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- No. 8: Made Supriatma, Visiting Fellow
- No. 18: Serina Rahman, Visiting Fellow
- No. 33: James Chai, Visiting Fellow
- No. 46: Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy, Lead Researcher
- No. 53: Ian Storey, Senior Fellow
- No. 61: Le Hong Hiep, 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. Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha’s Divorce of Necessity in Cambodia
David Hutt
Diplomat, 20 June 2022
2. Cambodia’s Challenge of Non-Alignment
Cambodianess, 18 June 2022
3. Cambodia’s Hun Sen Prepped to Extend His Rule
Luke Hunt
VOA Cambodia, 17 June 2022
4. Not part of IPEF – Would that be so bad?
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
Khmer Times, 16 June 2022
Indonesia
5. How Jokowi uses deputy ministers to strengthen his grip on power
Dio Suhenda
Jakarta Post, 20 June 2022
6. Jokowi’s subsidy reform: One step backward to buffer consumers
Winarno Zain
Jakarta Post, 20 June 2022
7. Jokowi says rising food prices are dangerous and puts developing nations like Indonesia at risk
Ravi Buddhavarapu
CNBC, 19 June 2022
8. Will Indonesia’s Jokowi start his own political party to cement his legacy?
Johannes Nugroho
South China Morning Post, 19 June 2022
9. Business as usual for PNG–Indonesia relations
Hipolitus Wangge, ANU
East Asia Forum, 18 June 2022
10. NasDem names Anies, Andika, Ganjar key nominees for 2024 presidential race
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 18 June 2022
11. Jokowi Penentu Pemimpin 2024 [Jokowi Determines Leaders for 2024]
Endang Tirtana, Peneliti Senior Maarif Institute Jakarta
Republika, 18 June 2022
12. Didominasi Arab Saudi, Indonesia perlu usulkan pembentukan lembaga internasional agar penyelenggaraan haji adil dan menguntungkan umat [Dominated by Saudi Arabia, Indonesia needs to propose the establishment of an international institution so that the implementation of Hajj is fair and benefits the people]
Setyo Hari Priyono, Planner, National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS)
Conversation, 17 June 2022
13. Run-up to Indonesia’s 2024 Elections – Jokowi’s Latest Reshuffle: Stabilising the Ruling Coalition?
Alexander Raymond Arifianto
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 16 June 2022
Laos
14. Low wages and soaring inflation push Laotians to Thailand
Radio Free Asia, 19 June 2022
Malaysia
15. Johor gets more federal funds than Selangor, says economist
Dineskumar Ragu
Free Malaysia Today, 20 June 2022
16. Recruit more Bumi members to wrest Sibu seat in GE15, SUPP branch told
Malay Mail Online, 20 June 2022
17. 公正党党选与分裂投票 [PKR election and split votes]
冯振豪
Sinchew 星洲网, 20 June 2022
18. ‘Tunnel not answer to JB’s flood problem’
Zazali Musa
Star, 20 June 2022
19. BN reiterates stand to allow Friends of BN to contest in GE15
Bernama, 19 June 2022
20. Stay alert for elections within a year, says Ismail
Bernama
Free Malaysia Today, 19 June 2022
21. 依斯迈沙比里”拖”字诀奏效? [Is Ismail Sabri’s “delay” formula working?]
范晓琪
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 19 June 2022
22. PAS rejects big tent in favour of Malay-Muslim unity
Malaysiakini, 19 June 2022
23. Undi Melayu tetap jadi penentu PRU15 [The Malay vote remains the determinant of GE15]
Nizam Mahshar pernah memimpin beberapa badan strategik dan pemikir dan arkitek kepada Wawasan Kemakmuran Bersama (WKB 2030). Beliau pernah menjadi ahli Majlis Tindakan Ekonomi Negara, memimpin Majlis Tindakan Ekonomi Melayu dan beberapa gerakan rakyat dal
Malaysian Insight, 19 June 2022
24. 柔佛苏丹意在沛公? [Johor Sultan’s veiled references?]
刘惟诚
Sinchew 星洲网, 19 June 2022
25. Malaysia wants to fight inflation with GST. Will it cost Ismail Sabri at the polls?
Joseph Sipalan
South China Morning Post, 19 June 2022
26. Seal of approval
Wong Chun Wai
Star, 19 June 2022
27. Minimum age for Assemblymen: Johor has right to decide – Wan Junaidi
Bernama, 18 June 2022
28. Gerakan eyes 35 parliamentary, 62 state seats
Free Malaysia Today, 18 June 2022
29. Sarawak in talks to supply Singapore with electricity
Free Malaysia Today, 18 June 2022
30. Muka-muka muda Melayu DAP menuju PRU15 [DAP’s young Malay faces heading for GE15]
Izmil Amri
Malaysian Insight, 18 June 2022
31. Doubts over Malaysia’s proposed ID system for foreign workers amid labour shortage
Ram Anand
Straits Times, 17 June 2022
32. Interview with Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz on Malaysia’s 5G roll-out
Shannon Teoh
Straits Times, 17 June 2022
33. Why Urban Voters Have Less Democratic Rights
[29-minute podcast]
James Chai, Visiting Fellow, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
BFM, 16 June 2022
Myanmar
34. Myanmar’s wicked tragedy
Graeme Dobell
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 20 June 2022
35. Washington’s Rohingya genocide declaration is symbolic but meaningful
David Simon, Yale University
East Asia Forum, 18 June 2022
36. Rigging the system: the junta’s PR makeover
Andrew Nachemson
Frontier Myanmar, 17 June 2022
Philippines
37. Duterte’s daughter Sara sworn in early as vice-president of Philippines in show of independence
South China Morning Post, 19 June 2022
38. Marcos names man who plotted father’s ouster 36 years ago his legal counsel
Raul Dancel
Straits Times, 17 June 2022
39. New Marcos Administration Wants ‘Red-Tagging’ to Stop
Anthony Esguerra
VOA Cambodia, 17 June 2022
Thailand
40. Progressive firebrand set to hear lese majeste charge
Bangkok Post, 20 June 2022
41. Land windfall tax law to be resurrected
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Bangkok Post, 20 June 2022
42. Censure debate just a bargaining tool
Chairith Yonpiam
Bangkok Post, 18 June 2022
43. Paetongtarn Shinawatra greeted as ‘next PM’ by crowds in Northeast
Nation, 18 June 2022
44. Washington Worries China Is Winning Over Thailand
Jack Detsch
Foreign Policy, 17 June 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
45. Future proofing Asean’s 2030 digital supply chain
Soon Ghee Chua, Chui Lee
Business Times, 20 June 2022
46. Inflation: The Threat to ASEAN Economic Recovery in 2022 and Beyond
Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy is Lead Researcher, ASEAN Studies Centre, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore.
Diplomat, 20 June 2022
47. Think regional, act local – the better US approach to South-east Asia
Paul Haenle, director of Carnegie China, a visiting fellow at the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore, and the Asia-Pacific chairman of Teneo, a global CEO Advisory.
Straits Times, 20 June 2022
48. Can India Help ASEAN Escape Superpower Rivalry?
Mohamed Zeeshan
Diplomat, 19 June 2022
49. Towards an Asian digital trade zone
Anupam Chander, Georgetown University
East Asia Forum, 19 June 2022
50. My Say: Asean must play its cards right amid competition
Thomas Daniel
Edge Markets, 18 June 2022
51. What does ASEAN want from Washington?
Julio S Amador III and Lisa Marie Palma, FACTS Asia Inc
East Asia Forum, 17 June 2022
52. Justice for Myanmar: Vietnamese telco helps junta track deserters
Radio Free Asia, 17 June 2022
Asia Pacific
53. Weapons Failures Could Disarm Russian Arms Diplomacy
Clara Ferreira Marques
Bloomberg, 20 June 2022
54. Commentary: The US ‘pivot to Asia’ is back, but will it be enough?
Trisha Craig is Vice President (Engagement) and Senior Lecturer of Social Sciences (Global Affairs) at Yale-NUS College.
Channel News Asia, 20 June 2022
55. US lawmakers push for more money to counter China in Indo-Pacific
Demetri Sevastopulo
Financial Times, 19 June 2022
56. Covid-19 credit crunch: Households and small businesses in Asia struggle to get loans
Jeffrey Hutton
Straits Times, 18 June 2022
57. Brewing for democracy: digital activism & the #MilkTeaAlliance
Maggie Shum
New Mandala, 17 June 2022
East/South China Sea
58. Baker’s Dozen: Competition or Cooperation? Fishing in the South China Sea
[32-minute podcast]
Stratfor Worldview, 10 June 2022
Climate Change/Environment
59. Planetary Health: Reflections from Asia
[10-page PDF document]
Margareth Sembiring
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 20 June 2022
60. Hot and bothered: Climate challenges for Asean tourism
[This is an edited version of an article first published in Fulcrum, the commentary and analysis website of ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute]
Dr Nguyen Thu Giang is a lecturer
Straits Times, 20 June 2022
61. She Spoke Out Against Vietnam’s Plans for Coal. Then She Was Arrested.
Sui-Lee Wee
New York Times, 17 June 2022
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