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- No. 10: Lee Hwok Aun, Senior Fellow
- No. 26: Lee Hwok Aun, Senior Fellow
- No. 35: Norshahril Saat, Senior Fellow
- No. 41: Termsak Chalermpalanupap, Visiting Fellow
- No. 42: Termsak Chalermpalanupap, Visiting Fellow
- No. 46: Napon Jatusripitak, Visiting Fellow
- No. 52: Julia Tijaja, Associate Senior Fellow
- No. 55: Joanne Lin, Lead Researcher
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. Hun Sen made Privy Council President
Son Minea
Khmer Times, 23 August 2023
2. A New Era: National Assembly approves composition of the new Council of Ministers, with His Excellency Dr. Hun Manet as new PM
Khmer Times, 22 August 2023
3. Survey Spotlights Deep Economic Inequality in Cambodia
[Link to the survey, “Cambodia’s New Leader: What Is Hun Manet Inheriting?”]
VOA, 22 August 2023
Indonesia
4. Analysis: Govt, Faisal Basri lock horns over downstream nickel policy
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 23 August 2023
5. Editorial: Mistargeted subsidy
Jakarta Post, 23 August 2023
6. Govt to merge three state-owned airlines
Aditya Hadi
Jakarta Post, 23 August 2023
7. Government wants to change law to future-proof Nusantara project
Nina A. Loasana
Jakarta Post, 22 August 2023
8. Pakar: Sandiaga Uno Berpotensi jadi Cawapres Ganjar Pranowo [Expert: Sandiaga Uno Has Potential to Become Ganjar Pranowo’s Vice Presidential Candidate]
Banjar Chaeruddin
Sinar Harapan, 22 August 2023
9. Indonesia will ease solar power rules to unlock green investment
Yudith Ho and Faris Mokhtar
Bloomberg, 21 August 2023
Malaysia
10. Commentary: PM Anwar’s sidestepping of ethnic policies not a way to gain ground in Malaysia
Lee Hwok Aun
Channel News Asia, 23 August 2023
11. ‘Deserted ghost town’: Johor Country Garden condo residents concerned over unfinished projects amid China developer’s debt crisis
Amir Yusof
Channel News Asia, 23 August 2023
12. Amirudin takes on 5 portfolios in executive council
Free Malaysia Today, 23 August 2023
13. BN unreliable so treat Borneo bloc well, Anwar urged
Amirul Aiman
Free Malaysia Today, 23 August 2023
14. Johor by-elections litmus test for unity pact’s acceptance by non-Malay voters, says Nur Jazlan
Muhammad Yusry
Malay Mail Online, 23 August 2023
15. After state polls, analysts say Malay voters see PAS as new political centre
Soo Wern Jun
Malay Mail Online, 23 August 2023
16. Ramkarpal: Abolishing Sosma not in pipeline, govt to improve it instead
Hariz Mohd
Malaysiakini, 23 August 2023
17. Activist urges Indians to boycott polls in protest against PM
B Nantha Kumar
Malaysiakini, 23 August 2023
18. Umno first to play up race, religion to win votes, say observers
Alfian Z.M. Tahir
Malaysian Insight, 23 August 2023
19. Kelantan opposition assemblymen to get equal allocations
Sharifah Mahsinah Abdullah
New Straits Times, 23 August 2023
20. PM: We must find middle ground
Star, 23 August 2023
21. Synched elections not likely
Arfa Yunus and Ragananthini Vethasalam
Star, 23 August 2023
22. ‘Eight is too many for MB’
Martin Carvalho and Teh Athira Yusof
Star, 23 August 2023
23. Fielding new faces paid off
Zakiah Koya
Star, 23 August 2023
24. 诚信党仍是希盟的软肋 [Amanah is still PH’s Achilles’ heel]
郑名烈
星洲网, 23 August 2023
25. Amanah Saham Rahmah Initiative To Benefit The Underprivileged
Bernama, 22 August 2023
26. Explain how merit system for student admission works, Anwar told
[Link to the Fulcrum post, “Anwar’s Sidestepping Ethnic Policies: Not a Way to Gain Ground”]
Free Malaysia Today, 22 August 2023
27. Think tank lauds move to separate AG, public prosecutor powers
Malaysiakini, 22 August 2023
28. Addressing a polarised Malaysia
Wong Chin Yoong is a professor of economics at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kampar campus.
Malaysian Insight, 22 August 2023
29. Royal rebuke
Wong Chun Wai
Star, 22 August 2023
Myanmar
30. Myanmar’s future is not a foregone conclusion
Nicholas Farrelly
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 23 August 2023
31. Myanmar Junta is Clueless on Inflation: Academic
Irrawaddy, 22 August 2023
Philippines
32. China ambassador hopes Locsin as special envoy will boost ties with PH
Charie Abarca
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 23 August 2023
33. CHR willing to work with ICC on PH drug war probe
Krixia Subingsubing
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 23 August 2023
34. 谁在影响菲律宾国家安全政策？ [Who is influencing the Philippines’ national security policy?]
代帆是暨南大学国际关系学院副院长、菲律宾研究中心主任
环球网, 23 August 2023
Singapore
35. analisisBERITA: Golongan muda bentuk sebahagian penting pengundi PE2023; apakah yang diteliti mereka semasa tempoh berkempen ini? [News analysis: Young people make up an important part of the PE2023 voters; what are they researching during this campaignin
Berita Mediacorp, 22 August 2023
Thailand
36. New government forms, but at what cost?
Aekarach Sattaburuth & Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post, 23 August 2023
37. How a Bangkok shrine became a gentrification battlefront
Max Crosbie-Jones
Nikkei Asia, 23 August 2023
38. Thailand’s new PM Srettha Thavisin: A political novice who brings business acumen to the job
Tan Tam Mei
Straits Times, 23 August 2023
39. Move Forward vows to continue pushing for progressive laws as the opposition
The Nation, 23 August 2023
40. New PM could also take on finance portfolio: analysts
The Nation, 23 August 2023
41. 为泰党社德他高票当选泰国新首相 [Pheu Thai’s Srettha wins PM’s post with big majority]
联合早报, 23 August 2023
42. 流亡15年返回泰国 达信因三项贪污滥权罪入狱八年 [After 15 years in exile, Thaksin jailed on three counts of corruption and abuse of power on return to Thailand]
联合早报, 23 August 2023
43. PM-elect vows to improve Thais’ lives
Bangkok Post, 22 August 2023
44. Snap Insight: Thaksin’s return from exile could shape Thai politics under Pheu Thai government
Pichayada Promchertchoo
Channel News Asia, 22 August 2023
45. FTI chief sees Thaksin’s return as helping economy by paving the way for reconciliation
The Nation, 22 August 2023
46. Thailand’s Populist Pheu Thai Party Finally Won the Prime Minister Vote—But at What Cost?
Koh Ewe
Time, 22 August 2023
Vietnam
47. Big Read: South Korea looks to Vietnam to reduce reliance on China
Kang Gwiyoung
ThinkChina, 22 August 2023
48. VN government plans to borrow US$52bil in 2024-2025
VietNamNet, 22 August 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
49. US looks to ASEAN for ‘friendshoring’, but remains selective
Deni Ghifari
Jakarta Post, 23 August 2023
50. How ‘people-centered’ ASEAN can make its way from mantra to reality
Dino Patti Djalal
Jakarta Post, 23 August 2023
51. Biden to attend G20 summit in India; VP Harris goes to ASEAN
Nikkei Asia, 23 August 2023
52. Asean economy cannot afford business as usual
[This article was first published on Fulcrum here.]
Denis Hew, Julia Tijaja
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 23 August 2023
53. Joint Media Statement of the Twenty-Sixth AEM Plus Three Consultation
ASEAN Secretariat News, 22 August 2023
54. Chair’s Statement of The Eleventh EAS Economic Ministers’ Meeting
ASEAN Secretariat News, 22 August 2023
55. India’s Dynamic Advance: Countering China’s Influence in Southeast Asia and Shaping a Multipolar Landscape
Colombo Gazette, 22 August 2023
56. A South-Southeast Asia payments network is worth the trouble
Manoj Dugar
Nikkei Asia, 22 August 2023
57. Volatility in the Rice Sector: Time for ASEAN to Act?
Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 22 August 2023
58. Indonesia Inks Transnational Crime Agreement with 6 ASEAN Members
Antara
Tempo, 22 August 2023
Asia Pacific
59. India renews its courtship with APEC
Nikhil Joshi and Geethanjali Nataraj, CII
East Asia Forum, 22 August 2023
60. Delusions of Détente: Why America and China Will Be Enduring Rivals
Michael Beckley
Foreign Affairs, 22 August 2023
61. China’s Road to Ruin: The Real Toll of Beijing’s Belt and Road
Michael Bennon and Francis Fukuyama
Foreign Affairs, 22 August 2023
62. Xi’s Age of Stagnation: The Great Walling-Off of China
Ian Johnson
Foreign Affairs, 22 August 2023
East/South China Sea
63. South China Sea: as Philippines hosts US-Japan-Australia drills, will external players’ presence escalate tensions?
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 23 August 2023
64. Philippines says it successfully completes resupply mission to maritime outpost
Benar News, 22 August 2023
65. PH hosts Asean’s 3-day South China Sea Code of Conduct talks
Charie Abarca
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 22 August 2023
Climate Change/Environment
66. Rise in captive power plants casts doubt on JETP emissions target
Divya Karyza
Jakarta Post, 23 August 2023
67. How Serious Is Malaysia About a Clean Energy Transition?
James Guild
Diplomat, 22 August 2023
68. Malaysia’s Renewable Energy Push and Goals [26-minute podcast]
Energy Tracker Asia, 18 August 2023
Media, Technology & Society
69. Indonesia Aims to Censor Over-the-top Platform Contents
Riri Rahayu
Tempo, 22 August 2023
70. Europe’s Sweeping New Rules for Big Tech Are About to Kick In. Here’s What to Know
Kelvin Chan
Time, 22 August 2023
Others
BRICS
71. Xi, Lula urge BRICS expansion at summit of emerging economies
Jakarta Post, 23 August 2023
Global Economy
72. The reshaping of globalisation
Vikram Khanna, Associate Editor & Senior Columnist
Straits Times, 23 August 2023
73. The Price of Fragmentation: Why the Global Economy Isn’t Ready for the Shocks Ahead
Kristalina Georgieva
Foreign Affairs, 22 August 2023
74. The à la carte world: our new geopolitical order
Alec Russell
Financial Times, 21 August 2023
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