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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. 8: James Chai, Visiting Fellow
- No. 22: Aries Arugay, Visiting Fellow
- No. 32: Ian Storey, Senior Fellow
- No. 34: Jayant Menon, Senior Fellow
- No. 41: Tham Siew Yean, Visiting 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 | Others
Cambodia
1. In US-Cambodia Relationship, Bad Blood Rises Along with China’s Influence, as US-ASEAN Summit Nears
Aun Chhengpor
VOA Cambodia, 9 May 2022
Indonesia
2. Indonesia’s economy grows 5% in Q1, surpassing US, China
Antara, 10 May 2022
Laos
3. Lao central bank blames depreciating kip on currency converter manipulation
Phouvong Boutsady
Radio Free Asia, 9 May 2022
Malaysia
4. Next general election could be PN’s last stand, say analysts
Tsubasa Nair
Free Malaysia Today, 10 May 2022
5. To save or not to save Sapura Energy
P Gunasegaram
Malaysiakini, 10 May 2022
6. What to expect from renewed interest in the political financing bill
Nick Tan
Malaysian Insight, 10 May 2022
7. PKR perlu urus perpecahan dalaman – Penganalisis [PKR needs to manage internal divisions – analysts]
Latifah Arifin
Berita Harian (Malaysia), 9 May 2022
8. THE VALUE OF POLITICIANS TAKING A BREAK
[20-minute podcast]
BFM, 9 May 2022
9. Beat party-hopping by solving political financing, says think tank
Ainin Wan Salleh
Free Malaysia Today, 9 May 2022
10. Ruling Sabah coalition accepts Usno, undecided on three other parties, says GRS chairman
JULIA CHAN
Malay Mail Online, 9 May 2022
11. Anti-hopping law: Select committee’s 7 posers to interest groups revealed
Malaysiakini, 9 May 2022
12. Nurul Izzah is right, Harapan is ‘badly wounded’ now
Francis Paul Siah
Malaysiakini, 9 May 2022
13. Anti-Hopping Law must give powers to voters, not party presidents
Arfa Yunus
New Straits Times, 9 May 2022
14. Ong saw the ‘writing on the wall’, says analyst over ‘no contest’ decision
MARTIN CARVALHO and TARRENCE TAN
Star, 9 May 2022
Myanmar
15. Myanmar’s 4 strongest ethnic armies reject junta invitation to peace talks
Radio Free Asia, 9 May 2022
16. Myanmar think tank blasts back at Asia Times
Min Zaw Oo
Asia Times, 7 May 2022
Philippines
17. Is unity possible?
Cielito F. Habito
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 10 May 2022
18. Marcos, Duterte head for landslide win
Jane Bautista & Nestor Corrales
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 10 May 2022
19. Ferdinand Marcos Jr set to become Philippines’ 17th president
[Link to Partial & Unfficial Tally. Source: Comelec Transparency Server.]
Raul Dancel
Straits Times, 10 May 2022
20. The Return of the Marcoses and the U.S.-Philippines Alliance
Gregory B. Poling
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 9 May 2022
21. Is this the end of Duterte’s politically-driven war on drugs?
Nico Ravanilla, University of California, Renard Sexton, Emory University and Dotan Haim, Florida State University
East Asia Forum, 9 May 2022
22. Ferdinand Marcos triumphs in Philippines presidential election
Guardian, 9 May 2022
Thailand
23. Local bodies no panacea
Bangkok Post, 10 May 2022
24. Thai PM Prayuth faces test as ‘fed-up’ Bangkok residents set to elect governor amid economic woes
Jitsiree Thongnoi
South China Morning Post, 10 May 2022
25. A treacherous lot
Censure shenanigans and rivals for PM job up ante as House reconvenes.
AEKARACH SATTABURUTH
Bangkok Post, 8 May 2022
Vietnam
26. Vietnam’s labor productivity and the role of SOEs
VietNamNet, 10 May 2022
27. Vietnam supportive of relations between US and ASEAN partners
Voice of Vietnam, 10 May 2022
28. Vietnam Relations Are a Quiet U.S. Victory Already
Brian Eyler
Foreign Policy, 9 May 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
29. Sceptical’ Asean vis-a-vis ‘maverick’ US
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Bangkok Post, 10 May 2022
30. Asia ready for leading role in global governance
Zhao Jia
China Daily, 9 May 2022
31. Social unrest could emerge in Southeast Asia if food inflation surges
Chelsea Ong
CNBC, 9 May 2022
32. Are Russian Arms Exports to Southeast Asia a Thing of the Past?
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 9 May 2022
33. ASEAN remains China’s No.1 trade partner from Jan to Apr, accounting for 14.6% of total trade
Global Times, 9 May 2022
34. Leaders to Meet as US Trails China in Economic Support for Southeast Asia
Ralph Jennings
VOA, 9 May 2022
35. Vietnam expects the Philippines to facilitate rice imports
Voice of Vietnam, 9 May 2022
Asia Pacific
36. Japan ambassador to US: IPEF will likely be launched in late May
NHK, 10 May 2022
37. How US’ new Indo-Pacific economic strategy could edge out China’s digital silk road in Asia
James Borton
South China Morning Post, 10 May 2022
38. Renewed alliances strengthen US approach in Indo-Pacific, Kurt Campbell says
Kinling Lo
South China Morning Post, 10 May 2022
Climate Change/Environment
39. Time to offset carbon footprint
Bangkok Post, 10 May 2022
40. Climate change: ‘Fifty-fifty chance’ of breaching 1.5C warming limit
BBC, 10 May 2022
41. Building dams in Sarawak: Can China and Malaysia ensure sustainable hydropower development?
Tham Siew Yean
ThinkChina, 9 May 2022
Image credit: “Busy Night in Hanoi“, by Florian Wehde on Unsplash.
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