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- No. 29: Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 57: Nuurrianti Jalli, Visiting Fellow
- No. 60: The State of Southeast Asia: 2024 Survey Report
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
Indonesia
1. Indonesia’s EV battery bet benefiting from regional supply chain shift: report
Shoeb Kagda
Business Times, 27 June 2024
2. PKB Executive Criticizes PKS for Pairing Anies with Sohibul
Yustinus Patris Paat
Jakarta Globe, 27 June 2024
3. Indonesia is struggling to attract high-tech investment
Rania Teguh
Jakarta Post, 27 June 2024
4. Indonesia eyes Cambodia rice firms to boost reserves, but plan may falter on export quota, local laws
Linda Yulisman
Straits Times, 27 June 2024
5. Indonesia still searching for an answer to its housing crisis
Shalhhakka Dimar Farrakhy & Muhammad Rafi Bakri, Audit Board of Indonesia
East Asia Forum, 26 June 2024
6. PPATK Reveals 1,000 Legislators Involved in Online Gambling
Yustinus Paat
Jakarta Globe, 26 June 2024
7. PPATK Reports Suspicious Rp 80 Trillion Transactions Linked to 2024 Elections
Yustinus Paat
Jakarta Globe, 26 June 2024
8. Investors demand 12-plus percent return for Nusantara projects
Ruth Dea Juwita
Jakarta Post, 26 June 2024
Malaysia
9. BlackRock owns RM27.5bil worth of assets in Malaysia, says Tengku Zafrul
Mikha Chan
Free Malaysia Today, 27 June 2024
10. Report: Kedah MB affirms Langkawi is open to all, denies ‘Muslim-preferred destination’ claims
Ben Tan
Malay Mail Online, 27 June 2024
11. Sungai Bakap: Back to the BN future
Praba Ganesan
Malay Mail Online, 27 June 2024
12. MoF: Almost RM7 billion withdrawn from EPF Account 3 as of June 10
Qistina Sallehuddin, Nor Ain Mohamed Radhi
New Straits Times, 27 June 2024
13. Sarawak seeks to become Malaysia’s next ‘rice bowl’, rivalling Kedah
Hazlin Hassan
Straits Times, 27 June 2024
14. Why Langkawi must remain open to all visitors
Mustafa K. Anuar
The Malaysian Insight, 27 June 2024
15. Hutang Felcra, anak syarikat cecah RM1.532 bilion [Debt of Felcra and a subsidiary reaches RM1.532 billion]
Utusan Malaysia, 27 June 2024
16. 反跳槽法的最大考验 [The biggest test for the anti-hopping law]
黄子豪
星洲网, 27 June 2024
17. Archaeological Sites In Kedah Should Force A Rewriting Of Malaysian History – OpEd
Murray Hunter
Eurasia Review, 26 June 2024
18. New Election Commission chairperson: After hat-trick of broken promises by unity government, what is left for electoral reform? — Bersih steering committee
Malay Mail Online, 26 June 2024
19. Weighing risks, rewards of Malaysia’s BRICS aspirations
Sim Yang Ming is a research assistant at Bait Al Amanah.
The Malaysian Insight, 26 June 2024
Myanmar
20. Myanmar junta still able to access weapons and money overseas, says UN expert
[Link to 38-page PDF report: Banking on the Death Trade: How Banks and Governments Enable the Military Junta in Myanmar]
Simon Lewis
Reuters, 27 June 2024
21. Blood brothers? Tensions test an old oath in northern Shan
Frontier Myanmar, 26 June 2024
22. Myanmar’s Generals Take Another Shot at Market Prices And Hit Consumers
Hein Htoo Zan
Irrawaddy, 26 June 2024
23. Drafting of women underway in Myanmar, despite junta claims to the contrary
Radio Free Asia, 26 June 2024
Philippines
24. Marcos’ satisfaction, trust scores up; Duterte’s ratings drop slightly — survey
ELLALYN DE VERA-RUIZ
Manila Bulletin, 27 June 2024
25. 10-year employment plan to generate 3 million jobs by 2028, Marcos says
BETHEENA UNITE
Manila Bulletin, 27 June 2024
26. Prospects of a China invasion
Norberto B. Gonzales
Manila Times, 27 June 2024
27. The Railway Renaissance in the Philippines
Manila Times, 27 June 2024
28. Japan plans support for Philippine 5G network to counter China tech
Kana Baba
Nikkei Asia, 27 June 2024
29. 菲政坛两大家族正式决裂 [Two major families in Philippine politics officially split]
廖建裕是新加坡尤索夫伊萨东南亚研究院资深访问研究员、南洋理工大学拉惹勒南国际研究院兼任教授
联合早报, 27 June 2024
30. Can Vice President Sara Duterte Lead the Philippine Opposition?
Mong Palatino
Diplomat, 26 June 2024
31. Will Dutertes’ Philippine Senate ambitions threaten Marcos Jnr or is it just a media stunt?
Sam Beltran
South China Morning Post, 26 June 2024
32. Mayor Alice Guo and the complexities of Chinese-Filipino identity
Joseph Ching Velasco
ThinkChina, 26 June 2024
33. What to Know About the Dutertes’ Desperate Pursuit of Power in the Philippines
Chad De Guzman
Time, 26 June 2024
Thailand
34. Senatorial election result serves up a major surprise
The Nation, 27 June 2024
35. Three camps likely to struggle for power in the Senate
The Nation, 27 June 2024
Vietnam
36. 越南对外关系的民族主义底色 [The nationalist undertones of Vietnam’s foreign relations]
纪赟
联合早报, 27 June 2024
37. IMF Staff Completes 2024 Article IV Mission to Vietnam
IMF News, 26 June 2024
38. National Assembly approves establishment of first free trade zone
Đỗ Phong
VnEconomy, 26 June 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
39. Arms exports from Singapore-based entities to Myanmar junta ‘dropped dramatically’ in past year: UN envoy
Louisa Tang
CNA, 27 June 2024
40. Loke launches Asean Express freight train service, ‘pay-as-use’ locomotives
Danish Raja Reza
Free Malaysia Today, 27 June 2024
41. Indonesia and peace making in Myanmar: An unfinished business
Teuku Faizasyah
Jakarta Post, 27 June 2024
42. NTS Bulletin June 2024: Planetary Health and the ASEAN Vision 2025
Margareth Sembiring
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 26 June 2024
43. Strategic Workouts: The Rationale for Southeast Asian States’ Military Exercises with China
Ian Seow Cheng Wei
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 26 June 2024
44. No substitute for Asean even as South-east Asian countries express interest in joining Brics: Vivian
Michelle Ng
Straits Times, 26 June 2024
Asia Pacific
45. Philippines, Bangladesh push Asian migrant numbers to record high
Shigeru Seno
Nikkei Asia, 27 June 2024
46. America’s Asian Partners Are Not Worried Enough About Trump: How His Return Could Destabilize the Region
Victor Cha
Foreign Affairs, 26 June 2024
47. U.S. Engagement in the Indo-Pacific: Don’t Trade Away Trade
Jennifer Kavanagh and Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, 25 June 2024
48. PUTIN AND KIM: A NEW WORLD ORDER?
John Feffer
Hankyoreh, 25 June 2024
East/South China Sea
49. Cracks start to emerge in Philippines’ South China Sea stance
Jeoffrey Maitem
South China Morning Post, 27 June 2024
50. China’s recent aggression in the South China Sea aimed at figuring out Philippines’ red line
Tan Dawn Wei
Straits Times, 27 June 2024
51. Philippines has not sought US resupply support in China dispute: Ambassador
Reuters
Straits Times, 27 June 2024
52. Vietnam’s proposed South China Sea talks with Philippines raises hopes of resolution pathway
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 26 June 2024
Climate Change/Environment
53. Climate Conversations Podcast: Sky high farming solves one climate problem but creates another
[24-minute podcast]
Jack Board and Liling Tan
CNA, 27 June 2024
54. Energy transition will propel Malaysia’s economy, needs to ‘survive multiple administrations’: Economy minister
Calvin Yang
CNA, 26 June 2024
55. The COP29 Climate Change Conference Is Already Looking Shaky
Martha Molfetas
World Politics Review, 26 June 2024
Media, Technology & Society
56. Philippines, US discuss possible ties vs foreign info manipulation — Manalo
JOSEPH PEDRAJAS
Manila Bulletin, 26 June 2024
57. Pentagon’s disinformation war against China undermines health and alliances in Southeast Asia
[Originally published here on Fulcrum]
Nuurrianti Jalli
ThinkChina, 26 June 2024
Others
Global Affairs
58. Lost In The Labyrinth: Left And Right In Geopolitics – OpEd
Oscar Silva-Valladares is an independent financial advisor.
Eurasia Review, 27 June 2024
59. The path to prosperity: The 2024 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes
Ignacio Campomanes, Nina Dannaoui, Joseph Lemoine, and Dan Negrea
Atlantic Council, 25 June 2024
60. Lack of Leadership is Hindering the West in Asia
William J. Jones
Geopolitical Monitor, 25 June 2024
Global Economy
61. Filling the US-shaped hole in world trade
Richard Pomfret, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe
East Asia Forum, 26 June 2024
US Presidential Election
62. Biden-Trump debate: Where they stand on AI, TikTok and chips
Yifan Yu
Nikkei Asia, 26 June 2024
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