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- No. 28: Aries Ayuson Arugay, Visiting Fellow
- No. 41: Norshahril Saat, Senior Fellow
- No. 50: William Choong, Senior Fellow and State of Southeast Asian Survey
- No. 51: Michael Schaper, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 53: Jayant Menon, Senior Fellow
- No. 55: Sharon Seah, 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
Cambodia
1. Cambodia’s commune campaign to test country’s electoral integrity
Radio Free Asia, 20 May 2022
Indonesia
2. Palm oil firms depriving tribes of millions of dollars
Muhammad Irham, Astudestra Ajengrastri and Aghnia Adzkia
BBC, 23 May 2022
3. PNG and Indonesia: Pursuing alternatives yet overlooking shared concerns
Hipolitus Wangge
Jakarta Post, 23 May 2022
4. Village SDGs data provide ease of determining the direction of village development
A report by Ivanovich Agusta/ Ministry of Villlages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
Jakarta Post, 23 May 2022
5. SMRC: Kebebasan Sipil di Indonesia Memburuk [SMRC: Civil Liberties in Indonesia Deteriorating]
Republika, 23 May 2022
6. Experts urge more support for poorest Indonesians amid growing inflation
Vincent Fabian Thomas
Jakarta Post, 22 May 2022
7. Jakartans trust the government more compared to people in South Sulawesi, and that influenced COVID-19 prevention compliance
Simon Reid, Alexandra Robbins-Hill, Ansariadi, Sheleigh Lawler
Conversation, 21 May 2022
8. Awakening Day: Indonesia in the mirror of Ukraine [Part 2]
[Link to Part 1]
Peter Carey
Jakarta Post, 21 May 2022
9. Fractured student movement losing power to effect change
Nur Janti
Jakarta Post, 21 May 2022
10. Ketakutan Singapura [Singapore’s fear]
ABDUL RAHMAN, Alumni Department of International and Strategic Studies University Malaya
Republika, 21 May 2022
11. Recriminations fly as Indonesia resumes palm oil exports
Bernadette Christina and Rajendra Jadhav
Reuters, 21 May 2022
12. Is Airlangga in trouble after defying Jokowi over palm oil exports?
Tenggara Strategics, 20 May 2022
Malaysia
13. JAKIM’s Undesirable Impact On Malaysian Politics And Society
Murray Hunter
Eurasia Review, 23 May 2022
14. Look East policy an overall failure
Ronald Benjamin
Free Malaysia Today, 23 May 2022
15. Tajuddin’s appointment as envoy an affront to democracy
K. Parkaran
Free Malaysia Today, 23 May 2022
16. Perlis Umno, BN ready to go solo without PAS
Malay Mail Online, 23 May 2022
17. Report: Language expert says Bahasa Malaysia cannot replace Bahasa Melayu
Zarrah Morden
Malay Mail Online, 23 May 2022
18. BN must offer Kelantan people solutions, says Umno leader
Mohd Farhan Darwis
Malaysian Insight, 23 May 2022
19. Cooperation but no alliance with Amanah NGO in Kelantan, says Umno leader
Diyana Ibrahim
Malaysian Insight, 23 May 2022
20. Save Kelantan to serve as wake-up call for state govt
Diyana Ibrahim
Malaysian Insight, 23 May 2022
21. PM Ismail Sabri keen to make Bahasa Melayu Asean’s lingua franca
Malay Mail Online, 22 May 2022
22. World has lost confidence in Malaysia’s economy, says Anwar
Raevathi Supramaniam
Malaysian Insight, 22 May 2022
23. All set in stone?
Is it fait accompli that Umno polls will be held within six months after the 15th general election? It is if you talk to most Umno leaders and members, including Team Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is party president. They think that the decision during Umno’s extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on May 15 had tightened the pressure on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to call for GE15 sooner than later.
Philip Golingai
Star, 22 May 2022
24. Glitches, low turnout mar Malaysia party PKR’s polls
Nadirah H. Rodzi
Straits Times, 22 May 2022
25. Sikap ego, sombong pemimpin rugikan parti Melayu, Islam [Egotist, arrogant leaders harm Malay parties and Islam]
Zatul Iffah Zolkiply
Berita Harian (Malaysia), 21 May 2022
26. Johor UMNO targeting to win 20 parliamentary seats in GE15
Bernama, 21 May 2022
27. My Say: Why is China roaring through the middle-income level and Malaysia trapped in it?
Huzaime Hamid
Edge Markets, 21 May 2022
28. Will history be rewritten in Malaysia too?
Khairul Syakirin Zulkifli is research analyst at Institut Masa Depan Malaysia
New Straits Times, 21 May 2022
29. Is PM still tempted to go full term?
Joceline Tan
Star, 21 May 2022
30. Malaysia entering serious food security conundrum
Rais Hussin is CEO and president of Emir Research
Malaysian Insight, 20 May 2022
31. What has happened to the National Anti-Corruption Plan 2019-2023?
Press statement by Center to Combat Corruption & Cronyism.
Malaysian Insight, 20 May 2022
Myanmar
32. Malaysia ‘violated anti-terrorism agreements’ by meeting with NUG representatives: SAC Spokesperson
Eleven Myanmar, 20 May 2022
33. A flood of need overwhelms humanitarian response in conflict-affected areas
Frontier Myanmar, 20 May 2022
Philippines
34. Rejecting the past, Marcos Jr. must uphold free speech
LISA GARCIA AND KIAN VESTEINSSON
Southeast Asia Globe, 23 May 2022
35. Philippines-China Relations Under A BBM Presidency
Anna Malindog-Uy
ASEAN Post, 22 May 2022
36. Rural Philippines, Long Neglected, Newly Appealing in Covid Times
Sammy Westfall
New York Times, 22 May 2022
37. Philippine election: US lost the plot, China misread ‘mahal kita’
Phar Kim Beng
Jakarta Post, 21 May 2022
38. How far will Bongbong Marcos tilt the Philippines towards China?
David Engel
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 20 May 2022
39. Philippine Election Marred by Violence, Vote-Buying: Monitoring Mission
[Link to 31-page PDF report: Interim Report of the Philippine Election 2022 International Observers Mission]
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 20 May 2022
40. WHY THE SON OF A HATED DICTATOR WON THE PHILIPPINE ELECTIONS
Walden Bello
Foreign Policy in Focus, 18 May 2022
Singapore
41. Singapore far from Islamophobic in barring entry of Indonesian preacher
[This is an edited version of an article first published in Fulcrum, the institute’s commentary and news analysis website.]
Norshahril Saat
Straits Times, 23 May 2022
Thailand
42. Digital transformation sticks in new era
[Link to Thailand Digital Transformation Survey Report 2022]
Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk
Bangkok Post, 23 May 2022
43. Political polarisation ‘starting to ease’
Nattaya Chetchotiros & Mongkol Bangprapa
Bangkok Post, 23 May 2022
44. Bangkok gives Chadchart record-breaking mandate with over 1.3m votes
Nation, 23 May 2022
45. Judicial precedent ‘needed’ to prevent coups
Bangkok Post, 22 May 2022
46. Chadchart Sittipunt: Bangkok’s new governor a ‘man of the people’
Nation, 22 May 2022
47. Thailand ready to boost trade with Russia to $10 billion: Jurin
Nation, 22 May 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
48. Normalizing Myanmar junta: Has ASEAN self-destructed?
Lina Alexandra is head of Department of International Relations, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta.
Jakarta Post, 23 May 2022
49. Policy reform needed to exploit ASEAN e-commerce deal
Thomas Dewaranu is a policy researcher and lawyer at Hendry Marpaung & Partners.
Jakarta Post, 23 May 2022
50. China, US in a race for Asean: Who will come out on top?
DANSON CHEONG and CHARISSA YONG
Straits Times, 23 May 2022
51. Commentary: Southeast Asia still wants to pay with cash, even post-pandemic
[This commentary first appeared on ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute’s blog The Fulcrum.]
Michael Schaper
Channel News Asia, 22 May 2022
52. SE Asia seen growing way out of gloom
Prime Sarmiento
China Daily, 21 May 2022
53. China’s economic slowdown casts shadow over Southeast Asia as US steps up engagement
Kandy Wong
South China Morning Post, 21 May 2022
54. Why an ordinary US-Asean summit is special
Patrick M. Cronin is Asia-Pacific Security Chair at the Hudson Institute in Washington.
Straits Times, 21 May 2022
55. After Historic Summit, How Far Can U.S.-ASEAN Ties Go From Here?
Aun Chhengpor
VOA Cambodia, 21 May 2022
Asia Pacific
56. 13 countries to join new Asia-Pacific trade framework: Biden
Channel News Asia, 23 May 2022
57. What’s in Biden’s proposed new Asia trade pact?
Channel News Asia, 23 May 2022
58. Asia’s ambivalence towards sanctioning Russia
Susan Thornton, Yale University
East Asia Forum, 22 May 2022
59. The Ukraine war threatens Asia’s regional architecture
Nick Bisley, La Trobe University
East Asia Forum, 21 May 2022
60. US-China tensions threaten Asia’s peace
Charissa Yong
Straits Times, 21 May 2022
61. APEC’s Slower Growth, Rising Inflation Pose Risk
APEC, 20 May 2022
62. Joe Biden waters down Indo-Pacific Economic Framework to win more support
Demetri Sevastopulo and Kana Inagaki
Financial Times, 20 May 2022
63. The Lose-Lose Tech War
KISHORE MAHBUBANI, TONY CHAN
Project Syndicate, 20 May 2022
East/South China Sea
64. The seemingly never-ending quest for a South China Sea Code of Conduct
Charissa Yong
Straits Times, 23 May 2022
65. Differences within Asean and Quad could sink US Indo-Pacific agenda
C. Uday Bhaskar
South China Morning Post, 21 May 2022
Climate Change/Environment
66. Could the future of Singapore’s power be nuclear or geothermal?
Vanessa Lim
Channel News Asia, 22 May 2022
67. Is Our Food System About To Collapse?
George Monbiot
ASEAN Post, 21 May 2022
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