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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. 27: Darren Cheong, Research Associate
- No. 42: Le Hong Hiep, Senior Fellow
- No. 45: Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow
- No. 49: Jayant Menon, Visiting 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/Environment | Others
Indonesia
1. Can Shah Rukh Khan help India “Act East”?
Teesta Prakash
Interpreter, 11 April 2022
2. RI abstains on UN resolution to suspend Russia from rights body
A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil
Jakarta Post, 11 April 2022
3. Balancing digital growth and government authoritarianism
Hugh Harsono
Jakarta Post, 11 April 2022
4. House selects new OJK leadership
Jakarta Post, 11 April 2022
5. Three New Provinces to be Established in Papua
Yustinus Paat
Jakarta Globe, 9 April 2022
6. Will Indonesian military’s move to redress 1965 anti-communist purge be ‘weaponised’ by Jokowi’s opponents?
Resty Woro Yuniar
South China Morning Post, 8 April 2022
Malaysia
7. Report: Two potential PKR polls candidates missing from party membership list
Soo Wern Jun
Malay Mail Online, 11 April 2022
8. Constitutional amendments for Anti-Party Hopping Bill tabled
Veena Babulal
New Straits Times, 11 April 2022
9. Malaysia govt tables constitutional amendment to enable anti-hopping law
Ram Anand
Straits Times, 11 April 2022
10. Liew Chin Tong appointed opposition leader in Johor
Free Malaysia Today, 10 April 2022
11. Does PKR have a political philosophy?
Terence Netto
Free Malaysia Today, 10 April 2022
12. Nurul Izzah says would like to defend Permatang Pauh in GE15 but final decision with party leadership
Shahrin Aizat Noorshahrizam
Malay Mail Online, 10 April 2022
13. When elephants battle
SIMMERING in the background in Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) is the fight between Team Azmin and Team Hamzah over the party’s choice of candidate for deputy prime minister (DPM).
Philip Golingai
Star, 10 April 2022
14. Ideas: Politics as a vehicle for youth aspirations
Aira Azhari
Edge Markets, 9 April 2022
Myanmar
15. Tatmadaw announced to hand over the country’s responsibilities to a democratically elected government after fulfilling the duties of state of emergency: SAC’s Vice-Chair
Eleven Myanmar, 8 April 2022
16. Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back
Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 7 April 2022
17. ‘An entire generation at risk’: Myanmar’s children traumatised after a year of violence
Frontier Myanmar, 7 April 2022
Philippines
18. Measures to ease joblessness
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 11 April 2022
19. Overseas voting for May 9 polls off to a bad start
Dona Z. Pazzibugan, Jeannette I. Andrade & Tina G. Santos
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 11 April 2022
20. Regret comes at the end
Kay Rivera
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 11 April 2022
21. Oligarchs and cronies
Randy David
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 10 April 2022
22. Xi tells Duterte: China ready to bring ties with PH to ‘new levels’
Argyll Cyrus Geducos
Manila Bulletin, 9 April 2022
23. Beijing hopes Duterte’s successor will stay the course on South China Sea dealings
Raul Dancel
Straits Times, 9 April 2022
24. Searching for leadership in the Philippines’ pandemic response
Gideon Lasco, University of the Philippines and Vincen Gregory Yu, Ateneo de Manila University
East Asia Forum, 8 April 2022
25. Manila eyes broader ties with Indo-Pacific nations looking to counter Beijing
Radio Free Asia, 8 April 2022
Singapore
26. Singapore Chooses its Friends for a New Generation: Lee Hsien Loong’s Foreign Policy Legacy
Michael Barr
Australian Institute of International Affairs, 11 April 2022
27. Commentary: Why might pro-Russia disinformation about Ukraine war resonate in Singapore?
Darren Cheong, Research Associate, ISEAS
Channel News Asia, 11 April 2022
Thailand
28. An economic splash of cold water
Bangkok Post, 11 April 2022
29. Poll says Chadchart still streaks ahead
Bangkok Post, 11 April 2022
30. Redefining my Thai identity
Srisuda Rojsatien
New Mandala, 11 April 2022
31. When fake news curbs go too far
Bangkok Post, 10 April 2022
32. Let the race begin
Bangkok Post, 9 April 2022
Vietnam
33. Inflationary pressure grows
VietNamNet, 10 April 2022
34. FDI restructuring in the works to guarantee quality
VietNamNet, 10 April 2022
35. Foreigners flock to Vietnam after full tourism resumption
VietNamNet, 9 April 2022
36. Vietnam requests China to end militarisation in East Sea
VietNamNet, 8 April 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
37. Challenges for Asean
Nareerat Wiriyapong
Bangkok Post, 11 April 2022
38. Thinking outside the box on Southeast Asian maritime security
Collin Koh
Interpreter, 11 April 2022
39. The great mismatch in America’s courtship of South-east Asia
Charissa Yong
Straits Times, 11 April 2022
40. MRC Secretariat Chief calls for urgent action in first Mekong Day address
Khmer Times, 10 April 2022
41. Canadian FM Melanie Joly visits Indonesia, Vietnam to boost ties
Voice of Vietnam, 10 April 2022
42. S’pore needs to be clear-eyed about security threats; can Vietnam wean itself off Russian arms?
Grace Ho
Straits Times, 9 April 2022
43. Joint Statement of the 8th ASEAN Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting (AFMGM)
ASEAN Secretariat News, 8 April 2022
44. ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Statement on The Reported Killing of Civilians in Ukraine
ASEAN Secretariat News, 8 April 2022
45. Asean Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance: putting money where the mouth is
Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow, ISEAS
Eco-Business, 8 April 2022
Asia Pacific
46. Trying to unscramble Asia’s economic interdependence with China
Editorial Board, ANU
East Asia Forum, 11 April 2022
47. Takeaways for Asia from Russia’s war in Ukraine
Asad Latif
Straits Times, 11 April 2022
48. The high stakes Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
Joshua P Meltzer, Brookings
East Asia Forum, 9 April 2022
49. China-Australia relations: US exports ease the pain of China trade reduction, but not enough
Ralph Jennings
South China Morning Post, 9 April 2022
East / South China Sea
50. Philippines: Xi, Duterte agree to ‘positive engagements’ over South China Sea
Radio Free Asia, 8 April 2022
Others
G20
51. How Indonesia, as G20 host, can be a mediator between Russia and Ukraine
Mireille Marcia Karman
Jakarta Post, 10 April 2022
Global Economy
52. Is A Global Recession Coming?
John Power
ASEAN Post, 10 April 2022
53. More shock therapy for neoliberalism
Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics
Bangkok Post, 9 April 2022
Image credit: “Myanmar Yangon Thanlyn“, by Werner Bayer on Flickr.
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