Fellow & Ryan Wong, Lead Researcher (Climate Policy)
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. Indonesia, Britain agree on partnership road map
Antara, 21 April 2022
2. Indonesia urgently needs law to regulate finfluencers
Damiana Simanjuntak is an economic researcher and PhD candidate at the Department of Economics, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan. Doriani Lingga is an economic researcher and PhD candidate at the Department of Economics, the University of Auckland.
Jakarta Post, 21 April 2022
3. Survei: Pemilu 2024 Ditentukan Kekuatan ‘Satu Warna Dua Bendera’ [Survey: The 2024 Election to be Determined by the Strength of ‘One Color, Two Flags’]
Republika, 21 April 2022
4. Garuda Shield: Indonesia tilting to US against China
John McBeth
Asia Times, 20 April 2022
5. Policy, Guns and Money: Indonesian views on Ukraine conflict, Russian disinformation and digital development [Podcast]
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 20 April 2022
6. Indonesia is a fence sitter on the Russia-Ukraine crisis
Yohanes Sulaiman, Jenderal Achmad Yani University
East Asia Forum, 20 April 2022
7. Indonesia Sees Decline in Palm Oil Export
Jayanty Nada Shofa
Jakarta Globe, 20 April 2022
8. Navigating Pro-JI Pesantrens
Noor Huda Ismail
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 20 April 2022
Laos
9. Landless Lao farmers are caught growing crops in state parks and forests
Radio Free Asia, 20 April 2022
Malaysia
10. Easing housing loans may further burden the poor, govt told
Hakimie Amrie Hisamudin
Free Malaysia Today, 21 April 2022
11. Umno’s Puad to be new Johor assembly speaker
Mohamad Fadli
Free Malaysia Today, 21 April 2022
12. 从马国节庆看政坛端倪 [Looking at the political clues from the festivals of Malaysia]
胡逸山是新加坡国际事务学会（研究所）高级研究员、马来西亚太平洋研究中心首席顾问
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 21 April 2022
13. Puad Zarkashi is new Johor State Assembly Speaker
Rizalman Hammim
Malay Mail Online, 21 April 2022
14. Umno’s Shahril Hamdan believes his party must reform but its return to popularity pushing that agenda further down the line
Syed Jaymal Zahiid
Malay Mail Online, 21 April 2022
15. Harapan, small is beautiful
P Gunasegaram
Malaysiakini, 21 April 2022
16. Defection of entire political party may still be unavoidable
Dr Wilson Tay Tze Vern is senior lecturer, Faculty of Business and Law, Taylor’s University
New Straits Times, 21 April 2022
17. Tapping Halal opportunities
Lau Sim Yee is a professor at Reitaku University, Tokyo, and has been teaching Southeast Asian studies, international economics, integration, development economics and Asian economy since 1983
New Straits Times, 21 April 2022
18. Select panel to look into ways of beefing up Johor state assembly
Venesa Devi
Star, 21 April 2022
19. Why a third force opposition coalition makes sense
Lim Teck Ghee & Murray Hunter
Free Malaysia Today, 20 April 2022
20. Salang confirmed as PRS president after Sikie decides against contest
Sulok Tawie
Malay Mail Online, 20 April 2022
21. Big Tent’ strategy a misreading of election history
James Chai, Visiting Fellow, ISEAS
Malaysiakini, 20 April 2022
22. Tiga asas untuk Pakatan bangkit semula [Three foundations for Pakatan to rise again]
Fakhrurrazi Rashid, Koordinator Penyelidik Research For Social Advancement (REFSA)
Malaysian Insight, 20 April 2022
Myanmar
23. The young rebels fighting for democracy [13-minute video]
BBC, 21 April 2022
24. Help for Ukraine but little for Myanmar
Htun Aung Gyaw
Asia Times, 20 April 2022
25. Myanmar braces for further power disruptions as solar initiative stalls
Frontier Myanmar, 20 April 2022
26. Why Did the Myanmar Peace Process Fail?
Tony Waters
Irrawaddy, 20 April 2022
27. 1 in 100 displaced by conflict since Myanmar coup, UN says
Radio Free Asia, 20 April 2022
Philippines
28. Stranglehold of corruption
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21 April 2022
29. Are Philippine elites advocating neocolonialism?
Mark Valencia
Asia Times, 20 April 2022
30. Philippines’ poll body throws out last petition against Marcos
Neil Jerome Morales & Karen Lema
Reuters, 20 April 2022
Singapore
31. Singapore expected to continue balanced strategy, refuse confrontation in the region
Xia Wenxin
Global Times, 20 April 2022
Thailand
32. Expect inflation to worsen, not lessen
Chartchai Parasuk
Bangkok Post, 21 April 2022
33. Pheu Thai eyes 250 MP seats
Bangkok Post, 21 April 2022
34. Sang Anakhot Thai eyes Somkid
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 21 April 2022
35. Thailand’s New Deep South Airport: Dead on Arrival?
Tita Sanglee
Diplomat, 21 April 2022
36. Old Challenges Loom Over Southern Thailand’s New Peace Talks
Prashanth Parameswaran
Diplomat, 20 April 2022
Timor-Leste
37. Timor-Leste presidential election: José Ramos-Horta wins in landslide
Guardian, 21 April 2022
38. Timor-Leste election opens new door to China
David Hutt
Asia Times, 20 April 2022
Vietnam
39. Vietnam plans 24-hour take-down law for “illegal” social media content -sources
Phuong Nguyen & Fanny Potkin
Reuters, 20 April 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
40. Asia-Pacific a region for cooperation, not games
Khmer Times, 21 April 2022
41. Japan’s Kishida eyes Asean to drum up support for Russia sanctions, China concerns
Julian Ryall
South China Morning Post, 21 April 2022
42. China’s ‘soft power’ on show in Southeast Asia
[Link to 5-page PDF document]
Angeline Tan
Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, 20 April 2022
43. Biden nails down a date for ASEAN summit but not a full invite list
Radio Free Asia, 20 April 2022
Asia Pacific
44. Taiwan seeks Indo-Pacific Economic Framework membership with U.S.
Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 20 April 2022
45. Australia-China relations: PM Morrison accuses Beijing of ‘interfering’ in the Pacific as Solomon Islands saga continues
Su-Lin Tan
South China Morning Post, 20 April 2022
46. Can China transform its economy to be innovation-led?
Hung Tran
Atlantic Council, 19 April 2022
47. Dr Jayant Menon on Singapore-New Zealand ties
[A 6-minute interview]
Channel News Asia, 19 April 2022
Climate Change/Environment
48. Sustainable forests, agriculture need stronger international partnership
Agus Justianto is the director general for sustainable forest management at the Environment and Forestry Ministry and Musdhalifah Machmud is a deputy to the coordinating economic affairs minister for food and agribusiness.
Jakarta Post, 21 April 2022
49. Retailers to be fined if providing single-use plastic bags to consumers from 2026
VietNamNet, 21 April 2022
50. Climate change affects Asia disproportionately; S’pore facing high risks but prepared to combat it: Report
[Link to 88-page PDF document: Pricing Climate Risks in Asia]
Sue-Ann Tan
Straits Times, 20 April 2022
51. Greenwashing: a market distortion needing serious attention in Southeast Asia
Michael Schaper, Visiting Senior Fellow & Ryan Wong, Lead Researcher (Climate Policy), ISEAS
Eco-Business, 18 April 2022
Image credit: “Myanmar Yangon Thanlyn“, by Werner Bayer on Flickr.
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