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- No. 6: Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 14: Ong Kian Ming, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 17: Ong Kian Ming, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 22: Aries Arugay, Visiting Fellow
- No. 28: Napon Jatusripitak, Visiting 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. The Theater of Public Contrition in Cambodian Politics
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 2 May 2023
2. Cambodia’s Hun Sen plans power succession to son, allies’ children
Jack Brook & Phin Rathana
Nikkei Asia, 2 May 2023
3. Do Cambodia’s 2023 Elections Matter?
Astrid Norén-Nilsson
Diplomat, 1 May 2023
4. Rebuilding Cambodia’s Gambling Mecca
Luke Hunt
VOA, 1 May 2023
Indonesia
5. Jokowi makes last ditch attempt to salvage ‘grand alliance’
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 3 May 2023
6. 中美竞争下的印尼总统大选 [The Indonesian Presidential Election in the shadow of Sino-U.S. Competition]
廖建裕
联合早报, 3 May 2023
7. Major labor union rallies behind Ganjar
Yerica Lai and Nur Janti
Jakarta Post, 2 May 2023
Laos
8. What price will Laos need to pay to be saved, and will China pay it?
Mariza Cooray
Interpreter, 2 May 2023
Malaysia
9. Is Amanah’s wavering stand unpardonable?
Mustafa K. Anuar
Malaysian Insight, 3 May 2023
10. ‘Govt change will jeopardise economic growth’
Fatimah Zainal & Ragananthini Vethasalam
Star, 3 May 2023
11. Last push for Penang votes
Alex Teng & Imran Hilmy
Star, 3 May 2023
12. Political situation still dicey, say analysts
Ragananthini Vethasalam & Fatimah Zainal
Star, 3 May 2023
13. 马华没有谈判筹码 [MCA has no bargaining chips]
郭健平
星洲网, 3 May 2023
14. Ong: Pardoning Najib will be a flash point for DAP
Hariz Mohd
Malaysiakini, 2 May 2023
15. Penang South Islands project shows ineptitude of national planning
Murray Hunter
MySinchew, 2 May 2023
16. Reformation: how much progress has the government made?
MySinchew, 2 May 2023
17. Kian Ming: KJ, Shahril can be DAP’s PM candidates
Suraya Ali New
Straits Times, 2 May 2023
18. Penang polls: Barisan and Pakatan won’t contest against each other
N. Trisha
Star, 2 May 2023
Myanmar
19. Myanmar Junta’s Airstrikes: Strike Back Where It Hurts
Salai Za Uk Ling, Michael Howard, and Rosalinn Zahau
Diplomat, 2 May 2023
20. China Increases Its Engagement With Myanmar’s Reviled Regime
Aung Zaw
Irrawaddy, 2 May 2023
Philippines
21. Biden: US-Philippines ‘ironclad’ partners amid China tension
Aamer Madhani & Jim Gomez
AP News, 2 May 2023
22. Marcos, Back in Arms of U.S., Is Making His Own Name in Foreign Policy
Sui-Lee Wee
New York Times, 2 May 2023
Thailand
23. Thaksin talk of return still tantalises
Bangkok Post, 3 May 2023
24. We will triumph’
[contains link to 19-minute video]
Nattaya Chetchotiros
Bangkok Post, 3 May 2023
25. Thai general election: In the south, parties dole out plans for tourism recovery
Kiki Siregar
Channel News Asia, 3 May 2023
26. Move Forward’s rising popularity may kill Pheu Thai’s landslide victory dream: academic
Nation Thailand, 2 May 2023
27. Can Thailand’s Opposition Prevail?
Andrew Nachemson,
Foreign Policy, 1 May 2023
28. 泰大选形势未明 各党做最后努力 [The situation of Thailand’s general election is unclear, all parties make last effort]
联合早报, 30 April 2023
Vietnam
29. Solutions for Vietnam’s water scarce Delta
East Asia Forum, 2 May 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
30. Reinvigorating Financing Approaches for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure in ASEAN + 3
Asian Development Bank, 2 May 2023
Asia Pacific
31. Anwar’s age of Asian economic leadership
Shankaran Nambiar
Free Malaysia Today, 3 May 2023
32. Implications of an Asian Monetary Fund
Paul Anthony Mariadas & Uma Murthy
Edge Markets, 2 May 2023
33. What China’s Demographic Decline Means for Its Labor Force
Nate Fischler, Asia-Pacific analyst at RANE, Stratfor
Rane Worldview, 2 May 2023
34. Asia-Pacific can ‘feel good’ about 2023 growth outlook despite inflation, geopolitical risks, IMF official says
[Link to download 35-page PDF document, Regional Economic Outlook]
Bhavan Jaipragas
South China Morning Post, 2 May 2023
35. Australia can play ‘stabilising role’ in Asia amid US-China tensions, Singapore ministers say
Bhavan Jaipragas
South China Morning Post, 1 May 2023
36. Mediating the Russia-Ukraine war: China enters the ring
Han Yong Hong
ThinkChina, 28 April 2023
East/South China Sea
37. The Risks of Playing a Maritime Game of Chicken
Geoffrey Till
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2 May 2023
Climate Change/Environment
38. Policy uncertainty stalls Indonesia’s energy transition
Maxensius Sambodo, National Research and Innovation Agency
East Asia Forum, 3 May 2023
39. Global Warning: Asia is Critical to Addressing Climate Change
David A. Raitzer, Manisha Pradhananga, Shu Tian
Asian Development Bank, 2 May 2023
40. IF – CAP: Innovative Finance Facility for Climate in Asia and the Pacific
Asian Development Bank, 2 May 2023
41. Asean needs $3.7 trillion to sustain growth and fight climate change: ADB
[Link to 132-page report: REINVIGORATING FINANCING APPROACHES FOR SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN ASEAN + 3]
Ovais Subhani
Straits Times, 2 May 2023
42. Southeast Asia’s largest onshore wind farm just broke ground
Michelle Lewis
Electrek, 1 May 2023
Others
Media, Technology & Society
43. Hun Sen’s fight to control the Cambodian infosphere
Japhet Quitzon, CSIS and Sophal Ear, ASU Thunderbird
East Asia Forum, 2 May 2023
44. Essential Geopolitics: The Implications of Recent Social Media Changes for Security Professionals
[5-minute podcast]
RANE Global Security Analyst Charles Thorson
Rane Worldview, 28 April 2023
US Foreign Policy
45. How to Avoid a Great-Power War: A Conversation With General Mark Milley
[33-minute podcast]
Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2023
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