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- No. 2: Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 44: Ha Hoang Hop, Associate Senior Fellow
- No. 49: Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 59: Elyssa Kaur Ludher, 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 | Media, Techonology & Society | Others
Brunei
1. Brunei: The Nexus between Regional Influence and Sustainable Development
Arif Syazwan
Stratsea, 11 June 2023
Indonesia
2. Anti-Chinese comments by former Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla spark different reactions
Leo Suryadinata
ThinkChina, 9 June 2023
3. PDI-P offers Democrats potential reconciliation amid cracks in Anies camp
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 11 June 2023
4. Mudslinging begins between Ganjar, Prabowo supporters
Dio Suhenda
Jakarta Post, 11 June 2023
5. Perindo throws support behind Ganjar
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 10 June 2023
6. What’s behind Prabowo’s Ukraine peace plan?
Johannes Nugroho
Straits Times, 12 June 2023
7. Analysis: Jokowi is good as kingmaker, but for how long?
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 12 June 2023
8. Melemahnya basis massa dan kinerja mesin partai politik, perlukah Indonesia kembali ke sistem pemilu tertutup? [With the weakening of the mass base and the performance of political party machinery, does Indonesia need to return to a closed electoral system
Andhik Beni Saputra, Lecturer, Universitas Andalas; Azhari Setiawan, Lecturer, Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji
Conversation, 9 June 2023
9. How Indonesia should navigate the new Washington Consensus
Faris Abdurrachman and Dimas Muhamad
Jakarta Post, 12 June 2023
Laos
10. 中寮铁路好不好？[The pros and cons of the China-Laos railway]
苏世天
星洲网, 11 June 2023
Malaysia
11. Calls for reconciliation as Umno AGM closes, party seeks to rebound from GE drubbing
Shannon Teoh
Straits Times, 11 June 2023
12. Pessimism over Umno’s prospects for state polls
Danial Azhar, Elill Easwaran And Samuel Chua
Free Malaysia Today, 11 June 2023
13. Umno-PH ties raise questions
Adib Povera
New Straits Times, 12 June 2023
14. PAS to defend 37 seats in Kelantan, Bersatu to contest 8
Free Malaysia Today, 11 June 2023
15. Malaysia’s Umno caught between rock and hard place as identity crisis grips ahead of state polls
Joseph Sipalan
South China Morning Post, 10 June 2023
16. UMNO open to taking back ousted members if they appeal, says party president Ahmad Zahid
Rashvinjeet S Bedi
Channel News Asia, 10 June 2023
17. PH grassroots get behind Umno for Selangor polls
Shahrul Shahabudin
Free Malaysia Today, 10 June 2023
18. WEE RELINQUISHES POST AS JOHOR BAHRU MCA DIVISION LEADER
Bernama, 11 June 2023
19. 行动党处于独特的优势地位 [DAP is in a unique position of advantage]
沙里尔韩丹 （Shahril Sufian Bin Hamdan）
星洲网, 11 June 2023
20. 继续巫统生存议程 [Continuing Umno’s survival agenda]
阿兹祖丁教授（Prof. Dr. Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani）
星洲网, 11 June 2023
21. War drums start in Tanjung Karang
Joceline Tan
Star, 10 June 2023
22. Wiser Undi18 voters revved up for state polls
N. TRISHA
Star, 11 June 2023
23. Analysts: State polls acid test for Umno-DAP alliance
Alyaa Alhadjri
Malaysiakini, 12 June 2023
24. Umno delegates no longer see DAP as bogeyman
Mohd Farhan Darwis
Malaysian Insight, 11 June 2023
25. Commentary: Rough seas ahead for Malaysia’s economy
Leslie Lopez
Channel News Asia, 10 June 2023
26. Trio challenge Saifuddin’s exemption of Umno’s no-contest for top 2 posts
Free Malaysia Today, 12 June 2023
27. Muhyiddin wants ballots of anger, tells voters state polls a referendum
Malaysiakini, 12 June 2023
28. PAS admits Annuar into its fold
Malaysiakini, 11 June 2023
29. Ismail Sabri defends decision on GE15
Malaysiakini, 10 June 2023
30. Johoreans welcome Putrajaya’s proposal for economic zone with Singapore, but calls for joint involvement
Ben Tan
Malay Mail Online, 12 June 2023
31. In Umno’s wings, some readiness to bury the hatchet with Pakatan
Shahrin Aizat Noorshahrizam and Muhammad Yusry
Malay Mail Online, 10 June 2023
32. One man, but not one message
Star, 11 June 2023
Myanmar
33. ‘We have a common enemy’: Paletwa dispute on hold but unresolved
Frontier Myanmar, 9 June 2023
34. Anti-junta groups align at Myanmar’s Sagaing Forum, minus shadow government
Radio Free Asia, 9 June 2023
35. China’s dual aims in Myanmar: Indian Ocean access, crime fighting
Katsuhiko Meshino
Nikkei Asia, 12 June 2023
Philippines
36. Philippines reaches out to mend ties with China
The Editorial Board
Manila Times, 11 June 2023
37. Crony capitalism 2.0
Van Ybiernas
Manila Times, 9 June 2023
Thailand
38. Potential Thai PM forced to face Deep South insurgency question
Don Pathan
Benar News, 7 June 2023
39. Thailand: COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program
Asian Development Bank, 9 June 2023
40. Giant killer’ targets MFP leader
Bangkok Post, 12 June 2023
41. Election Commission must justify probe
Bangkok Post, 12 June 2023
42. Senators still the biggest threat to Pita
Veera Prateepchaikul
Bangkok Post, 12 June 2023
43. Highway 12 to economic heaven
Supoj Wancharoen and Patapee Ruangsri
Bangkok Post, 11 June 2023
Vietnam
44. Plan to Move Vietnam to Carbon Neutrality Faces Hurdles
Govi Snell
VOA, 9 June 2023
45. Vietnam to have 33 international and domestic airports by 2030
Nation Thailand, 9 June 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
46. ASEAN discusses maritime protection
Khmer Times, 11 June 2023
47. Effectiveness of Self-Regulating Sustainability Standards for the Palm Oil Industry
Etsuyo Michida
ERIA, 1 June 2023
48. 东南亚应为西方“去风险化”做好准备 [Southeast Asia should prepare for the ‘de-risking’ of the West]
李志良是马来亚大学中国研究所高级讲师，研究领域包括台湾半导体和美中竞争
联合早报, 12 June 2023
49. 学者：东帝汶加入亚细安 有利维持中立与代表性 [Academic: Timor-Leste’s accession to ASEAN will help maintain neutrality and representation]
廖慧婷
联合早报, 11 June 2023
Asia Pacific
50. Toward a Common and Comparable Framework for Measuring the Digital Economy
Asian Development Bank, 9 June 2023
51. Asian economic heft keeps Russia’s economy afloat
Nicholas Mulder, Cornell University
East Asia Forum, 11 June 2023
52. Japan’s New Security Strategy, Part 3: The View From Japan’s Neighbors
Pascal Lottaz
Diplomat, 10 June 2023
East/South China Sea
53. China Is Rewriting the Law of the Sea
Peter A. Dutton
Foreign Policy, 10 June 2023
54. 南海国家应警惕“囚徒困境” [Countries of the South China Sea should be wary of the “prisoner’s dilemma”]
刘锋是海南师范大学海上丝绸之路研究院研究员
环球网, 12 June 2023
Climate Change/Environment
55. ASEAN meeting focuses on boosting food security cooperation
Antara, 11 June 2023
56. Asia’s Low-Carbon Transition: Opportunities and Challenges for Trade
Park Donghyun
Asian Development Bank, 9 June 2023
57. Q&A: Meeting Asia and the Pacific’s Growing Electricity Needs
Priyantha Wijayatunga
Asian Development Bank, 9 June 2023
58. Climate change: region must follow Singapore’s example and enact carbon tax strategy
Chee Yik-wai
South China Morning Post, 11 June 2023
59. Climate change’s ‘evil twin’ is eating away at Southeast Asia’s seafood. Can it be stopped?
[This commentary was first published on fulcrum.sg]
Elyssa Kaur Ludher is a Visiting Fellow with the Climate Change for Southeast Asia Programme at Singapore’s ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
South China Morning Post, 11 June 2023
60. Vietnam’s power crisis deepens as hydroelectric reservoirs near dangerous levels
Nation Thailand, 11 June 2023
Media, Technology & Society
61. Parties banking on social media to reach youth voters
Noel Achariam
Malaysian Insight, 12 June 2023
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