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- No. 39: The State of Southeast Asia Survey 2023
- No. 42: The State of Southeast Asia Survey 2023
- No. 43: Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow and Coordinator, ASEAN Studies Centre, and The State of Southeast Asia Survey 2023
- No. 44: The State of Southeast Asia Survey 2023
- No. 49: 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. Can the EU succeed on closing Indonesia trade deal?
David Hutt
DW, 9 February 2023
2. Ekstremisme dalam Sejarah Indonesia Modern [Extremism in the history of modern Indonesia]
Tulisan ini disadur dari Harian Republika edisi 18 Oktober 2005. Buya Ahmad Syafii Maarif (1935–2022) adalah ketua umum PP Muhammadiyah pada periode 1998-2005.
Republika Online, 9 February 2023
3. Sengkarut data beras Indonesia: kenapa terjadi, apa dampaknya bagi ketahanan pangan dan solusinya [Confusion over Indonesian rice data: why is it happening, what is the impact on food security and the solution]
Meda Canti
Conversation, 8 February 2023
4. Menjadi nasionalis-kosmopolitan: Alasan mengapa diaspora enggan pulang namun dapat menghidupi Indonesia tanpa tinggal di tanah air [Becoming a cosmopolitan-nationalist: Reasons why the diaspora is reluctant to return but can support Indonesia without staying in the homeland]
Musa Maliki, Assistant professor, UPN Veteran Jakarta
Conversation, 8 February 2023
5. Pemberantasan Korupsi di Indonesia Alami Kemunduran’ [‘Anti-corruption drive in Indonesia facing setbacks’]
Wahyu Suryana, Febryan A, Dessy Suciati Saputri
Republika Online, 8 February 2023
Malaysia
6. Ahead of budget re-tabling, PM Anwar says looking for solutions so public need not dip into EPF savings
R. Loheswar
Malay Mail Online, 9 February 2023
7. Muda’s dilemma: Locked out as supporting cast
Praba Ganesan
Malay Mail Online, 9 February 2023
8. Proposed Malacca deep-sea port overlaps archaeological site
Low Choon Chyuan
Malaysiakini, 9 February 2023
9. How much is Harapan willing to concede to Umno in state polls?
S Thayaparan
Malaysiakini, 9 February 2023
10. Covid-19 procurement done by the book – Khairy
Malaysiakini, 9 February 2023
11. Can we root out corruption and patronage?
P Gunasegaram
Malaysiakini, 9 February 2023
12. Help middle class, too
New Straits Times, 9 February 2023
13. PMQ pilot test to start next week
Star, 9 February 2023
14. Pakatan Harapan, Barisan Nasional walk political tightrope with electoral pact in Malaysia
Hazlin Hassan
Straits Times, 9 February 2023
15. Changing ministers and a pandemic expose deep fault lines in Malaysia’s public healthcare
Ram Anand
Straits Times, 9 February 2023
16. PAS-led Kelantan hints at holding elections after term ends
Free Malaysia Today, 8 February 2023
17. Malaysia’s ‘great transition’
Geoffrey Williams & Paolo Casadio
Malaysia Now, 8 February 2023
Myanmar
18. Tipping the scales in Myanmar’s civil war
Thitinan Pongsudhirak
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 8 February 2023
19. It’s Time to Re-evaluate the Myanmar Military’s Intelligence Capabilities
Amara Thiha
Diplomat, 8 February 2023
20. ‘I turned on the light and they were all dead’: Survivors recount horrors from Rohingya crisis
Oliver Slow
Frontier Myanmar, 8 February 2023
21. Myanmar’s Civilian Government Woos EAOs After Failed Junta Peace Talks
Irrawaddy, 8 February 2023
Philippines
22. Japan eyes Philippines as first recipient of security grant
Hiroshi Asahina
Nikkei Asia, 9 February 2023
23. ICC’s reopened probe into Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war puts Ferdinand Marcos Jnr and Philippines in a tight spot
Mark T. Townsend
South China Morning Post, 9 February 2023
24. 日菲互动释放出哪些信号？[What are the signals sent by Japan-Philippines interaction?]
代帆是暨南大学国际关系学院副院长、菲律宾研究中心主任
环球网, 9 February 2023
25. Philippines’ Marcos visits Japan amid geopolitical, regional tensions
Aie Balagtas See
Benar News, 8 February 2023
26. Philippines appeals ICC decision to proceed with probe into Duterte’s drug war
Jojo Riñoza
Benar News, 8 February 2023
27. Making the PPP scheme work
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 8 February 2023
Thailand
28. Bid to limit power of senators fails to make quorum
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 9 February 2023
29. MP offers May 7 poll date
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 9 February 2023
30. TAOs buoyed by Prayut’s wage pledge
Bangkok Post, 9 February 2023
31. Prayut drops huge hint there will be no early election
Nation Thailand, 9 February 2023
32. Thailand hails RCEP bonanza as trade passes THB10 trillion in first year
Nation Thailand, 9 February 2023
33. Sontaya ‘group of 12’ to join Pheu Thai
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 8 February 2023
34. Over 35% of land for Map Ta Phut port expansion reclaimed from sea
Nation Thailand, 8 February 2023
35. Thai authorities intimidated minors, put them under surveillance for protesting: Amnesty International
[Link to the report, “Thailand: “We are reclaiming our future”: Children’s right to peaceful assembly in Thailand”]
Tan Hui Yee
Straits Times, 8 February 2023
Vietnam
36. Vietnam’s Anti-Corruption Drive Can Never Go Far Enough
David Hutt
Diplomat, 9 February 2023
37. Vietnam’s military jets crash due to age, lack of pilot training, experts say
Radio Free Asia, 8 February 2023
38. Former president’s speech vanishes from Vietnam news sites
Radio Free Asia, 7 February 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
39. Biden’s Renewed Push in Southeast Asia Sees More in Favor of US
[Link to The State of Southeast Asia: 2023 Survey Report]
Philip Heijmans
Bloomberg, 9 February 2023
40. Malaysia has become less friendly to Myanmar refugees. What hope for them now?
Neo Chai Chin & Tracy Marie Lee
Channel News Asia, 9 February 2023
41. Thailand’s ‘Deep South’ conflict in focus as Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim meets Prayuth Chan-ocha
Hadi Azmi
South China Morning Post, 9 February 2023
42. US clout in Southeast Asia grows even as China still viewed as most influential: survey
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 9 February 2023
43. Why South-east Asia, with China worries, sees India more favourably as a strategic partner
[Originally published on Fulcrum.sg as “State of Southeast Asia Survey 2023: It Takes Three to Tango”]
Sharon Seah
Straits Times, 9 February 2023
44. Singaporeans see climate change as top challenge for S-E Asia in 2023: Survey
Arvind Jayaram
Straits Times, 9 February 2023
45. Where Are Southeast Asia’s Tech Companies Headed?
James Guild
Diplomat, 8 February 2023
46. Can an Indonesian general help Asean move Myanmar peace plan along? No sir, analysts say
Resty Woro Yuniar
South China Morning Post, 8 February 2023
Asia Pacific
47. Where Is China’s Politics Headed in 2023?
Dan Macklin
Diplomat, 9 February 2023
48. How ‘Like-Mindedness’ Became the Key Attribute of the China Containment Strategy
[Link to the 39-page report, “Like-Mindedness: How The West Shapes The Geostrategic Landscape In The Indo-Pacific”]
Andreas B. Forsby
Diplomat, 9 February 2023
49. Can APAC Thrive Without Globalism?
Jayant Menon
GLG, 8 February 2023
50. For Xi, Building a 21st-Century Military Is Key to China’s Rise
Richard A. Bitzinger
World Politics Review, 8 February 2023
51. Japan’s Long-Awaited Return to Geopolitics
Jeffrey W. Hornung
Foreign Policy, 6 February 2023
East/South China Sea
52. Indonesia Newly Aggressive in South China Sea
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat
Asia Sentinel, 9 February 2023
Climate Change/Environment
53. CBAM creates key opportunity for Indonesia
Novia Xu and Nadya Daulay, CSIS
East Asia Forum, 9 February 2023
54. List of eligible international carbon credits for tax offsets in S’pore to be released in 2023
Straits Times, 9 February 2023
Others
Global Economy
55. Death of the WTO Is No ‘Glass Onion’ Mystery
Eduardo Porter
Bloomberg, 7 February 2023
Media, Technology & Society
56. Seven social trends shaping Thai business in 2023
Prae Dumrongmongcolgul, Country Director of Facebook Thailand, Meta
Nation Thailand, 8 February 2023
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