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- No. 23: Fulcrum Commentary, 2024/64
- No. 56: Surachanee Sriyai, 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, Technology & Society | Others
Cambodia
1. Agenda of lies: PM slams groups creating false narratives to sabotage Funan Techo Canal project
Taing Rinith
Khmer Times, 13 March 2024
Indonesia
2. Indonesia’s Anies plans to contest presidential poll result in top court
Channel News Asia, 13 March 2024
3. Pro-Prabowo parties distance themselves from race for House speaker
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 13 March 2024
4. Golkar’s art of survival
Editorial board (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta Post, 13 March 2024
5. Dancing into Power: The Successful Rehabilitation of Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto
Teuku Harza Mauludi and Pius Fozan
Diplomat, 12 March 2024
6. Indonesian minister urges investment in Jokowi’s mineral strategy
Natsumi Kawasaki
Nikkei Asia, 12 March 2024
Laos
7. Laos’ highest court aims for special court in lawless Golden Triangle
Radio Free Asia, 12 March 2024
Malaysia
8. Condivergence: How SMEs can have greater access to capital markets
[Link to report “Market-based Financing for SMEs in Malaysia“]
Andrew Sheng
Edge Markets, 13 March 2024
9. Malaysia’s long-term food security
[incl. link to 20 page report]
ISIS, 13 March 2024
10. COMMENT | Segregation: Why vernacular schools get blamed?
Ooi Kok Hin
Malaysia Kini, 13 March 2024
11. Bersatu, Pas bantu Gerakan tarik sokongan bukan Melayu [Bersatu, PAS help Gerakan attract non-Malay support]
Utusan Malaysia, 13 March 2024
12. Bukan mudah raih kepercayaan, sokongan politik masyarakat Cina [It is not easy to gain the trust and political support of the Chinese community]
DR. ISKANDAR HASAN TAN ABDULLAH
Utusan Malaysia, 13 March 2024
13. Apa nasib pendidikan Tamil di Malaysia? [What is the fate of Tamil education in Malaysia?]
DATUK M. Periasamy ialah penganalisis sosial politik.
Utusan Malaysia, 13 March 2024
14. 国盟的政治分水岭 [A political watershed for PN]
刘惟诚
联合早报, 13 March 2024
15. Chinese nationals make up about 44% of active pass holders for Malaysia’s retirement residency visa scheme: Minister
Channel News Asia, 12 March 2024
16. PAS MP urges Muslim EPF contributors to switch to syariah savings
Shamz Johan, Zarrah Morden & Alyaa Alhadjri
Malaysia Kini, 12 March 2024
17. COMMENT | Govt must strengthen financial management
IDEAS
Malaysia Kini, 12 March 2024
18. Malaysia chalks up RM45.4b worth of potential investment interest from German companies
NAJMUDDIN NAJIB
New Straits Times, 12 March 2024
19. Malaysia’s PM Anwar Ibrahim makes ‘no apology’ for Hamas links on Germany visit
Hadi Azmi
South China Morning Post, 12 March 2024
Myanmar
20. Kachin Armed Resistance Group Claims Gains in Northern Offensive
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 12 March 2024
Philippines
21. ‘China’s proposals unconstitutional’
Bernadette E. Tamayo
Manila Times, 13 March 2024
22. Marcos secures $4.2B investment deals in Germany visit
Catherine S. Valente
Manila Times, 13 March 2024
23. Made in China? The challenge of state-sponsored cyber intrusions in the PhilippinesThis issue includes an article with a citation of Fulcrum Commentary 2024/64.
Francis C. Domingo
ThinkChina, 12 March 2024
Thailand
24. Prioritise your duties over Thaksin, MPs are advised
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 13 March 2024
25. Education woes aren’t about funding
THUNHAVICH THITIRATSAKUL
Bangkok Post, 13 March 2024
26. A Post-Move Forward Political Landscape?
Ken Mathis Lohatepanont
Thai Enquirer, 13 March 2024
27. Election Commission to seek Move Forward’s dissolution
Mongkol Bangprapa
Bangkok Post, 12 March 2024
28. Thai establishment networks built through special study courses
Chanapat Komlongharn
The Nation, 12 March 2024
29. Thailand’s New Prime Minister Is Getting Down to Business. But Can He Heal His Nation?
Charlie Campbell
Time, 12 March 2024
30. 5 Takeaways from TIME’s Conversation with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin
Charlie Campbell
Time, 12 March 2024
Vietnam
31. Vietnam trade surplus may reignite US tensions if Trump returns, experts warn
Francesco Guarascio
Reuters, 12 March 2024
32. Vietnam remains world’s second largest smartphone exporter
The Nation, 12 March 2024
33. Vietnam to open tourism promotion office in Laos
Voice of Vietnam, 12 March 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
34. Advice to Australia: ASEAN and Southeast Asia, same-same but different
Euan Graham
ASPI, 13 March 2024
35. Southeast Asia’s Uncertain Global Outlook
David Hutt
Diplomat, 13 March 2024
36. Tesla official talks up Southeast Asia expansion as China’s BYD pulls ahead
Reuters, 13 March 2024
37. ASEAN’s solution to Myanmar is at a tipping point
William Jones, Mahidol University International College
East Asia Forum, 12 March 2024
38. Australia-Asean summit exposed more than desire for economic deals
Richard Heydarian
South China Morning Post, 12 March 2024
Asia Pacific
39. China’s Global South exports surge in first two months
DAVID P. GOLDMAN
Asia Times, 13 March 2024
40. De-risk from China, lean in on Japan
Andrew J. Masigan
Philstar, 13 March 2024
41. Chipmakers searching for ‘China plus one’ are finding Malaysia
Straits Times, 13 March 2024
42. US seeks boost for Philippine chip sector as competition mounts with China
Kathrin Hille
Financial Times, 12 March 2024
43. China warns of conflict over US push for major-country contest
Wang Cong and Zhang Weilan
Global Times, 12 March 2024
44. China’s Exports Are Surging. Get Ready for the Global Backlash.
Keith Bradsher
New York Times, 12 March 2024
East/South China Sea
45. Understanding China’s efforts to bridge the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait disputes
Sophie Wushuang Yi
Interpreter, 13 March 2024
46. ‘Exposing China’s bad behavior won’t lead to war’
Evelyn Macairan
Philstar, 13 March 2024
47. GT Voice: Risky, short-sighted for Manila to rely on US in SCS energy search
Global Times, 12 March 2024
48. Marcos questions China’s 10-dash line
Julie M. Aurelio
Inquirer, 12 March 2024
49. Over 50 Chinese ships, fishing boats spotted in West Philippine Sea
John Eric Mendoza
Inquirer, 12 March 2024
50. Philippines is on the front line of South China Sea tensions, but ‘WWII-style war’ with China unlikely
Alan Robles
South China Morning Post, 12 March 2024
Climate Change/Environment
51. Japan’s LNG export pivot imperils SE Asia energy security: think tank
Liang Lei
Eco-Business, 13 March 2024
52. Is Southeast Asia set for a green energy revolution powered by small solar panels and EVs?
Biman Mukherji
South China Morning Post, 13 March 2024
53. Nadir bumi: Kerajaan akan rangka pendekatan menyeluruh [Rare earth: government to frame a comprehensive approach]
MOHAMAD SHOFI MAT ISA dan AHMAD FADHLULLAH ADNAN
Utusan Malaysia, 13 March 2024
54. Bad signs of climate crisis policy from Indonesia’s Prabowo-Gibran presidential pair
Firdaus Cahyadi
Eco-Business, 12 March 2024
55. Uncovering Indonesia’s hidden methane problem
Dody Setiawan and Chris Wright
Ember, 12 March 2024
56. Myanmar’s Ethnic Armies May Hold the Solution to Thailand’s Haze Problem
Surachanee Sriyai
Irrawaddy, 12 March 2024
Media, Technology & Society
57. Govt shouldn’t be the one to define ‘disinformation’, say media groups
Amirul Aiman
Free Malaysia Today, 13 March 2024
Others
Global Politics
58. Dilemmas of Deterrence: The United States’ Smart New Strategy Has Six Daunting Trade-offs
Hal Brands and Zack Cooper
CSIS, 12 March 2024
Global Economy
59. For Global Tax Reform, the Devil Is in the Details
Project Syndicate, 12 March 2024
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