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Today’s issue includes the following commentaries and citations attributed to ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and its researchers. You can click on the links to go to the articles directly.
- No. 1: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 8: Burhanuddin Muhtadi, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 20: Tricia Yeoh, Visiting Fellow
- No. 25: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 30: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 32: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 46: Daljit Singh, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 49: Ian Storey, Senior Fellow
- No. 52: Mirza Sadaqat Huda, Lead Researcher
- No. 56: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
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. Training In Interfaith Dialogue Needed Among Educated Youths In Brunei – Analysis
[Originally published as ISEAS Perspective 2024/76 “Training in Interfaith Dialogue Needed among Educated Youths in Brunei”]
Siti Mazidah Mohamad
Eurasia Review, 4 October 2024
Cambodia
2. The detention of a Cambodian journalist needs more than ‘statements’
Jacob Sims
Nikkei Asia, 5 October 2024
3. Cambodian anti-Vietnamese sentiment will stalk Hun Manet beyond trade zone spat
David Hutt
Radio Free Asia, 5 October 2024
4. Cambodian Microfinance Loans Based on Rising Land Prices Point to Further NPL Increase
David Whitehouse
Diplomat, 4 October 2024
Indonesia
5. Analysis: House of Representatives still under control of ruling coalition
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 7 October 2024
6. 21,16 Persen Pendukung Anies Baswedan Pilih Golput[21.16 Percent of Anies Baswedan Supporters Choose to Abstain from Voting]
Azhar Azis
Indonesia Inside, 6 October 2024
7. Manuver Jokowi Jelang Lengser: Melindungi Fufufafa dan Menolak PDIP Masuk KIM?[Jokowi’s Maneuvers Ahead of Stepping Down: Protecting Fufufafa and Rejecting PDIP from Entering KIM?]
MB Setiawan
Jakarta Post, 5 October 2024
8. Poll shows Jokowi’s approval rating falls after protests, but still popular
Ananda Teresia
Reuters, 4 October 2024
9. ‘Warisan’ kebijakan pendidikan Jokowi untuk Prabowo [Jokowi’s ‘legacy’ of education policies for Prabowo]
Dr.Gigih Saputra, S.Kom.I, M.Ag (Dosen dan Sekretaris LPPM di STIAMAK Barunawati), Sekolah TInggi Ilmu Administrasi dan Manajemen Kepelabuhan (STIAMAK) Barunawati Surabaya
The Conversation, 4 October 2024
10. Wacana penambahan kementerian kabinet Prabowo-Gibran: sekadar bagi-bagi kursi? [Adding ministries to the Prabowo-Gibran cabinet: just sharing out seats?]
[29-minute podcast in Bahasa Indonesia]
Interviewee: Alfath Bagus Panuntun El Nur Indonesia, Lecturer at the Department of Politics and Government, Universitas Gadjah Mada
The Conversation, 3 October 2024
11. Prabowo’s Outward-Looking Foreign Policy and Nigeria in the G20
Ridvan Kilic
Australian Institute of International Affairs, 2 October 2024
Malaysia
12. Malaysia aims to be global powerhouse in highly competitive integrated circuit design sector
Melissa Goh and Louisa Tang
CNA, 7 October 2024
13. Has govt fulfilled budget 2024 promises?
Malaysiakini, 7 October 2024
14. Time to create an ecosystem for living wage
M Kula Segaran
Malaysiakini, 7 October 2024
15. Adakah berbaloi Malaysia sertai BRICS? [Is it worthwhile for Malaysia to join BRICS?]
Mohd. Prasad Hanif adalah Setiausaha Agung Persatuan Institusi-Institusi Kewangan Pembangunan Malaysia (ADFIM).
Utusan Malaysia, 7 October 2024
16. 马国政治迷离中见曙光？[Is there light at the end of the tunnel in Malaysia’s political chaos?]
胡逸山是新加坡国际事务学会（研究所）高级研究员、马来西亚太平洋研究中心首席顾问
联合早报, 7 October 2024
17. Management of Islamic affairs in Malaysia
Jahaberdeen M. Yunoos
Star, 6 October 2024
18. Malaysia’s PM Anwar reframes policies on class, shifting from racial lenses
Shannon Teoh
Straits Times, 6 October 2024
19. 为什么马哥打补选并不像一场胜利 [Why the Mahkota by-election doesn’t feel like a victory]
蔡镇燊
星洲网, 6 October 2024
20. Asian Angle | How Malaysia’s PAS made a ‘brilliant move’ to consolidate political power
Dr Tricia Yeoh is a Visiting Fellow at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Nottingham Malaysia’s School of Politics and International Relations, CEO of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs, Malaysia, and Campus Visitor at Australian National University.
[Originally published as ISEAS Perspective 2024/300 in Fulcrum “SG4 Group: PAS Bid to Consolidate Bargaining Power?”]
South China Morning Post, 5 October 2024
21. How serious is the Chinese discontent?
Joceline Tan
Star, 5 October 2024
22. 马哥打补选打开“潘多拉魔盒” 沙巴国阵希盟矛盾加剧 [Mahkota by-election opens ‘Pandora’s Box’: intensifies conflicts between Sabah BN and PH]
The Malaysian Insight, 5 October 2024
23. My Say: Four suggestions for Budget 2025
Huzaime Hamid
Edge Markets, 4 October 2024
24. #NST Leader: Of revenue shortfalls and subsidies
New Straits Times, 3 October 2024
Myanmar
25. Securing The China-Myanmar Economic Corridor: Navigating Conflicts And Public Scepticism
[This article was published as ISEAS Perspective 2024/78 “Securing the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor: Navigating Conflicts and Public Scepticism”]
Kyi Sin
Eurasia Review, 7 October 2024
26. A Rigged Game: The Regime’s Manipulative Call for Participation in Elections
Ye Myo Hein is a senior expert at the United States Institute of Peace and global fellow at the Wilson Center.
Irrawaddy, 5 October 2024
27. Road From Rakhine: The Uncertain Fate Of Rohingyas
Sreeparna Banerjee
Observer Research Foundation, 5 October 2024
28. Blocking the exits: Myanmar junta turns the screws on migrant workers
Frontier Myanmar, 4 October 2024
Philippines
29. Marcos allies gain early lead in Philippine Senate race amid voting machine controversy
Raissa Robles
South China Morning Post, 6 October 2024
30. Commentary: Quiboloy’s arrest – when self-proclaimed ‘Son of God’ plays politics
Robbin Dagle is a lecturer at the Department of Communication and a research assistant in the Department of Development Studies at the Ateneo de Manila University.
[Originally published as ISEAS Perspective 2024/302 in Fulcrum “Quiboloy’s Arrest: When Self-Proclaimed ‘Son of God’ Plays Politics”]
CNA, 5 October 2024
31. Are Pogos in the Philippines evading ban by ‘rebranding’ through corruption?
Sam Beltran
South China Morning Post, 5 October 2024
Singapore
32. 韩国总统尹锡悦星期一访新 两国将交换多项谅解备忘录 [South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol visits Singapore on Monday. The two countries will exchange several memorandums of understanding]
魏瑜嶙
联合早报, 6 October 2024
Thailand
33. Tough days for PM
Bangkok Post, 7 October 2024
34. No cause to fear’ royal slur amnesty
Bangkok Post, 7 October 2024
35. Outlook dims for People’s Party
Bangkok Post, 5 October 2024
36. People’s Party revives anti-monopoly measures in Thai parliament
Francesca Regalado
Nikkei Asia, 4 October 2024
37. Thailand’s poorest hail US$14 billion cash handout scheme – ‘we can breathe’
Aidan Jones
South China Morning Post, 4 October 2024
Vietnam
38. What’s behind the meeting between Vingroup’s billionaire and transport firms?
VietNamNet, 7 October 2024
39. Vietnam’s GDP growth hits 7.4% in Q3 despite high business withdrawal rates
VietNamNet, 6 October 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
40. Progress lies beyond pre-coup order
Laetitia van den Assum is a former ambassador of the Netherlands and former member of Myanmar’s Rakhine Advisory Commission. Kobsak Chutikul is a retired ambassador of Thailand and a former elected member of parliament.
Bangkok Post, 7 October 2024
41. Echoes of Gaza reverberate in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore on war anniversary
Amy Sood, Hadi Azmiand & Kimberly Lim
South China Morning Post, 7 October 2024
42. Marking time: The ASEAN summit in Laos
Susannah Patton
Interpreter, 4 October 2024
Asia Pacific
43. My Say: Indo-Pacific Economic Framework fraught with challenges
Arividya Arimuthu
Edge Markets, 7 October 2024
44. The global implications of China’s stimulus package
Shang-Jin Wei
Free Malaysia Today, 7 October 2024
45. As Japan’s ‘Asian Nato’ push to counter China hits a brick wall, will a rebrand revive it?
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 6 October 2024
46. ‘Might is right’: How the Middle East conflict has shaped Asia
Lin Suling
Straits Times, 5 October 2024
47. Can China’s belated stimulus package reverse its economic deceleration?
Alicia García Herrero
ThinkChina, 4 October 2024
48. Applied Geopolitics: U.S.-China Strategic Competition: The Role of Technology
[46-minute podcast]
Rane Worldview, 3 October 2024
East/South China Sea
49. With eye on China, Malaysia pushes for new naval base in Sarawak. How will it impact their ties?
Aqil Haziq Mahmud
CNA, 7 October 2024
Climate Change/Environment
50. Tech key to reducing Scope 3 palm oil emissions in Malaysia amid increasing regulation: industry watchers
Vincent Tan
Eco-Business, 7 October 2024
51. Indonesia’s sustainable finance taxonomy is Asia’s ‘least stringent’ for classifying new coal plants as green: study
[Link to the report “Sustainable finance in Asia: A comparative study of national taxonomies“]
Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez
Eco-Business, 7 October 2024
52. Intersectoral alliance needed for inclusive growth amid climate crisis – experts
Manila Times, 7 October 2024
53. Indonesia’s coal producers diversify as money for mining dries up
A. Anantha Lakshmi and Diana Mariska
Financial Times, 6 October 2024
54. Will foreign ownership of renewables lead to energy stability in the Philippines?
Geela garcia
Dialogue Earth, 4 October 2024
55. Berapa, kapan, dan di mana teknologi penyimpanan energi yang dibutuhkan untuk mencapai 100% energi terbarukan di Indonesia? [How much, when, and where will energy storage technology be needed to achieve 100% renewable energy in Indonesia?]
Ahmad Amiruddin, PhD Candidate and Teaching Assistant, Monash University
The Conversation, 4 October 2024
Others
Democracy
56. Youth pulse: Vote vibes abroad
Jonathan Lee Rong Sheng
Star, 6 October 2024
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