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- No. 21: Moe Thuzar, Fellow, and The State of Southeast Asia Survey 2023
- No. 28: The State of Southeast Asia Survey 2023
- No. 34: Dien Luong, Visiting Fellow
- No. 35: The State of Southeast Asia Survey 2023
- No. 37: The State of Southeast Asia Survey 2023
- No. 39: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 41: Joanne Lin, Lead Researcher, ASEAN Studies Centre, and The State of Southeast Asia Survey 2023
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’s own subs conundrum
Alexander M. Hynd and Max Broad
Interpreter, 17 February 2023
2. Govt may overshoot subsidized fuel quota as sales curb lags
Divya Karyza
Jakarta Post, 17 February 2023
3. Unions, activists plan protests against job creation Perppu
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 17 February 2023
4. Pengamat Politik: Wacana Bergabungnya KIB dan Koalisi Kebangkitan Indonesia Raya Untungkan Prabowo [Political Observer: The Discourse of the Merging of KIB and the Great Indonesia Awakening Coalition Favors Prabowo]
Norman Meoko
Sinar Harapan, 16 February 2023
Malaysia
5. Malaysian international trade minister Tengku Zafrul appointed UMNO supreme council member
Channel News Asia, 17 February 2023
6. Privatising Petronas will lead to takeover, warns ex-Treasury man
Predeep Nambiar
Free Malaysia Today, 17 February 2023
7. 1MDB whistleblower Justo shares experience in new book
Free Malaysia Today, 17 February 2023
8. Penang CM confirms heads of six state govts to meet next week to discuss dissolution date for assemblies
Opalyn Mok
Malay Mail Online, 17 February 2023
9. What next for the youth, post-GE15?
Nur Hasliza Mohd Salleh
Malaysia Now, 17 February 2023
10. Sarawak should get one-third of Budget 2023, says deputy minister
Desmond Davidson
Malaysian Insight, 17 February 2023
11. Shahrizat officially makes bid for Wanita chief post
New Straits Times, 17 February 2023
12. EPF members running out of funds
Rahimy Rahim, Diyana Pfordten and Fazleena Aziz
Star, 17 February 2023
13. GRS not intentionally delaying Sabah anti-hopping law, says Masidi
Muguntan Vanar and Durie Rainer Fong
Star, 17 February 2023
14. Lokman Adam back as Umno supreme council member
Allison Lai
Star, 17 February 2023
15. Activists slam Malaysian govt for banning ‘immoral,’ ‘LGBTQ’ books
Ili Shazwani and Iman Muttaqin Yusof
Benar News, 16 February 2023
16. Pemimpin politik digesa henti persoal hak, keistimewaan Melayu [Political leaders urged to stop questioning Malay rights and special status]
Dr Mohamed Rashid Ab Razak adalah Pensyarah Kanan Jabatan Undang-Undang Islam, Kulliyyah Undang-Undang Ahmad Ibrahim, Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM)
Berita Harian, 16 February 2023
17. To reform or to stay in power?
Shankar R. Santhiram
Free Malaysia Today, 16 February 2023
18. Bung should take a step back, say political analysts
Lynelle Tham
Free Malaysia Today, 16 February 2023
19. Ex-PAS leader Khairuddin to join new Umno ulama council – sources
Haspaizi Zain
Malaysiakini, 16 February 2023
20. 57 candidates have registered for the UMNO election
Suraya Ali
New Straits Times, 16 February 2023
Myanmar
21. Myanmar election ploy threatens to split ASEAN and West
[Link to The State of Southeast Asia: 2023 Survey Report]
David Hutt
Asia Times, 16 February 2023
22. US Worried by Myanmar Junta, Russia Expanding Nuclear Cooperation
Ingyin Naing
VOA, 15 February 2023
Philippines
23. The Significance of a More Robust Philippines-Japan Strategic Partnership
Don McLain Gill
Diplomat, 17 February 2023
24. Is China a threat to the Philippines?
Jose Ma. Montelibano
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 17 February 2023
25. 菲律宾的中美平衡术能走多远？[How far can the Philippines’ Sino-US balancing act go?]
彭念是中国海南师范大学 区域国别研究院常务副院长
联合早报, 17 February 2023
26. Philippines’ Marcos Tilts West
Viswa Nathan
Asia Sentinel, 16 February 2023
27. Philippine military chief, Chinese envoy meet amid South China Sea tiff
Jojo Riñoza and Jeoffrey Maitem
Benar News, 16 February 2023
28. Filipinos see climate change, unemployment, military tensions as top challenges in Southeast Asia — study
[Link to The State of Southeast Asia: 2023 Survey Report]
Jelo Ritzhie Mantaring
CNN Philippines, 16 February 2023
Thailand
29. Prayut hits back at triads jibe
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 17 February 2023
30. Thai global standing at all-time low
Thitinan Pongsudirak
Bangkok Post, 17 February 2023
31. 7 political parties unveil election visions to save SMEs
Nation Thailand, 16 February 2023
32. Global graft ranking disproves charge that corruption is rising: govt
Nation Thailand, 16 February 2023
Vietnam
33. How the Sino-Vietnamese War Was Purposefully Forgotten
Christelle Nguyen
Diplomat, 17 February 2023
34. Vietnam and South Korea have to address wartime episodes together
Dien Luong
Nikkei Asia, 17 February 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
35. Can ASEAN benefit from the EU’s green agriculture push?
[Link to The State of Southeast Asia: 2023 Survey Report]
David Hutt
DW, 17 February 2023
36. ASEAN can act to defuse tensions in Straits of Taiwan
Simone Galimberti
Jakarta Post, 17 February 2023
37. Malaysian PM Anwar’s suggestion of Asean ‘carving out Myanmar’ faces uphill task
Dewey Sim
South China Morning Post, 17 February 2023
38. ASEAN Needs to Prepare Now for the Future of Work
Heng Molika
Diplomat, 16 February 2023
39. The Vietnam-Indonesia EEZ agreement upholds UNCLOS
Bich Tran, University of Antwerp
East Asia Forum, 16 February 2023
40. Indonesia’s ASEAN chairmanship is a moment of truth
Gurjit Singh
Jakarta Post, 16 February 2023
41. East Timor has Indonesia’s backing, but road to Asean filled with financial concerns
Resty Woro Yuniar
South China Morning Post, 16 February 2023
42. Thailand invites Myanmar junta to meeting on border management in ASEAN countries
MyanmarNOW, 15 February 2023
Asia Pacific
43. Gauging the Impact of the China-US Trade War
Ka Zeng
Diplomat, 17 February 2023
44. Asian Monetary Fund – an unrealised dream
Wong Chin Yoong is a professor of economics at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kampar campus.
Malaysian Insight, 16 February 2023
East/South China Sea
45. Holding out against China in a row over reefs
BBC, 17 February 2023
Others
Media, Technology & Society
46. Whatever happened to the metaverse?
Jemima Kelly
Financial Times, 16 February 2023
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