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- No. 18: Ooi Kee Beng, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 42: Ian Storey, Senior Fellow
Brunei | Cambodia | Indonesia | Laos | Malaysia | Myanmar | Philippines | Singapore | Thailand | Timor-Leste | Vietnam | ASEAN / Southeast Asia | Asia Pacific | East / South China Sea | Climate Change in Southeast Asia | Media, Technology & Society | Others
Cambodia
1. ‘Reserve’ PM: Lt Gen Manet could take over at any time, says Hun Sen
Khmer Times, 1 April 2022
2. The cost of war, oil price and absence of Chinese tourists on Cambodia’s growth
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
Phnom Penh Post, 31 March 2022
Indonesia
3. Indonesia, the world’s biggest producer, has a palm-oil crisis
Economist, 1 April 2022
4. Push for Jokowi’s term extension intensifies
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 1 April 2022
5. Indonesia scrambles to save G20 presidency
Tenggara Strategics, 1 April 2022
6. Gotong royong: Indonesia’s gift to global community
Antara, 31 March 2022
7. Indonesia Looks to the UAE for Military Cooperation
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat & Yeta Purnama
Diplomat, 31 March 2022
8. Extremist Charities and Terrorist Fund-raising in Indonesia
Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict, 31 March 2022
9. Jokowi Still Enjoys 65% Approval Rating, but Cracks in Support Appear
Jakarta Globe, 31 March 2022
10. Indonesia’s new capital authoritarianism
Albert Jehoshua Rapha & Azeem Marhendra Amedi
New Mandala, 31 March 2022
11. Cancel Culture yang tidak Berlaku di Pemilu Indonesia [The Cancel Culture that is not happening at Indonesian elections]
Ahmad Hidayah, Peneliti Bidang Politik, The Indonesian Institute
Republika, 31 March 2022
Laos
12. Laos gas crunch shows no sign of easing
Radio Free Asia, 31 March 2022
Malaysia
13. No party in Sabah has edge going into GE15, say analysts
Durie Rainer Fong
Free Malaysia Today, 1 April 2022
14. PAS has done no favours for PN partners, say analysts
Jason Thomas
Free Malaysia Today, 1 April 2022
15. Saifuddin, Rafizi to clash for PKR No. 2 post
Jason Thomas
Free Malaysia Today, 1 April 2022
16. Without PAS, Khairuddin will find it hard to keep Kuala Nerus seat, say locals
Diyana Ibrahim
Malaysian Insight, 1 April 2022
17. Better representation of Sabah, Sarawak needed in national affairs
John Teo
New Straits Times, 1 April 2022
18. A Digital Revolution in Healthcare Has Arrived in Malaysia
Ooi Kee Beng
Penang Monthly, 1 April 2022
19. Perluas Dasar Pandang ke Timur meliputi China, Korea Selatan, Taiwan [Expand Look East policy to include China, South Korea and Taiwan]
Dr Md Shukri Shuib
Berita Harian (Malaysia), 31 March 2022
20. Racial discrimination on the rise
[Link to Malaysia Racial Discrimination Report]
A. Kathirasen
Free Malaysia Today, 31 March 2022
21. Rafizi: Pakatan, PKR need to mobilise fence-sitters and ‘average Joes’, core support lies with them
Yiswaree Palansamy
Malay Mail Online, 31 March 2022
22. Regulate confidence votes instead of defection law, recall polls
Abdullah Abdul Rahman
Malaysiakini, 31 March 2022
23. Govt bailout of Sapura Energy unfeasible, says economist
Raevathi Supramaniam
Malaysian Insight, 31 March 2022
24. Mukhriz confirms Muhyiddin met Dr Mahathir to discuss working together for GE15
Diyana Ibrahim
Malaysian Insight, 31 March 2022
25. 今年会解散国会吗？[Will Parliament be dissolved this year?]
刘哲伟目前在国际伊斯兰大学政治学系任职助理教授。
Malaysian Insight, 31 March 2022
Myanmar
26. Myanmar junta’s foreign minister on ‘work trip’ to major ally China
AFP
Straits Times, 1 April 2022
27. US Expert Says Focusing on Regime Defections a Good Strategy for Myanmar’s Revolution
Irrawaddy, 31 March 2022
28. Challenges for journalist in Myanmar’s battle-scarred Sagaing
Mizzima, 31 March 2022
29. Myanmar goes from ‘rice bowl’ to ‘basket case’ as humanitarian crisis worsens
Mizzima, 31 March 2022
30. Myanmar Junta’s Political Prisoners Since Coup Now Number 10,000
Richard C. Paddock
New York Times, 31 March 2022
31. For Myanmar’s youth, college becomes another casualty of country’s turmoil
Radio Free Asia, 31 March 2022
Philippines
32. Duterte still not endorsing any presidential candidate
Ador Vincent Mayol & Dale Israel
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 1 April 2022
33. Flawed political party system
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 1 April 2022
34. Why US, Philippines Are Staging Large-Scale Military Exercises
Ralph Jennings
VOA Cambodia, 31 March 2022
Thailand
35. Personalities key to city poll
Mongkol Bangprapa, Aekarach Sattaburuth & Supoj Wancharoen
Bangkok Post, 1 April 2022
36. PM gets more support for extra term
Bangkok Post, 1 April 2022
37. Southern border reopens
Bangkok Post, 1 April 2022
38. When marriage equality is an issue of freedom
Thana Boonlert
Bangkok Post, 1 April 2022
39. BMA expects 600-700k first-time voters for governor poll
Bangkok Post, 31 March 2022
40. Different ballot numbers voted in
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 31 March 2022
41. Thai-China Submarine Deal Runs Aground on EU Arms Embargo
Zsombor Peter
VOA, 31 March 2022
42. Russia woos Southeast Asia in search for allies, markets amid Ukraine blowback
Richard S. Ehrlich
Washington Times, 31 March 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
43. UN, ASEAN Special Envoys on Myanmar Meet in Phnom Penh
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 1 April 2022
44. Youth politics in East and Southeast Asia
Adhiraaj Anand
Interpreter, 1 April 2022
45. Kick out Myanmar’s junta
Editorial board
Jakarta Post, 1 April 2022
46. Asean must be at the core of evolving regional architecture, says experts
Khmer Times, 1 April 2022
47. Why Hun Sen Is Failing On Myanmar
Andrew Nachemson
ASEAN Post, 31 March 2022
48. Order at sea: Southeast Asia’s maritime security
Geoffrey Till
Interpreter, 31 March 2022
49. What does Southeast Asia want from Australia?
Melissa Conley Tyler & Sarah Allan
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 31 March 2022
50. Malaysia wants to rope in Thailand and Brunei into security pacts, says Hisham
Austin Camoens
Star, 31 March 2022
Asia Pacific
51. China’s Indo-Pacific fears show need for diplomacy
The editorial board
Financial Times, 1 April 2022
52. Singapore PM’s talks with Biden show US won’t waver from Indo-Pacific focus to counter China amid Russia-Ukraine conflict: analysts
Maria Siow & Dewey Sim
South China Morning Post, 1 April 2022
53. The US Pivot to Asia Was Dead on Arrival
Peter Birgbauer
Diplomat, 31 March 2022
54. 社评：李显龙的忠告，华盛顿本该听进去 [Washington should have listened to Lee Hsien Loong’s advice]
Huanqiu 环球网, 31 March 2022
55. Invasion of Ukraine – Xi’s ‘Balance of Interest Solution’: Pre-empting an Asian NATO?
P. S. Suryanarayana
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 31 March 2022
56. How Ukraine invasion lessons are wrongly used to hype up China threat in Indo-Pacific
Mark J. Valencia
South China Morning Post, 31 March 2022
Climate Change/Environment
57. Indonesia is set to launch its pilot emissions trading scheme. Here’s what we know
Mei Zi Tan, Senior Analyst, ClimateWorks Australia & Fikri Muhammad, Senior Analyst (Economics and Governance), ClimateWorks Australia
Conversation, 31 March 2022
Image credit: “Myanmar Yangon Thanlyn“, by Werner Bayer on Flickr.
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