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- No. 15: Ooi Kee Beng, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 30: Nguyen Khac Giang, Visiting Fellow
- No. 31: Nguyen Khac Giang, Visiting Fellow
- No. 32: Nguyen Khac Giang, 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. Cambodia looking forward to ‘breathing’ with controversial new canal
AFP
Star, 19 July 2024
Indonesia
2. The price of representation in Indonesia
Nick Kuipers & Eve Warburton
New Mandala, 19 July 2024
3. To cut or not to cut – Indonesian president-elect Prabowo’s free lunch initiative under spotlight over funding
CNA, 18 July 2024
4. Anies tops poll for Jakarta race as Ahok surprises in close second
Radhiyya Indra
Jakarta Post, 18 July 2024
5. Prabowo ‘cronies’ installed as deputy ministers under Jokowi
Deni Ghifari and Aditya Hadi
Jakarta Post, 18 July 2024
Malaysia
6. From palm oil to data: Malaysian state builds AI hub
Mercedes Ruehl
Financial Times, 19 July 2024
7. The main challenges for higher education reform
Geoffrey Williams
Free Malaysia Today, 19 July 2024
8. Apa akan jadi dengan Peja? [What will happen to Peja]
Hishamuddin Aun
Free Malaysia Today, 19 July 2024
9. How Umno-Baru is destroying Anwar’s Madani coalition
P Gunasegaram
Malaysiakini, 19 July 2024
10. Xenophobia a political tool to justify Sabah evictions, activist says
S Vinothaa
Malaysiakini, 19 July 2024
11. 117 chairman, board member posts filled by politicians in MoF Inc firms, federal statutory bodies
Hana Naz Harun
New Straits Times, 19 July 2024
12. Sabah BN affirms support for unity government ahead of state convention
Stephanie Lee
Star, 19 July 2024
13. 民政党在国盟里的尊严 [Gerakan’s dignity in the PN]
周秀洋
星洲网, 19 July 2024
14. BN names Kelantan Umno Youth chief Azmawi Fikri to wrest Nenggiri state seat away from Perikatan
Malay Mail Online, 18 July 2024
15. Anwar Ibrahim in Power: A Historical Locating of the Limits for Change in Malaysia
Ooi Kee Beng
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 18 July 2024
16. Putrajaya serahkan pelabuhan Bintulu kepada Sarawak [Putrajaya hands over port of Bintulu to Sarawak]
The Malaysian Insight, 18 July 2024
17. Parti dari Sarawak hantar calon tanding PRK Nenggiri [Party from Sarawak sends candidate to contest Nenggiri by-election]
Utusan Malaysia, 18 July 2024
Myanmar
18. Ayeyarwady vice: Law and disorder in the Delta
Frontier Myanmar, 18 July 2024
19. Junta-supporting Telegram channels say China is involved in proxy war in northern Shan State
Mizzima, 18 July 2024
20. Revolutionary road: The fight for Myanmar’s southern highway
Naw Betty Han
Frontier Myanmar, 17 July 2024
Philippines
21. The political economy of Philippine agriculture – Part 2
[Link to The political economy of Philippine agriculture – Part I]
Fermin D. Adriano
Manila Times, 19 July 2024
22. Chinese immigrants to the Philippines
Van Ybiernas
Manila Times, 19 July 2024
23. Bitter fruits of Duterte’s China embrace
Ma. Ceres P. Doyo
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 19 July 2024
24. France and Philippines elevate defence ties with historic air force mission first
Sam Beltran
South China Morning Post, 19 July 2024
25. 日菲安全保障合作取得突破性进展 [Japan-Philippines security cooperation achieves breakthrough]
饭田将史是日本防卫研究所理论研究主管
联合早报, 19 July 2024
Thailand
26. Thailand’s spreading rot of irregularity
Thitinan Pongsudhirak
Bangkok Post, 19 July 2024
27. The Latest on Southeast Asia: Thai Senate Elections
Japhet Quitzon
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 18 July 2024
28. What’s Really Ailing Thailand’s Economy?
James Guild
Diplomat, 18 July 2024
29. Survival or death-rebirth: Move Forward’s fate to be sealed on Aug 7
The Nation, 18 July 2024
Vietnam
30. 越共总书记阮富仲接受治疗 国家主席苏林暂代职务 [General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong receives treatment, President To Lam temporarily takes over]
联合早报, 19 July 2024
31. Vietnam’s President Lam takes party chief duties as Trong focuses on health
Phuong Nguyen and Francesco Guarascio
Reuters, 18 July 2024
32. Citing poor health, Vietnam leader Nguyen Phu Trong steps back from duties
Rebecca Tan
Washington Post, 18 July 2024
Asia Pacific
33. Pentagon Developing Regional Sustainment Framework In Indo-Pacific
Jim Garmone
Eurasia Review, 19 July 2024
34. How real is the possibility of an ‘Asian Nato’?
Denny Roy
Straits Times, 19 July 2024
35. China and Russia Are Quietly Building a NATO Rival
James Stavridis
Bloomberg, 18 July 2024
36. How Singapore Manages U.S.-China Tensions
[Link to 35-min Fireside Chat with Ng Eng Hen]
Ravi Agrawal
Foreign Policy, 18 July 2024
37. What Trump 2.0 might mean for China
Edwin Ong
ThinkChina, 18 July 2024
38. The U.S. and China May Both End Up Losing the Semiconductor War
Lizzi Lee
World Politics Review, 18 July 2024
East/South China Sea
39. PH, China weigh in on Vietnam’s claim in South China Sea
Joseph Pedrajas
Manila Bulletin, 19 July 2024
40. Philippines to Develop Airport on South China Sea Island
Cliff Harvey Venzon
Bloomberg, 18 July 2024
Climate Change/Environment
41. The uncertain future for Southeast Asia’s great sea nomads
Mohd. Yunus
Interpreter, 19 July 2024
42. bp Energy Outlook 2024
A 50-min video]
[Link to 55-page PDF document: bp Energy Outlook 2024]
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 10 July 2024
Media, Technology & Society
43. S’pore orders social media sites to block 95 accounts, in first such use of foreign interference law
Ng Wei Kai and Samuel Devaraj
Straits Times, 19 July 2024
44. How was Singapore’s foreign interference law used against a potential hostile information campaign?
Samuel Devaraj
Straits Times, 19 July 2024
45. Surfing the web for effective content regulation in Southeast Asia
Albert Jehoshua Rapha, German Institute for Global and Area Studies and KU Leuven
East Asia Forum, 18 July 2024
Others
US Foreign Policy
46. Trump’s VP Pick Goes America First on Foreign Policy
Robbie Gramer
Foreign Policy, 18 July 2024
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