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- No. 2: Siwage Dharma Negara, Senior Fellow
- No. 16: Ooi Kee Beng, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 23: Mohd Faizal Bin Musa, Visiting Fellow
- No. 37: Ooi Kee Beng, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No: 47: 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
Indonesia
1. How will voters swing in Indonesia’s 2024 general elections?
Muhammad Ersan Pamungkas
Interpreter, 1 March 2023
2. ‘Carrots, sticks, and hugs’: Scrutinising Indonesia’s US$20 billion just transition challenge
Liang Lei
Eco-Business, 28 February 2023
3. Court dismisses petition on presidential insult, finds petitioners lack legal standing
Jakarta Post, 28 February 2023
4. How a new Vietnam-Indonesia deal will affect South China Sea disputes
Dryad Global, 27 February 2023
Malaysia
5. CPTPP tidak beri impak negatif terhadap sektor pertanian negara [CPTPP did not have a negative impact on the country’s agricultural sector]
Mohd Iskandar Ibrahim
Berita Harian, 1 March 2023
6. Bersatu more relevant than Umno now, says Wan Saiful
Nora Mahpar
Free Malaysia Today, 1 March 2023
7. Political ads banned on TikTok in Malaysia
Free Malaysia Today, 1 March 2023
8. Malaysians can now purchase Tesla as govt approves importation, plans to set up headquarters
Kenneth Tee
Malay Mail, 1 March 2023
9. Survey: More Malaysians concerned about online privacy, seven in 10 felt tech progress is ‘destroying lives’
[link to 122-page IPSO Global Tends 2023 PDF report]
Zarrah Morden
Malay Mail, 1 March 2023
10. COMMENT | New Budget 2023 an astute document
Ong Kian Ming
Malaysiakini, 1 March 2023
11. Pharmaniaga needs reforms after PN17 classification, says health group
Malaysian Insight, 1 March 2023
12. Race on for Umno vice-presidency
Malaysian Insight, 1 March 2023
13. NST Leader: Alleviating plight of the hardcore poor
New Straits Times, 1 March 2023
14. Umno Polls – 118 nominations received, 8 contesting Vice President, 95 MKT
Mohd Nasaruddin Parzi
New Straits Times, 1 March 2023
15. NCP 1971 vs. DAKEN 2021: Ethnoculturalism or Cultural Diversity?
Adil Johan
Penang Monthly, 1 March 2023
16. Why Cultures Co-Exist Better Than Ethnicities
Ooi Kee Beng
Penang Monthly, 1 March 2023
17. ‘We’ll help develop Labuan’
Muguntan Vanar, Stephanie Lee And Durie Rainer Fong
Star, 1 March 2023
18. Govt may bring back GST, says Rafizi
Malaysian Insight, 28 February 2023
19. Tok Mat wins uncontested in Rembau
Bernama
New Straits Times, 28 February 2023
20. Umno polls: A woman in the Big Boys Club
Joceline Tan
Star, 28 February 2023
21. Umno polls: Contests for top post in 20 out of 26 Johor divisions
Mohd Farhaan Shah
Star, 28 February 2023
22. Malaysia to reissue tenders for six flood mitigation projects
Samantha Ho
Eco-Business, 27 February 2023
23. Kisah sedih seniman selepas Bajet 2023 [The sad story of artists after Budget 2023]
Mohd Faizal Musa Atau Faisal Tehrani Bertugas Sebagai Felo Di Institut Alam Dan Tamadun Melayu (ukm), Felo Pelawat Di Iseas-yusuf Ishak Dan Bersekutu Untuk Sebuah Projek Di Bawah Weatherhead Center, Universiti Harvard.
Malaysian Insight, 26 February 2023
Myanmar
24. ‘They are preparing for war’: Forced recruiting by Pa-O militia in Shan
Frontier Myanmar, 28 February 2023
25. Myanmar’s natural gas income in jeopardy as foreign firms exit
Nikkei Asia, 28 February 2023
26. Myanmar military destroys more than 100 homes in Mandalay on encroachment claims
Radio Free Asia, 28 February 2023
Philippines
27. As the Philippines and Japan look to upgrade defence ties, not everyone is enthusiastic about it
Richard Heydarian
South China Morning Post, 1 March 2023
28. Broadening the US-Philippines Alliance: EDCA Sites Are Just the Beginning
Prashanth Parameswaran
Diplomat, 28 February 2023
Thailand
29. Demystifying sticky Thai goods prices
Bangkok Post, 1 March 2023
30. Pheu Thai promises B25k monthly wage
Bangkok Post, 1 March 2023
31. Party Policies, Factional Politics, and the 2023 Election in Thailand
Punchada Sirivunnabood
Diplomat, 1 March 2023
32. Pheu Thai election campaign clip on YouTube unveils key policies in one minute
The Nation Thailand, 1 March 2023
Vietnam
33. Vietnam’s National Assembly Set to Confirm New President
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 28 February 2023
34. Why Vietnam’s UN Abstention on Ukraine Was a Rational Move
Khang Vu
Diplomat, 28 February 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
35. China, Myanmar Have Resumed Work on Railway Project, Report Says
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 1 March 2023
Asia Pacific
36. What is France’s strategy for Indo-Pacific all about? Chcek if similar covered diff source, chcek also author
Marc Abensour
Jakarta Post, 1 March 2023
37. Generating Knowledge for a Multipolar World: Ooi Kee Beng in conversation with Danny Quah (Part 2)
Ooi Kee Beng
Penang Monthly, 1 March 2023
38. APEC Regional Trends Analysis, February 2023 Update
APEC, 28 February 2023
39. Russia-China-South Africa Naval Exercises And Indian Ocean Geopolitics
Sankalp Gurjar
Geopolitical Monitor, 28 February 2023
Climate Change/Environment
40. The highly charged geopolitics of lithium
Marina Yue Zhang, Uts
East Asia Forum, 1 March 2023
41. How Commerce Can Save the Climate: The Case for a Green Free Trade Agreement
Gordon H. Hanson And Matthew J. Slaughter
Foreign Affairs, 28 February 2023
42. Kalimantan Industrial Park to Produce EV Batteries, Petrochemical
Jayanty Nada Shofa
Jakarta Globe, 28 February 2023
43. Turning the Tide on Southeast Asia’s Plastic Pollution Crisis
[16-page PDF document]
Julius Cesar Imperial Trajano
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 28 February 2023
Others
Media, Technology & Society
44. China’s Censorship Reaches Globally Through WeChat
Foreign Policy, 28 February 2023
45. When White House cracks down on TikTok, what is US afraid of?
Global Times, 28 February 2023
46. The Metaverse Is Already a Geopolitical Challenge
Paul Triolo, Anarkalee Perera
World Politics Review, 28 February 2023
47. Why is India’s status among Asean nations rising?
News Nine, 27 February 2023
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