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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. 18: Kevin Zhang, Senior Research Officer, and Rebecca Neo, Research Officer
- No. 23: James Chai, Visiting Fellow
- No. 48: Paul Chambers, former Visiting Fellow
- No. 55: Wang Zheng, Associate Fellow
- No. 58: The State of Southeast Asia: 2022 Survey Report
- No. 62: Dien Luong, Visiting 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. Analysis: Constitutional and ethical issues with Jokowi running for VP
Tenggara Strategics (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta Post, 26 September 2022
2. Graft keeps stranglehold on judiciary
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 26 September 2022
3. Indonesians made to choose between food and school fees as inflation hits poorest hardest
Resty Woro Yuniar
South China Morning Post, 25 September 2022
4. Indonesia’s stance on China-Taiwan conflict more about dependency on Beijing than being neutral
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat, Assistant Professor in International Relations, Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII) Yogyakarta
Conversation, 24 September 2022
5. Skipping New York Is Bad Policy for Jakarta
Clara Ferreira Marques
Bloomberg, 22 September 2022
6. Keluar dari kemiskinan di Timor Barat: memahami mobilitas social dan dinamika kemiskinan di wilayah yang terkena konflik [Moving Out of Poverty in West Timor: Understanding Social Mobility and Poverty Dynamics in a Conflict-Affected Area]
Ruly Marianti, Rizki Fillaili
The SMERU Research Institute, September 2022
Malaysia
7. Analysts believe PSB, PBK will tear up MOU before polls
Desmond Davidson
Malaysian Insight, 26 September 2022
8. Move past Anwar-Mahathir feud, say pundits
Alfian Z.M. Tahir
Malaysian Insight, 26 September 2022
9. Pas ‘insensitivity’ concerns Gerakan
Audrey Dermawan
New Straits Times, 26 September 2022
10. 2023 Budget: Time to change how things are done
Luqman Hakim
New Straits Times, 26 September 2022
11. 50 pct of civil servants still unable to own homes – Cuepacs
Bernama, 25 September 2022
12. Muda provides no value to PH, says PKR man
Samuel Chua
Free Malaysia Today, 25 September 2022
13. DAP moves to amend party constitution with anti-hopping provisions
Alena Nadia
Malaysiakini, 25 September 2022
14. By the numbers: PKR vs Muda
Bridget Welsh
Malaysiakini, 25 September 2022
15. 为何希盟值得原谅 [Why PH is worth forgiving]
陈利威
Sinchew 星洲网, 25 September 2022
16. Asking the right question
Philip Golingai
Star, 25 September 2022
17. RM1.1bil price tag to hold polls, says EC
Star, 25 September 2022
18. My Say: Tackling KL’s traffic congestion goes beyond free rides
Kevin Zhang is senior research officer and Rebecca Neo is research officer at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Edge Markets, 24 September 2022
19. Our main enemy is BN, says Muhyiddin in urging PN to prepare for polls
Malaysia Now, 24 September 2022
20. A Malay component or another ‘youth’ front – what PH needs for coming polls
Teoh Yee Shen
Malaysia Now, 24 September 2022
21. Voting has now become ‘fardhu ain’, Hadi tells young voters
New Straits Times, 24 September 2022
22. Six key takeaways from Ismail Sabri’s UNGA speech
Tharanya Arumugam
New Straits Times, 24 September 2022
23. Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib’s eventual conviction shows feudalism not forever
James Chai is a Visiting Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore.
South China Morning Post, 24 September 2022
24. Muhyiddin goes for broke
Joceline Tan
Star, 24 September 2022
25. Court win may embolden Umno chief Zahid Hamidi to push harder for early election
Ram Anand
Straits Times, 23 September 2022
26. DAP loses shine in Penang, likely to retain power at polls with smaller mandate
Leslie Lopez
Straits Times, 23 September 2022
Myanmar
27. Myanmar citizens would bear brunt of potential FATF blacklisting
Thompson Chau and Dominic Oo
Nikkei Asia, 25 September 2022
28. US ‘Exploring Ways to Ramp Up Support’ for Myanmar Opposition: State Dept. Official
Irrawaddy, 24 September 2022
29. Myanmar allows over 230,000 tons of fuel to be imported in this month
Eleven Myanmar, 23 September 2022
30. ‘We don’t want to live in cities’: rural migrants face harassment
Frontier Myanmar, 23 September 2022
31. Midday Palace Coup: Myanmar Military’s Proxy Party Leadership Power Struggle
Irrawaddy, 23 September 2022
32. Nearly half of 3 million who fled Myanmar due to conflict did so since coup
Radio Free Asia, 23 September 2022
33. Chinese energy companies lobby junta to import Russian gas
Frontier Myanmar, 22 September 2022
Philippines
34. What Philippine President Marcos Said in New York
Mong Palatino
Diplomat, 26 September 2022
35. Personal position and geopolitical posture in the Philippines
East Asia Forum, 26 September 2022
36. Pogo exodus to cost Philippines P200bil a year, Leechiu warns
Star, 26 September 2022
37. Marcos is no silver bullet for the US–Philippines alliance
Luke Lischin, University of Toronto
East Asia Forum, 25 September 2022
38. US and Philippines increase military ties over China threat
Kathrin Hille and Demetri Sevastopulo
Financial Times, 25 September 2022
39. Focus on drug lords, not small fry – President Marcos
Dona Z. Pazzibugan
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 25 September 2022
40. Philippines’ Marcos Eyes China Compromise on South China Sea
Ian C Sayson, Andreo Calonzo, and Shery Ahn
Bloomberg, 24 September 2022
41. Philippines’ Marcos Seeks Russian Fuel as Inflation Bites
[Link to 19-minute interview]
Iain Marlow, Andreo Calonzo, and Shery Ahn
Bloomberg, 24 September 2022
42. Court Denies Philippine Government Attempt to Declare Communist Party a ‘Terrorist’ Group
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 23 September 2022
Thailand
43. Bridging the gap
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Bangkok Post, 26 September 2022
44. Race for PM’s chair wide open, survey finds
Bangkok Post, 26 September 2022
45. Thousands of offensive websites blocked
Bangkok Post, 26 September 2022
46. Coalition’s Chart Thai Pattana to elect new leader, executive board next week
Nation, 26 September 2022
47. Prayut and govt acquitted of unlawfully declaring emergency decree in 2020
Nation, 26 September 2022
48. Dissecting Thailand’s 2022 Military And Police Reshuffles: Palace Proactivity? – Analysis
[Originally published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute]
Paul Chambers is Lecturer and Special Advisor for International Affairs, Center of ASEAN Community Studies, Naresuan University, Thailand. In March-May 2021, he was Visiting Fellow in the Thailand Studies Programme, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
Eurasia Review, 25 September 2022
49. ‘You cannot survive’: Inflation bites as Thai election looms
AFP
Straits Times, 25 September 2022
50. Parties told to toe the line as election run-up begins
Bangkok Post, 24 September 2022
51. All Eyes on the Andaman Triangle Ahead of Thailand’s Next Election
Tita Sanglee
Diplomat, 23 September 2022
Vietnam
52. 中国共产党的坚强领导带来的启示 [Lessons from the CCP’s strong leadership]
张玉南、阮明环分别是越南胡志明国家政治学院新闻与宣传学院原院长、博士生导师，越南胡志明国家政治学院新闻与宣传学院哲学系主任、博士生导师。本文由中国社会科学院世界社会主义研究中心单超翻译
Huanqiu 环球网, 26 September 2022
53. Vietnam’s economic growth counts on high-tech FDI
VietNamNet, 25 September 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
54. ADB says ASEAN needs to address negative public view of digital entrepreneurship
Khmer Times, 26 September 2022
55. China’s Southeast Asia embassies use local media to tell positive stories, undermine Western narratives: report
Amy Chew
South China Morning Post, 26 September 2022
56. Vietnam changes from trade deficit to trade surplus with Cambodia
Khmer Times, 25 September 2022
Asia Pacific
57. 加拿大“印太战略”和美国的区别在哪 [The difference between Canada’s and USA’s “Indo-Pacific strategy”]
刘丹是广东外语外贸大学区域国别研究院加拿大研究中心研究员
Huanqiu 环球网, 26 September 2022
58. Commentary: Why are Singapore travellers so enamoured with Japan?
Karen Tee
Channel News Asia, 25 September 2022
Climate Change/Environment
59. Jokowi issues renewable energy regulation with unattractive pricing scheme
Tenggara Strategics, 23 September 2022
Others
Group of 20 (G-20)
60. Indonesia ‘unlikely’ to pull Putin’s G20 summit invite despite Ukraine escalation, analysts say
Resty Woro Yuniar
South China Morning Post, 23 September 2022
Media, Technology & Society
61. A neck-and-neck election for the future of the internet
Mercedes Page
Interpreter, 26 September 2022
62. Data localization is the wrong fight for Big Tech in Vietnam
Dien Luong
Nikkei Asia, 25 September 2022
63. Why cyber hackers have such big eyes for Indonesia
John McBeth
Asia Times, 23 September 2022
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