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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 Sen not that good at ensuring security
David Hutt
Asia Times, 10 March 2023
Indonesia
2. Analysis: Campaign to keep Jokowi beyond 2024 takes a legal course
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 13 March 2023
3. Online activism not dead yet as netizens expose wealthy officials
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 13 March 2023
4. HKTDC Builds Bridges with Indonesia’s New Capital
Jakarta Globe, 12 March 2023
5. Prabowo Mania: Bangsa Ini Sudah Letih dengan Konflik [Prabowo Mania: The nation is tired of conflict]
Republika, 12 March 2023
6. Job Creation Perppu supports revival of MSMEs in Indonesia
Antara, 11 March 2023
7. State intervention backfires as rice prices hit multiyear high
Deni Ghifari
Jakarta Post, 11 March 2023
8. Indonesia not cutting China out in EV hub plan, minister Sandiaga Uno says
Amy Sood
South China Morning Post, 10 March 2023
Laos
9. Are Laos’s Hydropower Ambitions a Chinese ‘Debt Trap’?
Momo Sakudo
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, 6 March 2023
Malaysia
10. Former Malaysian PM Muhyiddin Yassin charged with another count of money laundering
Channel News Asia, 13 March 2023
11. Don’t use suraus, mosques to campaign for state polls, says Selangor ruler
Free Malaysia Today, 13 March 2023
12. Weak ‘Malay pillars’ make DAP seem stronger, says analyst
Dineskumar Ragu
Free Malaysia Today, 13 March 2023
13. Three things we learnt from: Bersatu’s 2023 AGM
R. Loheswar
Malay Mail Online, 13 March 2023
14. Selangor Sultan wants all parties involved in state polls to obey rules, respect each other
Malay Mail Online, 13 March 2023
15. Political donations to govt party, opposition not the same – source
Hariz Mohd
Malaysiakini, 13 March 2023
16. GE15 ethnic voting analysis – Part 1: An introduction
Bridget Welsh
Malaysiakini, 13 March 2023
17. Zahid loyalists set to win internal polls, say analysts
Ravin Palanisamy
Malaysian Insight, 13 March 2023
18. ‘Top generals’ tasked with winning Selangor for Perikatan
Zakiah Koya & Yee Xiang Yun
Star, 13 March 2023
19. 国盟橄榄枝对马华地方领袖的诱惑 [The lure of PN’s olive branch to MCA local leaders]
陆世敏
星洲网, 13 March 2023
20. PRN petunjuk sokongan Kerajaan Perpaduan, pengaruh UMNO dan PN [State elections indicator of support for unity government, influence of UMNO and PN]
Prof Datuk Dr Ismail Sualman adalah Penganalisis politik dan Profesor di Kolej Pengkomputeran, Informatik dan Media, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Berita Harian, 12 March 2023
21. Unanimous support for Muhyiddin to remain as Bersatu president
Bernama, 12 March 2023
22. Najib’s son out, but Nooryana and Zahid’s daughter win posts
Free Malaysia Today, 12 March 2023
23. Malaysia filmmakers face fury of religious conservatives as Mentega Terbang becomes latest cultural war target
Hadi Azmi
South China Morning Post, 12 March 2023
24. Pros and cons of whether Muhyiddin should quit as party chief
Reshna Reem Ganesan & Lynelle Tham
Free Malaysia Today, 11 March 2023
25. The gloves come off for Anwar
Joceline Tan
Star, 11 March 2023
26. Anwar’s administration faces test in dealing with troubled GLC Pharmaniaga
Zunaira Saieed
Straits Times, 10 March 2023
Myanmar
27. Myanmar’s export of rice falls ‘due to new export earning policy’
Mizzima, 12 March 2023
28. Myanmar’s Civilian President Holds Talks With European Union Envoy
Irrawaddy, 11 March 2023
29. Report on Buddhist monks in Myanmar since the coup
Mizzima, 11 March 2023
30. Could Myanmar Be Implicated in Russia’s War Against Ukraine?
Ingyin Naing
VOA, 11 March 2023
31. Myanmar’s NUG Rebel Government Needs Money
David Hutt
Diplomat, 10 March 2023
32. Students of war: Myanmar’s potent but fractured student movement takes up arms
Frontier Myanmar, 10 March 2023
Philippines
33. China: New Edca sites to ‘seriously harm’ PH
Tina G. Santos
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 March 2023
34. Commentary: The lucrative job of being a pro-Marcos social media influencer in the Philippines
[This commentary first appeared on ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute’s blog, Fulcrum]
Maria Elize H Mendoza is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Universit
Channel News Asia, 12 March 2023
35. To keep its EDCA bases, will the US take on Sara?
Ricardo Saludo
Manila Times, 12 March 2023
36. China slams Manila again over closer US military ties, warns against ‘drawing wolves into the house’
Shi Jiangtao
South China Morning Post, 12 March 2023
37. Marcos has work to do at home after his diplomatic successes
Richard Heydarian
Nikkei Asia, 10 March 2023
Thailand
38. Pheu Thai: No deals if we meet poll target
Bangkok Post, 13 March 2023
39. Russians putting down roots in kingdom
Wassayos Ngamkham, Mongkol Bangprapa & Achadthaya Chuenniran
Bangkok Post, 13 March 2023
40. Thaksin, Yingluck will serve their jail terms, declares Thai Pakdee Party in vote rally
Nation Thailand, 13 March 2023
41. Thailand’s first urban rail network outside of Bangkok to be built from 2024
Tan Tam Mei
Straits Times, 13 March 2023
42. Pheu Thai huge favourites in red-shirt stronghold Udon Thani: poll
Bangkok Post, 12 March 2023
43. New curbs on populist policies
Bangkok Post, 12 March 2023
44. Soft power, debt moratorium, Koratnomics among policies aired by 7 parties in NationTV debate
Nation Thailand, 12 March 2023
45. Coup window not closed
Mongkol Bangprapa, Aekarach Sattaburuth & Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post, 11 March 2023
46. A lot of ifs and buts
Bangkok Post, 11 March 2023
47. Democrats add more campaign pledges, Move Forward focuses on medicine
Nation Thailand, 11 March 2023
48. Thailand generals’ election rivalry places military on new footing
Marwaan Macan-Markar
Nikkei Asia, 11 March 2023
Vietnam
49. Mythbusting Vietnam’s Recent Leadership Change
Carl Thayer
Diplomat, 13 March 2023
50. COMMENTARY: What’s next as the dust settles after Vietnam’s leadership turmoil?
Zachary Abuza
Radio Free Asia, 12 March 2023
51. Vietnam’s ‘blazing furnace’ corruption purge spotlights political tug of war, economic unease
Govi Snell
South China Morning Post, 11 March 2023
52. The Analytical Obsession With ‘Factions’ in Vietnamese Politics
Khang Vu
Diplomat, 10 March 2023
53. FDI attraction to be targeted at green growth, digital transformation: report
Voice of Vietnam, 10 March 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
54. Is Australia’s Defense Strategy Based on a Mistaken Assumption?
Marigold Black & Austin Wyatt
Diplomat, 11 March 2023
55. ASEAN ‘unprepared’ for open conflict in Indo-Pacific
Yvette Tanamal
Jakarta Post, 11 March 2023
Asia Pacific
56. The Quad says it’s a ‘positive alternative’ to China. What can it deliver for Asia?
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 12 March 2023
57. Assuring Beijing key to building guardrails on US-China Relations
Harrison Prétat, Center for Strategic and International Studies
East Asia Forum, 11 March 2023
East/South China Sea
58. Gov’t urged to lift suspension of exploration projects in WPS
Frances Mangosing
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 March 2023
59. PH Coast Guard notes fewer, more scattered Sino vessels
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 11 March 2023
60. ASEAN chair Indonesia: South China Sea code of conduct must be ‘actionable’
Tria Dianti
Benar News, 10 March 2023
61. ASEAN and China aim for South China Sea ‘hotline’ trial in 2023
Nana Shibata & Bobby Nugroho
Nikkei Asia, 10 March 2023
Climate Change/Environment
62. China signs agreement with Myanmar junta for wind power projects in Rakhine State
Mizzima, 12 March 2023
63. The world’s EV supply chain is fracturing
Caixin Global
ThinkChina, 10 March 2023
Others
G20
64. India-ASEAN collaboration: Shaping a new global agenda for a multipolar world
Chandran Nair
Jakarta Post, 11 March 2023
Media, Technology & Society
65. Deepfakes and Disinformation Pose a Growing Threat in Asia
Dymples Leong
Diplomat, 11 March 2023
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