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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. 37: Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow
- No. 42: Joanne Lin, Lead Researcher
- No. 49: William Choong, 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
Brunei
1. Strong commitment towards FDIs in Brunei
Izah Azahari
Borneo Bulletin, 4 August 2022
Cambodia
2. Press freedom increasingly under threat in Cambodia – UN human rights report
[Link to the “State of Press Freedom in Cambodia” report]
UN News, 3 August 2022
Indonesia
3. Muslim headcover conundrum: When covering up actually exposes
Julia Suryakusuma
Jakarta Post, 4 August 2022
4. Kingmaking in Indonesia
Asia Sentinel, 3 August 2022
5. Tak melulu soal Laut Cina Selatan, penghidupan masyarakat di pulau-pulau kecil Natuna pun perlu perhatian [Beyond the South China Sea question, livelihoods of people on the small islands of Natuna also need attention]
Nikodemus Niko, Lecturer, Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji
Conversation, 3 August 2022
Malaysia
6. Rafizi is Johor PKR chief, Aminuddin to lead Melaka, Negeri Sembilan
Free Malaysia Today, 4 August 2022
7. In Malaysia it’s all about merit, or is it?
Shankar R. Santhiram
Free Malaysia Today, 4 August 2022
8. 反跳槽法不是马国救星 [Anti-hopping law is no panacea for Malaysia]
曾千恒
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 4 August 2022
9. Rafizi: Pakatan, PKR have upper hand in multi-cornered fights during GE15
John Bunyan
Malay Mail Online, 4 August 2022
10. Zafrul alone not enough for BN to retake Selangor, analysts say
Ahmad Mustakim Zulkifli
Malaysia Now, 4 August 2022
11. Economy to feature large in general election
FLK
Malaysian Insight, 4 August 2022
12. How Malaysia ended up owing US$15 billion to a sultan’s heirs
MalaysiaNow, 4 August 2022
13. Envoy: EU never imposed ban
Dhesegaan Bala Krishnan
New Straits Times, 4 August 2022
14. Four Penang Bersatu reps to continue their role as assemblymen
Audrey Dermawan
New Straits Times, 4 August 2022
15. Apex court: Penang anti-hopping law valid
Nurbaiti Hamdan
Star, 4 August 2022
16. MM2H: 267 new applications, 1,461 withdrawals since September 2021, says Hamzah
Martin Carvalho, Tarrence Tan and Ragananthini Vethasalam
Star, 4 August 2022
17. PAS mahu Muhyiddin pimpin dalam PRU-15 [PAS wants Muhyiddin to lead in GE-15]
Siti Rohana Idris
Berita Harian (Malaysia), 3 August 2022
18. Mandat PRU15 untuk siapa? [GE15 mandate for whom?]
Fakhrurrazi Rashid
Malaysian Insight, 3 August 2022
19. Malaysia may be impacted by China’s economic sanctions on Taiwan
Sinchew 星洲网, 3 August 2022
20. IDEAS welcomes CPTPP cost benefit analysis, calls for ratification of agreement by end 2022
[Link to the 358-page PDF report, “Cost-Benefit Analysis on the Potential Impacts of the CPTPP on the Malaysian Economy and Key Economic Sectors”]
Sinchew 星洲网, 3 August 2022
Myanmar
21. Time for Difficult Choices on Myanmar
Gregory B. Poling
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 3 August 2022
22. SAC Chair and Russian FM meet in Naypyidaw
Eleven Myanmar, 3 August 2022
23. Striking civil servants still face regime’s wrath, 18 months on
Frontier Myanmar, 3 August 2022
24. Extending Emergency Rule Shows Junta has no Control Over Myanmar
Irrawaddy, 3 August 2022
25. Myanmar Regime Forms and Arms Pro-Junta Militias in Resistance Strongholds
Nora Aung
Irrawaddy, 3 August 2022
26. Plans for junta 2023 election rejected by political parties and revolutionary forces
Mizzima, 3 August 2022
27. Views from Thailand’s envoy on the Myanmar crisis
Mizzima, 3 August 2022
Philippines
28. Marcos to local execs: Pursue PPP
Catherine S. Valente
Manila Times, 4 August 2022
29. Lofty budget promises
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 4 August 2022
30. Two films duel for last word on brutal Marcos Sr era in Philippines
Rebecca Ratcliffe
Guardian, 3 August 2022
Thailand
31. ‘Stay neutral’ as US-China tensions rise, experts says
Mongkol Bangprapa
Bangkok Post, 4 August 2022
32. 108-day ‘ceasefire’ proposed
Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post, 4 August 2022
33. Ruam Thai Sang Chart eyes ‘all southern MP seats’, ready to back Prayut
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 3 August 2022
34. Thai Opposition Seeks to Curtail PM Prayut’s Term in Office
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 3 August 2022
Vietnam
35. PM emphasises the need to stablise macro ecomony, markets, politics and people’s life
VietNamNet, 3 August 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
36. A Cambodian senior official appointed ASEAN Secretary General from 2023
Khmer Times, 4 August 2022
37. Asean needs to confront two key issues
Sharon Seah
Straits Times, 4 August 2022
38. Should Asean be an organisation based on the rule of law?
Tommy Koh
Straits Times, 4 August 2022
39. SE Asian govts urge superpowers to maintain peace after Pelosi Taiwan trip
John Bechtel
Radio Free Asia, 3 August 2022
55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting & Related Meetings (2-6 Aug 2022)
40. Stopping Myanmar violence tops meeting of Asian diplomats
Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 3 August 2022
41. At Asean Summit in Phnom Penh, a chance for Europe to showcase pivot to the region
Andrew Hammond
Business Times, 3 August 2022
42. An ASEAN conclave starts while China and US flex muscles in the region
CNBCTV18, 3 August 2022
43. China to skip meet with US Secretary in Cambodia amid Pelosi’s Taiwan visit
Khmer Times, 3 August 2022
44. Cambodian PM appeals ASEAN FMs to consider ASEAN Green Deal
Khmer Times, 3 August 2022
45. Lack of progress on Myanmar peace plans makes further engagement of limited value: Asean
Hariz Baharudin
Straits Times, 3 August 2022
46. ASEAN Ministers commit to SEA Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone
VietNamNet, 3 August 2022
Asia Pacific
47. Relevantising Indo-Pacific in competing geo-political interests ― Rais Hussin
Rais Hussin
Malay Mail Online, 4 August 2022
48. Nobody Wants the Current World Order: How All the Major Powers—Even the United States—Became Revisionists
Shivshankar Menon
Foreign Affairs, 3 August 2022
49. Why US- China are preparing a war over Taiwan?
Shailaja Tripathi
Jagran Josh, 3 August 2022
50. America’s China Challenge
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
Project Syndicate, 3 August 2022
51. Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit sparks online clash between Milk Tea Alliance and Chinese nationalists
South China Morning Post, 3 August 2022
East/South China Sea
52. Australia must speak carefully and carry a big enough stick in the South China Sea
James Goldrick
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 3 August 2022
Climate Change/Environment
53. Malaysia utility giant TNB announces early closure of coal plants
Liang Lei
Eco-Business, 3 August 2022
54. Indonesia’s green belt – Protecting and restoring the country’s mangroves
André Rodrigues de Aquino
World Bank Blogs, 2 August 2022
55. Global energy crisis may hinder LNG plans in the Philippines
Sam Reynolds
Eco-Business, 1 August 2022
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