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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. 2: Yanuar Nugroho, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 12: Joseph Chinyong Liow, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute’s Board of Trustees
- No. 21: Ooi Kee Beng, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 27: Joanne Lin Weiling, Lead Researcher
- No. 28: Ian Storey, Senior Fellow
- No. 32: Termsak Chalermpalanupap, Visiting Fellow
- No. 36: Le Hong Hiep, 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. Indonesia on the hunt for investors to back its new capital
Mercedes Ruehl & Randy Mulyanto
Financial Times, 2 October 2022
2. Indonesia’s #Bjorka embarrassment exposed its devastatingly weak cybersecurity – but a new data protection law may help
Dr Yanuar Nugroho is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. He was the former Deputy Chief of Staff to the President of Indonesia 2015-2019.
South China Morning Post, 2 October 2022
3. Changing public perception to end culture of money politics
Antara, 1 October 2022
4. Melihat sejarah rivalitas kelompok kiri dan Islam, serta “Buku Putih” yang melanggengkan sikap antikomunis di Indonesia [The history of rivalry between the left and Islam, as well as the “White Book” which perpetuates anti-communist attitudes in Indonesia]
Pratama Yudha Pradheksa, PhD student in Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Conversation, 1 October 2022
5. Civil society the key to preventing an Indonesian police state
Robertus Robet
Jakarta Post, 1 October 2022
6. Iran’s Mahsa Amini hijab protests a lesson for Indonesia against radical Islam, activists say
Resty Woro Yuniar
South China Morning Post, 1 October 2022
7. How former political prisoners of Indonesia’s 1965 mass killings grapple with memories of their bloody past
Andrew Conroe, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Trinity College
Conversation, 30 September 2022
8. Riset: stigma dan tuduhan “anak PKI” selepas peristiwa 1965 memicu trauma seumur hidup [Research: the stigma and accusations of “PKI children” after the 1965 events trigger lifelong trauma]
Baskara T. Wardaya, Lecturer in History, and director of PUSDEMA (Center for Democracy and Human Rights Studies), Universitas Sanata Dharma
Conversation, 30 September 2022
Malaysia
9. GPS tipped to win 6 rural Dayak seats lost in 2018 elections
Desmond Davidson
Malaysian Insight, 3 October 2022
10. Zahid wants Umno leaders to know who’s boss, observers say
Alfian Z.M. Tahir
Malaysian Insight, 3 October 2022
11. INTERACTIVE: With GE15 imminent, here are all the laws passed by Malaysia’s 14th Parliament so far
Diyana Pfordten
Star, 3 October 2022
12. Umno’s general election dilemma
Joseph Chinyong Liow
Straits Times, 3 October 2022
13. Competition And Frictions Within The Malaysian Deep State
Murray Hunter
Eurasia Review, 2 October 2022
14. PSB, PBK and PBDS formalise collaboration for GE15
Malay Mail Online, 2 October 2022
15. 5 ways to ensure Malaysia’s food security
Sim Tze Tzin is former deputy minister of agriculture and agro-based industry.
Malaysian Insight, 2 October 2022
16. Bad weather, weak opposition a boon for Umno in GE15, say observers
Alfian Z.M. Tahir
Malaysian Insight, 2 October 2022
17. Sabah Pakatan slams Shafie over claims leaders did nothing on state rights
Muguntan Vanar
Star, 2 October 2022
18. Proposal to dissolve Parliament collective decision of UMNO Supreme Council
Bernama, 1 October 2022
19. Commentary: Does party president Ahmad Zahid’s acquittal represent darker days for UMNO?
[This commentary first appeared on the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute’s blog, The Fulcrum by James Chai, Visiting Fellow]
Channel News Asia, 1 October 2022
20. Growing Champions: A CEO’s blueprint for weathering supply chain woes
Alex Dolya & Chittaranjan Jha
Edge Markets, 1 October 2022
21. Editorial: Penang: Once Cosmopolitan, Always Cosmopolitan
Ooi Kee Beng, Visiting Senior Fellow, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
Penang Monthly, 1 October 2022
22. Penang2030: Latest Updates
Penang Monthly, 1 October 2022
23. Cold ground ahead of polls
Joceline Tan
Star, 1 October 2022
24. Could Malaysia Field Multiracial Political Parties?
Murray Hunter
Asia Sentinel, 30 September 2022
25. Will corruption issues win the 30% Malays to Harapan?
Prof Dr. Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi
Sinchew 星洲网, 30 September 2022
Myanmar
26. EU talks tough but goes soft on Myanmar trade
David Hutt
Asia Times, 30 September 2022
27. ASEAN is frustrated by the junta, but how far is it willing to go?
Frontier Myanmar, 30 September 2022
Philippines
28. US-Philippines relations: Marcos Jnr weaves new diplomacy that could unravel tapestry of romance with China
Raissa Robles
South China Morning Post, 2 October 2022
29. Is the Philippines doomed to be dragged into a US-China conflict over Taiwan?
Lucio Blanco Pitlo III
South China Morning Post, 1 October 2022
30. Top Philippine defense official holds first in-person meeting with US counterpart
Basilio Sepe & Luis Liwanag
Radio Free Asia, 30 September 2022
Thailand
31. Dems face uphill battle
Mongkol Bangprapa & Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 3 October 2022
32. 裁定任期未结束巴育下周恢复首相职 泰至少两示威团体号召民众抗议 [Prayuth to resume prime minister’s post next week; at least two groups in Thailand call for public protests]
廖慧婷
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 1 October 2022
33. Prayut survives but the end of a Thai era is near
Shawn W. Crispin
Asia Times, 30 September 2022
Vietnam
34. Unemployment rate falls, workers’ incomes increase
VietNamNet, 2 October 2022
35. Clear evidence of religious freedom in Vietnam
Voice of Vietnam, 2 October 2022
36. Gridlocked and flood-prone, Vietnam’s biggest city struggles to keep pace with its own breakneck growth
Michael Tatarski
South China Morning Post, 1 October 2022
37. VN ranks 48th in Global Innovation Index 2022
[Link to “Global Innovation Index 2022”]
VietNamNet, 1 October 2022
38. Vietnam placed in awkward position as old ally Russia suffers losses in Ukraine
Zachary Abuza
Radio Free Asia, 28 September 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
39. Post Covid-19 Green Recovery Strategies in CLV
Sok Sithika
Khmer Times, 3 October 2022
Asia Pacific
40. The US pivot towards Pacific regionalism
[Link to “Pacific Partnership Strategy“]
Michael Walsh
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 30 September 2022
Climate Change/Environment
41. What the war in Ukraine means for Asia’s climate goals
Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 2 October 2022
42. G7’s Climate Financing for Indonesia Under Negotiation: Envoy
Jayanty Nada Shofa
Jakarta Globe, 1 October 2022
43. APEC is on Track to Meet Aspirational Energy Goals
APEC, 30 September 2022
44. Presiden Jokowi sahkan target iklim baru yang lebih ambisius, apa saja perubahannya? [President Jokowi approves new, more ambitious climate targets, what are the changes?]
Mahawan Karuniasa, Dosen Program Studi Ilmu Lingkungan, Universitas Indonesia
Conversation, 30 September 2022
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