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- No. 26: Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow & Coordinator
- No. 30: Aries Arugay, Former Visiting Fellow
- No. 41: Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 42: Moe Thuzar, Fellow & Co-coordinator
- No. 49: Ian Storey, Senior Fellow
- No. 59: Jayant Menon, 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
Indonesia
1. Who will lead Jakarta?
Editorial board (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta Post, 4 July 2022
2. Kunjungan Jokowi ke Ukraina dan Rusia, Akademisi: Demi Selamatkan Penyelenggaraan G20 [Jokowi’s Visit to Ukraine and Russia, Academics: To Save the G20]
Republika, 4 July 2022
3. Indonesia looks to raise palm oil export quota
Reuters, 2 July 2022
4. Indonesia’s Jokowi met Putin and Zelensky to try to end war and reduce global food crisis. What did he achieve? Or was it Russian propaganda bonanza?
Resty Woro Yuniar
South China Morning Post, 1 July 2022
5. Indonesia and Russia to build $22b refinery in East Java among other projects
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja
Straits Times, 1 July 2022
Laos
6. New rail link to speed up Lao logistics, transport operations
Star, 4 July 2022
Malaysia
7. Bersatu, PAS pact in Kelantan points to GE15 strategy
Diyana Ibrahim
Malaysian Insight, 4 July 2022
8. GE15: UMNO to identify ‘heavyweight’ candidates for Selangor
Bernama, 3 July 2022
9. Annuar scoffs at chart of Umno’s purported new leadership
Faiz Zainudin
Free Malaysia Today, 3 July 2022
10. Take heed of Najib’s 4 types of BN leaders, say analysts
Predeep Nambiar
Free Malaysia Today, 3 July 2022
11. GE15: Muda eyeing opportunity to contest in Perak
Malay Mail Online, 3 July 2022
12. COMMENT | Is middle person the pied piper leading us to increased prices?
R Nadeswaran
Malaysiakini, 3 July 2022
13. Puteri Umno leader pans govt’s jihad task force against inflation
Aminah Farid
Malaysian Insight, 3 July 2022
14. Dr Mahathir right not to cooperate with Pulau Batu Puteh task force, says Tommy Thomas
Ravin Palanisamy
Malaysian Insight, 3 July 2022
15. How will Muda handle issues plaguing Malaysia?
Aminah Farid
Malaysian Insight, 3 July 2022
16. Malaysia’s PM Ismail Sabri Yaacob faces mounting pressure to call snap vote, as Najib and allies step up Umno faction war
Joseph Sipalan
South China Morning Post, 3 July 2022
17. Battle over elections
Philip Golingai
Star, 3 July 2022
18. RM100mil to assist co-ops in ensuring national food security
Gerard Gimino
Star, 3 July 2022
19. Barisan should fly solo, says Sabah MCA
Muguntan Vanar, Stephanie Lee And Durie Rainer Fong
Star, 3 July 2022
20. Malaysia will fall to evil if voters stay apathetic, warns Anwar
Chan Kok Leong
Malaysian Insight, 2 July 2022
21. ROS gives Umno the cold shoulder
Joceline Tan
Star, 2 July 2022
Myanmar
22. China calls on Myanmar junta to hold talks with opponents
Guardian, 4 July 2022
23. Myanmar rebuts oral update of Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar at 50th session of Human Rights Council
Eleven Myanmar, 3 July 2022
24. China’s Complicated Game in Myanmar
Irrawaddy, 2 July 2022
25. Why China Is Comfortable With Myanmar’s Military Rulers
Irrawaddy, 1 July 2022
26. 亚细安特使访缅被拒与翁山会面 学者：条件由缅军定夺恐难有实质成果 [The ASEAN envoy to Myanmar was refused to meet Aung San Suu Kyi, Scholar: There may be no real result if the conditions are determined by the Myanmar Junta]
林煇智
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 30 June 2022
Philippines
27. Broad strokes for the future
Criticized during the campaign for his lack of an economic platform, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. last week promised to provide a more detailed outline of what he intends to do in the next six years to resuscitate the economy and uplift the lives of Filipinos now suffering from the impact of a prolonged pandemic and surging fuel prices due to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Editorial
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 4 July 2022
28. The Future of the Philippines – Excerpts from “The Making of the Modern Philippines: Pieces of a Jigsaw State”
Philip Bowring
Asia Sentinel, 3 July 2022
29. Philippines President Marcos vetoes economic zone bill championed by sister
Reuters, 2 July 2022
30. 菲新政府面对通胀加剧与中美关系等挑战[New Philippine government faces challenges including rising inflation, U.S.-China relations]
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 1 July 2022
Thailand
31. Govt ‘will battle on to 2023’
Bangkok Post, 4 July 2022
32. Economic worries trump Covid
Phusadee Arunmas, Narumon Kasemsuk & Lamonphet Apisitniran
Bangkok Post, 4 July 2022
33. The enduring Thai-US friendship
Bangkok Post, 4 July 2022
34. Malaysia lifts 20-year ban on Thai rice flour exports
Nation, 4 July 2022
35. Mitigating dissent risks
Mongkol Bangprapa, Aekarach Sattaburuth And Chaipat Chaikhuankhan
Bangkok Post, 3 July 2022
Vietnam
36. Vietnam remains among major global production facilities
Voice of Vietnam, 3 July 2022
37. The key role of top leaders in fighting corruption in Vietnam
VietNamNet, 2 July 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
38. Creating Asean’s interconnected energy future
Kar Min Lim And Marko Lackovic
Bangkok Post, 4 July 2022
39. Better progress: Sokhonn’s second visit to Myanmar yields more results
Khmer Times, 4 July 2022
40. How South-east Asia can sustain its autonomy when great powers collide
Richard Maude and Dominique Fraser are senior fellow and research associate, respectively, at the Asia Society Policy Institute.
Straits Times, 4 July 2022
41. 作为客厅的东南亚 [Southeast Asia, the visitors’ hall]
陈迎竹是《联合早报》高级评论员
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 3 July 2022
42. As Asean mulls its options on Myanmar, don’t lose sight of shifting military balance in the country
Tan Hui Yee
Straits Times, 3 July 2022
43. Can India and ASEAN Lean on Each Other Amid ‘Systemic’ China-US Competition?
Shruti Pandalai
Diplomat, 2 July 2022
44. Will Southeast Asia support Russia’s war with semiconductor exports?
Zachary Abuza
Radio Free Asia, 1 July 2022
Asia Pacific
45. China to contribute wisdom, solution, enhance unity as its diplomacy enters ‘Asian moment’ in second half of 2022
Yang Sheng and Wan Hengyi
Global Times, 4 July 2022
46. Asian Countries Take Steps To Fight Soaring Inflation
Hazlin Hassan
Straits Times, 4 July 2022
47. China’s rise pushes Asia-Pacific nations to embrace Nato
Kana Inagaki, Nic Fildes and Demetri Sevastopulo
Financial Times, 3 July 2022
48. Can China Achieve Its BRICS Ambitions?
Jacob Mardell
Diplomat, 2 July 2022
49. Will Russia ‘punish’ Singapore, Japan and others with cyberattacks, trade restrictions?
Dewey Sim
South China Morning Post, 2 July 2022
50. Biden’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Is a Paradigm Shift
Robert D. Atkinson
Foreign Policy, 1 July 2022
East/South China Sea
51. China warns PH troops at Ayungin Shoal: Don’t make trouble
Frances Mangosing
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 4 July 2022
Climate Change/Environment
52. BT Explains: What are green sukuk investments?
Tan Ai Leng
Business Times, 4 July 2022
53. Indonesia’s green-energy export ban puts Asean’s power grid plans at risk
Quah Say Jye is a researcher at the Asia Competitiveness Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.
South China Morning Post, 4 July 2022
54. Arrests of Vietnam environmentalists clash with carbon cutting goals
Radio Free Asia, 3 July 2022
55. U.N. Ocean Conference ends with promises. Is a sea change coming?
Elizabeth Claire Alberts on 1 July 2022
Mongabay, 1 July 2022
Others
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
56. China’s Belt and Road Initiative is shifting gears
Danson Cheong
Straits Times, 4 July 2022
BRICS
57. Both G7 and BRICS lack the dominance to resurrect grand rivalries of Cold War power politics
Richard Heydarian
South China Morning Post, 4 July 2022
Global Minimum Corporate Tax
58. Delay in global minimum corporate tax will give policymakers time for more orderly execution
Angela Tan
Business Times, 4 July 2022
Global Supply Chain
59. Supply chains are more resilient than they appear
Jayant Menon, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
East Asia Forum, 3 July 2022
Media, Technology & Society
60. Why is Malaysia seeing a rise in data leaks, and what is the government doing to stop it?
Hadi Azmi
South China Morning Post, 4 July 2022
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