Daily News on Southeast Asia – 15 Jul 2022

Every weekday, ISEAS Library collates articles relevant to Southeast Asia and special topics in line with the research interests of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. To view articles behind paywalls, please visit the Library during its operating hours.


Brunei | Cambodia | Indonesia | Laos | Malaysia | Myanmar | Philippines | Singapore | Thailand | Timor-Leste | Vietnam | ASEAN / Southeast Asia | Asia PacificEast / South China Sea | Climate Change/Environment | Others


Indonesia

1. Indonesia’s palm oil policy at a crossroads: why government interventions are ineffective
Aditya Alta, Researcher, Center for Indonesian Policy Studies; Nadaa Jauzaa, Researcher, Center for Indonesian Policy Studies
Conversation, 15 July 2022

Malaysia

2. Khairuddin open to returning to PAS someday
Faiz Zainudin
Free Malaysia Today, 15 July 2022

3. With new leaders in place, annual congress this weekend a chance for PKR to regain footing ahead of GE15
Radzi Razak, Shahrin Aizat Noorshahrizam
Malay Mail Online, 15 July 2022

4. GE15: PKR to contest all seats it won, negotiate for more with Harapan allies
Hariz Mohd & Gajendra Jeya Kumar
Malaysiakini, 15 July 2022

5. Whom would you trust to run the country?
Mariam Mokhtar
Malaysiakini, 15 July 2022

6. PKR congress: As members gather, MP defends Anwar against ‘liability’ view
Malaysiakini, 15 July 2022

7. Reframing sense of nationhood vis-à-vis future of Sarawak
Murray Hunter
Malaysian Insight, 15 July 2022

8. Malaysians must heed Daim’s prediction on PAS in GE15
Professor Dr. Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi
Sinchew 星洲网, 15 July 2022

9. 马国首相寻求力保脆弱政权 [Malaysian PM seeks to protect fragile regime]
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Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 14 July 2022

10. Umno info chief insists govt’s deal with Pakatan off after July 31, Ismail Sabri now free to decide on GE15 date
Rex Tan
Malay Mail Online, 14 July 2022

11. Ismail will be made Umno president if party polls are held now, says Nazri Aziz
Nur Hasliza Mohd Salleh
Malaysia Now, 14 July 2022

12. Court cluster broke promise to step aside until cases resolved, says Nazri Aziz
Nur Hasliza Mohd Salleh
Malaysia Now, 14 July 2022

13. Malaysia’s financial situation remains strong, says Tengku Zafrul
Malaysian Insight, 14 July 2022

14. PAS hedging its bets ahead of Malaysia’s general election
Hazlin Hassan
Straits Times, 14 July 2022

15. Tensions rise in Malaysia’s ruling alliance over alleged deal between PM and Bersatu
Ram Anand
Straits Times, 14 July 2022

16. Daim on civil servants and government-run enterprises
Wong Tai-Chee
Sinchew 星洲网, 13 July 2022

17. 社论.王毅访马,双边收获丰硕 [Editorial. Wang Yi’s visit to Malaysia yields fruitful results]
Sinchew 星洲网, 13 July 2022

Myanmar

18. Implications of Wang Yi’s Myanmar visit
Sanjay Pulipaka
Asia Times, 14 July 2022

Philippines

19. Philippines: Top rights expert appeals to President Marcos over Maria Ressa conviction
UN News, 14 July 2022

Thailand

20. Debate must dig deep
Bangkok Post, 15 July 2022

21. Group of 16 split on backing PM
Bangkok Post, 15 July 2022

Vietnam

22. Vietnam’s Ecological Leninism
David Hutt
Diplomat, 14 July 2022

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

23. Post-pandemic Asean: Geopolitics beyond Western supremacy
Chandran Nair
Edge Markets, 14 July 2022

Asia Pacific

24. Can the US Open a ‘New Chapter’ With the Pacific?
Patricia O’Brien
Diplomat, 14 July 2022

25. World’s population to hit 8 bln. What does that mean for Asia?
Björn Andersson , UNFPA Director for Asia-Pacific
VnExpress International, 14 July 2022

East/South China Sea

26. 丁铎:南海问题莫再被“裁决”遮望眼 [The South China Sea issue should no longer be blinded by the “judgment”]
丁铎
Huanqiu 环球网, 15 July 2022

27. China making inroads with grey zone tactics against Indonesia
Evan A. Laksmana
Straits Times, 15 July 2022

28. 域外国家莫要在南海给自己强行加戏 [Countries outside the region should not add drama to South China Sea issues]
胡波是“南海战略态势感知计划”主任
Huanqiu 环球网, 14 July 2022

29. The arbitration award is not a panacea for South China Sea disputes
Ding Duo is deputy director and associate research fellow, the Research Center for Ocean Law and Policy at the National Institute for South China Sea Studies.
National Institute for South China Sea Studies, 14 July 2022

30. Vietnam agrees on fishing hotline with China but pace of trade ‘slow’
Teddy Ng
South China Morning Post, 14 July 2022

Climate Change/Environment

31. Jungle in heart of Malaysia’s capital hunts corporate cash to thrive
Michael Taylor
Reuters, 14 July 2022

Others

Group of 20 (G-20)

32. G20 foreign ministers’ meeting: almost pointlessness but irreplaceable in the margins
David Engel
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 15 July 2022

33. Ukraine war to dominate G20 finance chief meeting in Indonesia
AFP
Jakarta Post, 15 July 2022

34. Widodo’s G20 summit a storm ready to break
John McBeth
Asia Times, 14 July 2022

Indo-Pacific Framework for Economic Prosperity (IPEF)

35. Will Tokyo’s IPEF membership mix with Japan–China relations?
Rumi Aoyama, Waseda University
East Asia Forum, 14 July 2022

Media, Technology & Society

36. Tech to Displace 23m Jobs, But It Can Create More
Jayanty Nada Shofa
Jakarta Globe, 14 July 2022


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