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- No. 6: Deasy Simandjuntak, Associate Fellow
- No. 14: Serina Rahman, Associate Fellow
- No. 42: Le Hong Hiep, Senior Fellow
- No. 45: The State of Southeast Asia Survey
- No. 46: The State of Southeast Asia Survey
- No. 47: The State of Southeast Asia Survey
- No. 49: William Choong and Hoang Thi Ha, Senior Fellows
- No. 52: 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
Cambodia
1. In the clear: Cambodia removed from money laundering and terror financing grey list
Soth Koemsoeun
Khmer Times, 27 February 2023
Indonesia
2. PAN Reiterates Call for Ganjar-Erick Pairing for 2024
Jakarta Globe, 26 February 2023
3. “Coal Money” Slated to Dominate Election Funding
Jayanty Nada Shofa
Jakarta Globe, 26 February 2023
4. Jokowi may prefer Ganjar, but will his supporters follow suit?
Nina A. Loasana
Jakarta Post, 26 February 2023
5. North Maluku is Indonesia’s nickel powerhouse, but does the wealth filter down?
Kiki Siregar
Channel News Asia, 25 February 2023
6. Commentary: Recent clashes at Chinese companies in Indonesia might be fodder for political manipulation
[Originally published on Fulcrum]
Deasy Simandjuntak & Aswin Lin
Channel News Asia, 25 February 2023
7. Civil servants wary of ‘compulsory’ move to IKN
Deni Ghifari
Jakarta Post, 25 February 2023
8. New generation of Papuan rebels ups ante in conflict with Indonesia
Stephen Wright and Pizaro Gozali Idrus
Benar News, 24 February 2023
9. The Problem With Indonesia’s Plan to Attract ‘Digital Nomads’
Stephanie Wild
Diplomat, 24 February 2023
Malaysia
10. Zambry withdraws from UMNO VP contest
Bernama, 27 February 2023
11. Warisan treasurer-general resigns, joins Hajiji’s Gagasan Rakyat
Free Malaysia Today, 27 February 2023
12. Malaysia’s deficit will be 65pc if civil servants’ salaries rise further, PM Anwar says amid wage bump clamour
Syed Jaymal Zahiid
Malay Mail Online, 27 February 2023
13. Bumiputera agenda: The grim reality behind it
S Thayaparan
Malaysiakini, 27 February 2023
14. Is Sabah bound to anti-hopping law?
Muguntan Vanar
Star, 27 February 2023
15. Islamophobia being countered through Malaysia Madani, says PM’s Department
Junaid Ibrahim
Star, 27 February 2023
16. Residents’ spruce-up effort a bright spot amid Malaysia’s affordable housing woes
Ram Anand
Straits Times, 27 February 2023
17. NOTA DARI KL: Menu Rahmah ini bantuan sekali saja atau titik permulaan huraian berdaya maju? [NOTES FROM KL: Is Menu Rahmah a one-time aid or a starting point of a viable initiatve?]
Serina Rahman
Berita Mediacorp, 26 February 2023
18. Beginning of the end for Ismail, say analysts
Dineskumar Ragu
Free Malaysia Today, 26 February 2023
19. Survey: Seven in 10 Malays in peninsular Malaysia dissatisfied with govt; Anthony Loke minister with most thumbs up
Zarrah Morden
Malay Mail Online, 26 February 2023
20. ‘Bapa Saman Negara’ slowly strangling free speech
Kenneth Cheng Chee Kin
Malaysian Insight, 26 February 2023
21. Dr Mahathir, 13 former Pejuang members join Putra
Soo Wern Jun
Malay Mail Online, 25 February 2023
22. Why Don’t Malaysian Policymakers View China as a Threat?
Emirza Adi Syailendra
Diplomat, 24 February 2023
Myanmar
23. Criticisms on the extension of the emergency period base on election, stability and reduction of commodity prices: SAC Chair
Eleven Myanmar, 25 February 2023
24. Govt. plans to recollect national census to correct voting lists: SAC Chair
Eleven Myanmar, 25 February 2023
25. Myanmar’s History of Governments in Exile
David I. Steinberg
Irrawaddy, 25 February 2023
26. It’s Time for the Leadership of Myanmar’s NUG to Step Up
Luke Hunt
Diplomat, 24 February 2023
27. Myanmar’s junta-owned companies maintain international economic ties despite sanctions
Htoo Aung
Myanmar NOW, 24 February 2023
Philippines
28. RCEP: Boon or Bane for Marcos’s Government?
Viswa Nathan
Asia Sentinel, 27 February 2023
29. ‘They were shot in the head’: morgue gives up truth of Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war
Rebecca Ratcliffe
Guardian, 26 February 2023
30. Philippines marks first ‘people power’ anniversary under Marcos
Camille Elemia, Jason Gutierrez and Jojo Riñoza
Benar News, 25 February 2023
31. China can only look on as Manila strengthens Asia-Pacific ties: experts
Lo Hoi-ying
South China Morning Post, 25 February 2023
32. The Philippines’ Security Outlook
Charmaine Misalucha-Willoughby
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 24 February 2023
Thailand
33. ‘Ung Ing’ denies deal to work with PPRP
Bangkok Post, 27 February 2023
34. Parties shed pre-poll blood
Kamolwat Praprutitum and Mongkol Bangprapa
Bangkok Post, 27 February 2023
35. Executives list policy priorities
Bangkok Post, 27 February 2023
36. Editorial: ‘Poor cards’ not a solution
Bangkok Post, 27 February 2023
37. Prayut most popular for PM in deep South: poll
Bangkok Post, 26 February 2023
38. Why Thai politics remains a rigged system with little chance of reforms
Zachary Abuza
South China Morning Post, 26 February 2023
39. Now here’s irony for you
Bangkok Post, 25 February 2023
40. Are the stars aligning for Pheu Thai?
Chairith Yonpiam
Bangkok Post, 25 February 2023
41. Thailand heads into polls with burning cannabis issue in limbo
Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 24 February 2023
Vietnam
42. What recent changes at the top mean for Vietnam
Le Hong Hiep
Interpreter, 27 February 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
43. New Malaysia PM Anwar an ‘old friend’ of Singapore; both countries will manage differences constructively: Balakrishnan
Grace Yeoh
Channel News Asia, 27 February 2023
44. Rescuing the Trafficked [27-minute podcast]
Luke Hunt
Diplomat, 27 February 2023
45. A region infuriated: Confidence in EU trade plummets in ASEAN as palm oil sector formally unites
[Link to The State of Southeast Asia: 2023 Survey Report]
Pearly Neo
Food Navigator Asia, 27 February 2023
46. Metamorfosis Kebijakan India di Asia Tenggara [The Metamorphosis of Indian Policy in Southeast Asia]
Mahdi Muhammad
Kompas, 27 February 2023
47. Why is India’s status among Asean nations rising?
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 27 February 2023
48. Ukraine invasion 1 year on: Most Southeast Asian countries missing in action
Zachary Abuza
Benar News, 24 February 2023
49. Southeast Asians mull over a Taiwan conflict: Big concerns but limited choices
[Originally published on Fulcrum]
William Choong and Hoang Thi Ha
ThinkChina, 24 February 2023
Asia Pacific
50. Will the new industrial policy work?
Keun Lee
Bangkok Post, 27 February 2023
51. China’s rebound will not be universal cure for growth malaise
Frederic Neumann
Nikkei Asia, 27 February 2023
52. Will Asia’s economy weather the coming storm as dark clouds gather on the horizon?
Su-Lin Tan
South China Morning Post, 25 February 2023
Climate Change/Environment
53. Singapore ‘potential claimant’ for global loss and damage funding: Environment minister
Liang Lei
Eco-Business, 25 February 2023
54. Dow said it was recycling our shoes. We found them at an Indonesian flea market
Joe Brock, Yuddy Cahya Budiman and Joseph Campbell
Reuters, 25 February 2023
55. As war in Ukraine freezes the Arctic Council, how will Asia break the ice?
Nong Hong
South China Morning Post, 25 February 2023
56. 99 coal plants to kick off carbon trading in Indonesia
Divya Karyza
Jakarta Post, 24 February 2023
Others
Media, Technology & Society
57. TikTok teams with Thai election body in disinformation battle
Francesca Regalado
Nikkei Asia, 25 February 2023
58. Mob Diplomacy
Mark Leonard
Project Syndicate, 24 February 2023
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