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- No. 15: Ooi Kee Beng, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 30: Francis Hutchinson, Senior Fellow
- No. 39: Napon Jatusripitak, Visiting Fellow
- No. 48: 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 | Media, Technology & Society | Others
Cambodia
1. Cambodian lawmakers elect Hun Sen’s son as next leader
Channel News Asia, 22 August 2023
2. Assessing Cambodia’s New Political Leadership [36-minute podcast]
Luke Hunt
Diplomat, 22 August 2023
3. Cambodia’s king calls on lawmakers, government to resolve their differences
Radio Free Asia, 21 August 2023
Indonesia
4. PDI-P gives Jokowi clan the cold shoulder
Dio Suhenda
Jakarta Post, 22 August 2023
5. Why nominating Gibran as VP is bad for Jokowi
Kornelius Purba
Jakarta Post, 22 August 2023
6. Employers oppose govt’s WFH plan to curb pollution
Aditya Hadi
Jakarta Post, 22 August 2023
7. Jakarta orders civil servants work from home to improve air quality
Jakarta Post, 22 August 2023
8. Hilirisasi dan Kemerdekaan Ekonomi Indonesia [Downstreaming and Indonesia’s economic independence]
Adiwarman A Karim
Republika, 21 August 2023
9. Nomokrasi dan Islamofobia: Indonesia adalah Bukti Pemerintahan Nomokrasi Islam [Nomocracy and Islamophobia: Indonesia is Evidence of an Islamic Nomocratic Government] (2)
DR Al Chaidar Abdurrahman Puteh, Departemen Antropologi, Universitas Malikussaleh, Lhokseumawe, Aceh
Republika, 20 August 2023
10. Usulan usia minimal capres-cawapres jadi 35 tahun: ada dampak positif terhadap demokrasi Indonesia? [Proposed minimum age for presidential and vice presidential candidates to be 35 years: is there a positive impact on Indonesian democracy?]
[38-minute podcast in Bahasa Indonesia]
The Conversation, 17 August 2023
Laos
11. China-Laos Rail promotes development
Xinhua News Agency
Manila Times, 22 August 2023
12. To cope with surging inflation, Laos raises minimum wage by about 25%
Radio Free Asia, 21 August 2023
Malaysia
13. Rid Islam of political dirts to raise its image – Analysts
Muhammad Faiz Baharin And Muhammad Saufee Rosman
Bernama, 22 August 2023
14. China’s Digital Silk Road and Malaysia’s Technological Neutrality
Ilaria Carrozza And Giacomo Bruni
Diplomat, 22 August 2023
15. Picking On The Present: Putting nation-building back into Malaysia’s politics
Ooi Kee Beng
Edge Malaysia, 22 August 2023
16. 70 Umno branches claim misconduct at Kota Kinabalu division polls
Free Malaysia Today, 22 August 2023
17. Kian Ming: Pakatan victory in Sg Pelek impossible without BN’s support
Zarrah Morden
Malay Mail Online, 22 August 2023
18. Will Perikatan tone down to court non-Malay votes? Pundits predict race, religion cards likely to stay until GE16
Shahrin Aizat Noorshahrizam and Zarrah Morden
Malay Mail Online, 22 August 2023
19. China to offer more scholarships for Malaysian students in republic’s varsities, says ambassador
Malay Mail Online, 22 August 2023
20. Speaker, Port Klang boss from DAP will push Malay voters further away, analyst says
Malaysia Now, 22 August 2023
21. Pasca-PRN: Politik kita makin terbelah [Post state-elections: our politics are getting more divided]
Mohd Azizi Jaeh
Malaysian Insight, 22 August 2023
22. Highest unemployment rate recorded in Sabah
Stephanie Lee
Star, 22 August 2023
23. Barisan out to restore confidence
Star, 22 August 2023
24. Asialink Webinar Series: Anwar’s States of the Nation: six elections, one future? [1.5-hour webinar]
Asialink, 21 August 2023
25. Affirmative action policies should extend from race-based to need-based – PM Anwar
Bernama, 21 August 2023
26. PM Anwar says unity govt will ensure Islam, Bumiputera rights upheld
Julia Chan
Malay Mail Online, 21 August 2023
27. Govt’s Islamic think tank steps in to defend Anwar’s ‘Malaysia Madani’
Malaysia Now, 21 August 2023
28. East Coast states vote as predicted
Farah Natasya is research assistant at Emir Research.
Malaysian Insight, 21 August 2023
29. Malaysia’s Anwar looks into suing Goldman for 1MDB scandal: ‘you steal from the people, I’ll have to get it back’
South China Morning Post, 21 August 2023
30. 马国特稿：马来选票流失 安华多元路线受考验 [Malaysia Feature: Loss of Malay votes, Anwar’s multiple lines are tested]
萧郡瑜
联合早报, 20 August 2023
Myanmar
31. A Chin Village’s Unique Protest Against the Military Junta in Myanmar
Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Diplomat, 21 August 2023
32. Myanmar Junta Declares Support for Niger Military Coup
David Aung
Irrawaddy, 21 August 2023
33. Several Resistance Attacks Reported Near Myanmar Regime’s Nerve Center
Irrawaddy, 21 August 2023
34. Myanmar’s junta arrests Swiss filmmaker, 13 cast members for defaming Buddhism
Radio Free Asia, 21 August 2023
35. Junta threatens unauthorized foreign currency holders as Myanmar kyat tanks
Radio Free Asia, 21 August 2023
Philippines
36. National budget’s mixed messages
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 22 August 2023
37. Neda unveils 6-year dev’t plan for Eastern Visayas
Joey Gabieta
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 22 August 2023
38. Gov’t amnesty body waits for Marcos’ proclamation to fulfill its mandate
Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 22 August 2023
Thailand
39. Divisive Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin returns from exile as party seeks to form new government
Jintamas Saksornchai
Associated Press, 22 August 2023
40. Senators still split on backing Srettha as premier
Bangkok Post, 22 August 2023
41. Scholar weighs in on Thaksin return
Mongkol Bangprapa
Bangkok Post, 22 August 2023
42. Deepening of Thai-US economic links
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Bangkok Post, 22 August 2023
43. Supreme Court reads out Thaksin’s 3 imprisonment sentences
The Nation, 22 August 2023
44. ‘Not a game of cards’: Thailand’s Pita on how Lee Kuan Yew’s words keep his focus on political goal, not PM job
Pichayada Promchertchoo
Channel News Asia, 21 August 2023
45. Pheu Thai promises to keep its policies alive as it forms coalition
The Nation, 21 August 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
46. Joint Media Statement of The AEM-USTR Consultation
ASEAN Secretariat News, 21 August 2023
47. Joint Media Statement on The Signing of The Second Protocol to Amend The Agreement Establishing The ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA)
ASEAN Secretariat News, 21 August 2023
48. Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief: The Quad’s Path Forward in Southeast Asia
Lucas Myers and Blake Berger
Diplomat, 21 August 2023
49. RI approves ASEAN deals on food safety, building materials, manufacturing
Deni Ghifari
Jakarta Post, 21 August 2023
50. Saudis stick to long game in Southeast Asian politics
James Chin
Malaysiakini, 21 August 2023
Asia Pacific
51. China’s blueprint for an alternative world order
James Kynge
Financial Times, 22 August 2023
52. US must play ‘long game’ with China, says Singapore’s Tharman Shanmugaratnam, not go for short-term gains, risk worse ties later
Zuraidah Ibrahim and Kimberly Lim
South China Morning Post, 21 August 2023
53. China and US: Who is the ticking time bomb?
Goh Choon Kang
ThinkChina, 21 August 2023
East/South China Sea
54. China deploys vessels anew to block resumption of Ayungin resupply: satellite images
Martin Sadongdong
Manila Bulletin, 22 August 2023
55. A New Chinese Runway in the Paracels? Probably Not
Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, 18 August 2023
Media, Technology & Society
56. With Thailand threatening to shut down Facebook due to scams, will Malaysia follow suit?
Alexander Wong
Malay Mail Online, 22 August 2023
Others
BRICS
57. BRICS: more economics, fewer politics
Afshin Molavi
Asia Times, 22 August 2023
58. Benefits of joining BRICS could come at political cost for Indonesia
Deni Ghifari
Jakarta Post, 22 August 2023
59. Putin, Xi and BRICS Allies See Chance to Shake Up World Order
Simone Preissler Iglesias, S’thembile Cele, and Sudhi Ranjan Sen
Bloomberg, 21 August 2023
Global Economy
60. The Transition to the Autonomy Economy and China-US Tech Competition
Shaoshan Liu
Diplomat, 21 August 2023
61. Is the US dollar on its way out?
Michael G Plummer
East Asia Forum, 21 August 2023
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