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- No. 6: Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 9: Deasy Simandjuntak, Associate Fellow
- No. 10: Siwage Dharma Negara, Senior Fellow
- No. 52: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
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. Hun Manet: Cambodia’s rising son
Charles Dunst, CSIS
East Asia Forum, 28 February 2023
2. Ukraine war nudging Cambodia toward the West
David Hutt
Asia Times, 27 February 2023
Indonesia
3. Envisioning a counterinsurgency strategy for Papua
D. Nicky Fahrizal
Jakarta Post, 28 February 2023
4. Fixing national food policy in the face of food crises
Winarno Zain
Jakarta Post, 28 February 2023
5. Indonesia pre-election jostling threatens Jokowi’s economic agenda
Erwida Maulia
Nikkei Asia, 28 February 2023
6. 印尼中企工潮冲击镍矿大国梦 [Strike at Chinese company in Indonesia hinders the plan to build the world’s largest nickel industry]
廖建裕
联合早报, 28 February 2023
7. Russia’s War on Ukraine: Lessons for the Indonesian Armed Forces
Muhammad Fauzan Malufti
Diplomat, 27 February 2023
8. Indonesia’s Villa Mutiara Network: Challenges Posed By One Extremist Family
Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict, 27 February 2023
9. 印尼2024年大选 学者：恐有政客操弄反华情绪 [Indonesian 2024 General Election – Scholars: Fear That Politicians Manipulating Anti-China Sentiment]
[Link to the Fulcrum article, “Recent Clashes at Chinese Companies in Indonesia Might be Fodder for Political Manipulation”]
Oriental Daily, 27 February 2023
10. 看好可持续发展 本地企业抢占印尼绿色商机 [Optimistic about sustainable development, local companies to seize green business opportunities in Indonesia]
陈紫筠
联合早报, 27 February 2023
Laos
11. Laos-China rail freight transport soars by 500 per cent
Vientiane Times
Star, 27 February 2023
Malaysia
12. Do opinion polls spell doom for Anwar and his government?
Murray Hunter
Free Malaysia Today, 28 February 2023
13. Malaysia’s Anwar steps out abroad to bolster his standing at home
Valerie Rozman Drake Tien
Interpreter, 28 February 2023
14. Malaysia requires a holistic shipping sector blueprint
Izyan Munirah Mohd Zaideen and Mohd Faizal Ramli
Malay Mail Online, 28 February 2023
15. Govt can save up to RM17b if T20 not given subsidy for oil, petrol
Isabelle Leong, Yasmin Ramlan & Hariz Mohd
Malaysiakini, 28 February 2023
16. Govt plans to work with private hospitals to address congestion
Hariz Mohd, Yasmin Ramlan, Isabelle Leong
Malaysiakini, 28 February 2023
17. J-Kom head questions ‘Anwar 100 days’ survey method
Malaysiakini, 28 February 2023
18. Forthcoming Umno polls shaping up to be an interesting affair
N Faizal Ghazali
Malaysiakini, 28 February 2023
19. Malaysia to distribute millions of translated Qurans abroad to counter Islamophobia
Iman Muttaqin Yusof
Benar News, 27 February 2023
20. UMNO Ulama Council to focus on elevating dignity of Muslims
Bernama, 27 February 2023
21. Abu Dhabi firms to pay US$1.8 billion to 1MDB, MOF Inc to settle dispute
Malaysian Insight, 27 February 2023
Malaysia Budget 2023
22. Groups say food sovereignty should include all crops
Mohd Farhan Darwis
Malaysian Insight, 28 February 2023
23. Big spender Anwar buying political staying power
Nile Bowie
Asia Times, 27 February 2023
24. Budget 23: Another Missed Opportunity
Ramesh Chander, Murray Hunter and Lim Teck Ghee
Edge Markets, 27 February 2023
25. Budget 2023 — No ‘wow’ for now
Geoffrey Williams
Free Malaysia Today, 27 February 2023
26. Budget 2023: Malaysia needs multipartisan push for commitment to fiscal responsibility – IDEAS
Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs, 27 February 2023
Myanmar
27. Nestle to close factory, head office in Myanmar
Channel News Asia, 27 February 2023
28. China and Myanmar resume work on Muse-Kyaukphyu railway
Frontier Myanmar, 27 February 2023
29. Myanmar’s junta denies ousted leaders access to legal representation
Radio Free Asia, 27 February 2023
Philippines
30. Philippines paving the way toward a new Quad
Richard Javad Heydarian
Asia Times, 28 February 2023
31. Resolutions prove ICC contention
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 28 February 2023
32. More groups seek RCEP junking
Krixia Subingsubing
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 28 February 2023
33. Marcos wants more Kadiwa stores
Nestor Corrales
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 28 February 2023
34. Island facing West Philippine Sea seen boosting coastal defense
Frances Mangosing
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 27 February 2023
35. Maharlika more acceptable now – BSP chief
Doris Dumlao-Abadilla
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 27 February 2023
Singapore
36. Singapore will feel ‘spillover’ effect of growing US-China tensions but won’t be a ‘proxy’: foreign minister
Dewey Sim & Kimberly Lim
South China Morning Post, 27 February 2023
Thailand
37. PM: Welfare boost is not ‘cash handout’
Mongkol Bangprapa
Bangkok Post, 28 February 2023
38. Mega Projects, Tourism to Propel Thailand’s Growth, Finance Chief Says
Suttinee Yuvejwattana and Thomas Kutty Abraham
Bloomberg, 28 February 2023
39. Thailand, U.S. resume Cobra Gold military exercise at full scale
Francesca Regalado
Nikkei Asia, 28 February 2023
40. Prawit vows to end elite-liberal conflict
Bangkok Post, 27 February 2023
41. Thai government plans major push to Laos train service
Nation Thailand, 27 February 2023
42. Ahead of Elections, Thailand Is Still a Political Powder Keg
Richard Ruth
World Politics Review, 27 February 2023
Vietnam
43. The Intellectual History of Buddhism in the Republic of Viet Nam (1955-1975)
Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox and Olga Dror
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, 28 February 2023
44. Making Sense of Thích Trí Quang: The Machiavellianism of Buddhist Political Theory
Kevin Pham
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, 28 February 2023
45. The Fantasy of Homogenous Time: When the Cold War Never Existed and Thailand Fought for Vietnam’s Independence
Vatthana Pholsena
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, 28 February 2023
46. Aftermath of the 1963 Buddhist Crisis in the Pages of Lotus Monthly (Liên Hoa Nguyệt San)
Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, 28 February 2023
47. From Death to Birth: Biography, Religious Context, and Remembering of Thích Quảng Đức and his Self-Immolation
Hoang Ngo
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, 28 February 2023
48. Engaged Buddhism and Vietnamese Nation-building in the Early Writings of Thích Nhất Hạnh
Adrienne Minh-Châu Lê
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, 28 February 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
49. Asia’s Third Way: How ASEAN Survives—and Thrives—Amid Great-Power Competition
Kishore Mahbubani
Foreign Affairs, 28 February 2023
50. Malaysia, Indonesia in pact to reduce poverty, increase food security in Southeast Asia
Bernama, 27 February 2023
51. Asean has no licence to interfere in Myanmar’s internal affairs: Singapore
Kimberly Lim
South China Morning Post, 27 February 2023
52. The Chinese offer of a Global Security Initiative: Anything new?
Zha Daojiong
ThinkChina, 27 February 2023
Asia Pacific
53. China’s Hidden Tech Revolution: How Beijing Threatens U.S. Dominance
Dan Wang
Foreign Affairs, 28 February 2023
54. Toward a trilateral Atlantic-Pacific community for the twenty-first century
Ash Jain
Atlantic Council, 27 February 2023
55. Who Is Li Shangfu, China’s Next Defense Minister?
Marcus Clay
Diplomat, 27 February 2023
56. A Crisis in Communication: Rethinking How Beijing and Washington Communicate
Kevin Chen
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 27 February 2023
East/South China Sea
57. EXCLUSIVE-Japan, Australia may conduct South China Sea patrols with U.S., Philippines – ambassador
Karen Lema
Reuters, 27 February 2023
Climate Change/Environment
58. Vietnam’s challenge to wean off coal
Trang Nguyen
Interpreter, 28 February 2023
59. Two more palm oil giants quit no-deforestation initiative HCSA
Robin Hicks
Eco-Business, 27 February 2023
60. An Environmental Probe Into China’s Top Lithium Hub Threatens Global Supply
Bloomberg, 26 February 2023
Others
Media, Technology & Society
61. White House: No more TikTok on gov’t devices within 30 days
Seung Min Kim
Associated Press, 28 February 2023
62. Innovation Power: Why Technology Will Define the Future of Geopolitics
Eric Schmidt
Foreign Affairs, 28 February 2023
63. Cyberattacks to rise ahead of 2024 elections: SAFEnet
Nur Janti
Jakarta Post, 28 February 2023
64. TikTok banned on all Canadian government mobile devices
Rob Gillies
Associated Press, 27 February 2023
65. Will China Create a New State-Owned Enterprise to Monopolize Artificial Intelligence?
Shaoshan Liu
Diplomat, 27 February 2023
66. TikTok ban? App may be the next casualty of breakdown in US-China trust
Chee Yik-Wai
South China Morning Post, 27 February 2023
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