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- No. 1: Joanne Lin, Lead Researcher
- No. 9: Made Supriatma, Visiting Fellow
- No. 15: Deasy Simandjuntak, Associate Fellow
- No. 37: Termsak Chalermpalanupap, Visiting Fellow
- No. 40: 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
Brunei
1. Mainland Chinese workers in Brunei: Living in a bubble
Joanne Lin
ThinkChina, 23 October 2023
Cambodia
2. In Hun Manet’s Cambodia, It Is the Perception of Change That Matters
David Hutt
Diplomat, 24 October 2023
3. Billion-dollar airport whets Cambodia appetite for Chinese investment
Shaun Turton
Nikkei Asia, 24 October 2023
4. Civil Groups Demand Respect for Human Rights as Paris Peace Agreements Turn 32
Teng Yalirozy
Cambodianess, 23 October 2023
5. Cambodia to Bank on Solar, Imports to Address Hydropower Volatility
VOA, 23 October 2023
Indonesia
6. Analysis: Indonesia set to see first 3-way presidential race since 2009 that risks splitting society
Kiki Siregar
Channel News Asia, 24 October 2023
7. Ethics council to probe Chief Justice Anwar
Nur Janti
Jakarta Post, 24 October 2023
8. Young population growth a boon or bane for fintech lending?
Darmo Wicaksono
Jakarta Post, 24 October 2023
9. Son’s vice-president bid could be winning gamble for Indonesia’s Jokowi, analysts say
Arlina Arshad
Straits Times, 24 October 2023
10. From Solo to Jakarta in 7 days: How Jokowi’s son got on Indonesia’s vice-president ballot
Hariz Baharudin
Straits Times, 24 October 2023
11. Pengembaraan Indonesia: mengevaluasi implikasi bergabung dengan OECD [Indonesia’s odyssey: evaluating the implications of joining the OECD]
Virdika Rizky Utama, Researcher at PARA Syndicate., University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute
The Conversation, 24 October 2023
12. Indonesia top court rejects presidential age limit, clearing legal path for 72-year-old frontrunner
Andi Jatmiko & Niniek Karmini
Associated Press, 23 October 2023
13. Analysis: Prabowo’s pick of Jokowi’s son as VP mate a boost for the trio, but a blow to Indonesia’s democracy?
Kiki Siregar
Channel News Asia, 23 October 2023
14. Firms want direct 95-year land rights in Nusantara as uncertainty persists
Ruth Dea Juwita
Jakarta Post, 23 October 2023
15. Indonesia election 2024: Prabowo’s VP pick of Jokowi’s son could be double-edged sword, analysts warn
Amy Sood
South China Morning Post, 23 October 2023
16. Indonesian Islamists in the Lead-Up to the 2024 Elections
Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict, 20 October 2023
Laos
17. IMF says exports, tourism will spur Laos’ economic growth by 4%
Radio Free Asia, 23 October 2023
Malaysia
18. See you tonight, let’s condemn Israeli atrocities, demand a ceasefire – PM Anwar
Bernama, 24 October 2023
19. 20,000 people expected to attend Malaysia with Palestine assembly – organisers
Bernama, 24 October 2023
20. Now’s the time to move out Cabinet deadwood, say analysts
Elill Easwaran
Free Malaysia Today, 24 October 2023
21. Analysts: Extremist rhetoric stands between PAS and non-Muslim support
Soo Wern Jun
Malay Mail Online, 24 October 2023
22. Ramasamy: DHPP in sad state, non-Muslim members lack voting rights
Audrey Dermawan
New Straits Times, 24 October 2023
23. Pundits say MCA will sink without BN
Alfian Z.M. Tahir
The Malaysian Insight, 24 October 2023
24. 伊党若不改变民政难说服华社 [If PAS does not change, Gerakan will have difficulty convincing the Chinese community]
何凡
星洲网, 24 October 2023
25. Terengganu MB Samsuri for Kemaman polls?
Free Malaysia Today, 23 October 2023
Myanmar
26. Junta Seeks Brake as Myanmar’s Runaway Trade Deficit Nears $1Bn in Six Months
Hein Htoo Zan
Irrawaddy, 23 October 2023
Philippines
27. PH ocean economy up 21% last year
Xander Dave Ceballos
Manila Bulletin, 24 October 2023
28. China’s tactics backfire as PH gains int’l sympathy
Segundo Eclar Romero
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 24 October 2023
29. Battle for Power: Romualdez, GMA and the “House” Tug-of-War
Jake J. Maderazo
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 24 October 2023
Singapore
30. Singapore ranks third on sustainability trade index
Wong Pei Ting
Business Times, 24 October 2023
Thailand
31. Govt to set up national shipping line
Bangkok Post, 24 October 2023
32. Military lacks transparency
Editorial
Bangkok Post, 24 October 2023
33. Legality of proposed GSB loan for digital wallet scheme questioned
The Nation, 24 October 2023
34. 泰南陆桥落实概率有多高？[What is the probability of the Southern Thailand Land Bridge being implemented?]
刘惟诚是马国时事评论员 拉曼大学国际关系研究中心研究员
联合早报, 24 October 2023
35. PM backs ship-for-sub swap
Mongkol Bangprapa
Bangkok Post, 23 October 2023
36. Thailand seeks China-built frigate as ‘diplomatic substitute’ to troublesome submarine deal
Jitsiree Thongnoi
Benar News, 23 October 2023
37. 多式联运成本高 学者：泰南陆桥未必更具性价比 [Multimodal transport costs are high; analysts say Southern Thailand Land Bridge may not be more cost-effective]
蓝云舟
联合早报, 23 October 2023
38. Thailand Cancels Chinese Submarine Deal Over Unavailability Of German Engines; Opts For A Frigate Instead
Sakshi Tiwari
Antara, 22 October 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
39. China Cracks Down on Cyber Scams in Southeast Asia But Leaves Networks Intact
Huizhong Wu
Diplomat, 24 October 2023
40. Is Laos able to make a difference in the Myanmar crisis?
[This article was first published on Fulcrum, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute’s blog.]
Joanne Lin
ThinkChina, 24 October 2023
Asia Pacific
41. China’s top diplomat to pay rare US visit ahead of potential Xi trip
Agence France-Presse
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 24 October 2023
42. The Russia-India-China (RIC) Triangle: An Introduction
Asan Forum, 23 October 2023
43. Analyzing the Latest Xi-Putin Meeting and China’s Belt and Road Forum
Bonny Lin , Brian Hart , Samantha Lu , and Yu-Jie (Grace) Liao
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), 23 October 2023
East/South China Sea
44. China claims PH actions in WPS backed by US ‘connivance’
Joseph Pedrajas
Manila Bulletin, 24 October 2023
45. South China Sea: Three ticking time bombs
Richard Heydarian
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 24 October 2023
46. China, Philippines war of words over South China Sea collisions is a ‘test’ raising risk of hot conflict, observer says
Laura Zhou
South China Morning Post, 23 October 2023
Climate Change/Environment
47. Singapore gives conditional approval for 1.2GW of electricity imports from Vietnam to Sembcorp Utilities
Koh Wan Ting
Channel News Asia, 24 October 2023
48. Malaysia targets 40 pct low-carbon fuel penetration for marine transport by 2050
Ainun Jariah
New Straits Times, 24 October 2023
49. The Philippines excludes fossil fuels, mining but not waste-to-energy in draft green taxonomy
Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez
Eco-Business, 23 October 2023
50. Victims of the green energy boom? The Indonesians facing eviction over a China-backed plan to turn their island into a solar panel ‘ecocity’
Nikita Sud, Professor of the Politics of Development, University of Oxford
The Conversation, 23 October 2023
51. How to power Indonesia’s solar PV growth opportunities
Vishal Agarwal, Karambir Anand, Enrico Furnari, and Bayu Purba
McKinsey, 19 October 2023
Media, Technology & Society
52. Singapore’s ‘fake news’ fixer risks undermining public confidence
Howard Lee
East Asia Forum, 24 October 2023
53. Southeast Asia’s fintechs fill lending gap with data
Tsubasa Suruga
Nikkei Asia, 24 October 2023
54. Europe’s Tech Curbs Are a Double-Edged Sword
Jeremiah Johnson, the cofounder of the Center for New Liberalism.
Foreign Policy, 23 October 2023
Others
Global Economy
55. Global trade divides deepen amid push for friendshoring
Nikkei Asia, 24 October 2023
56. Fixing Global Economic Governance
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Project Syndicate, 23 October 2023
Global Food Supply
57. The return of the rice crisis
Susannah Savage, Jyotsna Singh, Benjamin Parkin & Aanu Adeoye
Financial Times, 24 October 2023
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