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- No. 9 : Leo Suryadinata
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. Turning uncertainty into opportunity in Cambodia
Kanni Wignaraja and Alissar Chaker
Asia Times, 26 September 2022
2. Traditional markets are a pillar for Cambodia’s social cohesion
Southeast Asia Globe, 26 September 2022
Indonesia
3. Is Jokowi’s Nusantara the Chinese Dream?
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Yeta Purnama
Asia Sentinel, 27 September 2022
4. Indonesia Expects to Tap $300b Digital Economy by 2030
Jakarta Globe, 27 September 2022
5. Reading Mahsa Amini death from Indonesian perspective
Leiden, the Netherlands
Jakarta Post, 27 September 2022
6. Ganjar, Anies favorites of young voters as Prabowo loses out
Dio Suhenda
Jakarta Post, 26 September 2022
7. Survei CSIS: Anak Muda Merasa tak Bebas Kritik Pemerintah [CSIS survey: Young people feel they are not free to criticize the government]
[Link to the report “Survei Pemilih Muda dan Pemilu 2024: Dinamika dan Preferensi Sosial Politik Pascapandemi” (in Bahasa Indonesia)]
Republika, 26 September 2022
8. Jokowi Laments Lack of Agriculture Startups Amid Food Crisis
Tempo, 26 September 2022
9. Prabowo Subianto: Indonesia’s controversial presidential candidate
Leo Suryadinata
ThinkChina, 26 September 2022
Malaysia
10. Coalitions are better for Malaysia, says PKR’s Wong Chen
Samuel Chua
Free Malaysia Today, 27 September 2022
11. PAS firmly committed to PN, Muhyiddin reiterates
Ainin Wan Salleh
Free Malaysia Today, 27 September 2022
12. Scrap PSC on agencies under PM’s dept, says member
Free Malaysia Today, 27 September 2022
13. PSM owes supporters explanation for seeking to join PH
Free Malaysia Today, 27 September 2022
14. DAP, PSM leaders pour scorn on Wan Saiful’s attack on ‘leftist’ policies
Martin Vengadesan
Malaysiakini, 27 September 2022
15. Muhyiddin lambasts govt for slow action on NRC recommendations
Raevathi Supramaniam
Malaysian Insight, 27 September 2022
16. 马来人和华人的种族政治观 [Malay and Chinese racial politics]
戴子豪
Sinchew 星洲网, 27 September 2022
17. ‘PN leaders must make swift decision on Umno’
Benjamin Lee
Star, 27 September 2022
18. No easy battle ahead for Pejuang
Wong Chun Wai
Star, 27 September 2022
19. Bersih launches petition to separate AG, public prosecutor roles
Free Malaysia Today, 26 September 2022
20. Bersatu may withhold support for Budget 2023, says ex-minister
Free Malaysia Today, 26 September 2022
21. Left Far Behind: The Impact of COVID-19 on Access to Education and Healthcare for Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Children in Peninsular Malaysia
Diode Consultancy and Wan Ya Shin
Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs, 26 September 2022
22. Mengapa DUN Johor perlukan jawatankuasa pilihan khas kaji enakmen antilompat parti? [Why does the Johor DUN need a special select committee to study the anti-hopping amendment?]
Fakhrurrazi Rashid
Malaysian Insight, 26 September 2022
23. Set aside politicking, focus on stateless time bomb
Jamil A Ghani
Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, 23 September 2022
Myanmar
24. Time for US, EU to recognize Myanmar’s NUG
David Hutt
Asia Times, 26 September 2022
25. Opinion: Myanmar activists are attacking the wrong target
Rodion Ebbighausen
Deutsche Welle, 23 September 2022
Philippines
26. Marcos abroad: A whiff of normality
Segundo Eclar Romero
Inquirer, 27 September 2022
27. Marcos Jr.: The great rebranding?
Richard Heydarian
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 27 September 2022
28. IMF Staff Completes 2022 Article IV Mission to the Philippines
IMF News, 26 September 2022
Thailand
29. Chartpattana adds Kla to its ranks
Bangkok Post, 27 September 2022
30. Bangkok ‘congestion charge’ in pipeline as traffic study nears completion
The Nation, 27 September 2022
31. Pheu Thai says Roi Et win foretells ‘landslide victory’ in general election
Nation, 26 September 2022
Vietnam
32. Vietnam fights for foreign investors
John Walsh, Krirk University, Trung Quang Nguyen and Burkhard Schrage, RMIT Vietnam
East Asia Forum, 27 September 2022
33. Vietnam emerges as Asia’s growth leader as China slows
Francesca Regalado
Nikkei Asia, 27 September 2022
34. The Case for Vietnam’s UN Human Rights Council Seat
James Borton is a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Foreign Policy Institute
Geopolitical Monitor, 26 September 2022
35. Petrol and oil price stabilisation fund requires thorough appraisal
VietNamNet, 26 September 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
36. U.S.-ASEAN Relations at 45: A Discussion with Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General of ASEAN[Link to video]
CSIS, 26 September 2022
37. Indonesia at UN: ASEAN refuses to be a pawn in ‘a new Cold War’
Shailaja Neelakantan
Radio Free Asia, 26 September 2022
38. The world is making the Mekong its dump
Danny Marks
Eco-Business, 23 September 2022
39. ADB lowers developing Asia’s 2022 growth forecast to 4.3 pct
[Link to the DHL Trade Growth Atlas]
Bernama, 21 September 2022
Asia Pacific
40. More roadmaps, stakeholder support needed for Asia’s transition finance: study
Vivienne Tay
Business Times, 27 September 2022
41. Russia’s Energy Game in Asia
Francesco Sassi
Diplomat, 27 September 2022
42. Japanese Thinking toward the Indo-Pacific, 2017 – 2019
Gilbert Rozman
Asan Forum, 26 September 2022
43. 55th ADB Annual Meeting (2nd Stage): From Pandemic to Recovery – Ideas for Change in Asia and the Pacific [34-minute video]
Asian Development Bank, 26 September 2022
44. Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit and Later Developments: The Politics Analyzed
Sohail Mahmood, PhD
Modern Diplomacy, 26 September 2022
Belt & Road Initiative
45. West follows China’s lead with its own ‘Belt and Roads’
Jan Krikke
Asia Times, 26 September 2022
46. BRI project flaws can be addressed with digital tools
Daniel Russel and Blake Berger
Nikkei Asia, 26 September 2022
Climate Change/Environment
47. 55th ADB Annual Meeting (2nd Stage): Civil Society Perspectives on Just Transition and ADB’s New Energy Policy [1.5-hour video]
Asian Development Bank, 26 September 2022
48. Why climate-change ‘loss and damage’ will be a hot topic at COP27
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Eco-Business, 26 September 2022
Others
Global Economy
49. The Collateral Damage of a Long Economic War
Nicholas Mulder
Foreign Affairs, 26 September 2022
50. Europe’s Energy Crisis Is Destroying the Multipolar World
Jeff D. Colgan
Foreign Policy, 26 September 2022
Media, Technology & Society
51. Trafficking Data: China’s Pursuit of Digital Sovereignty : Insights from Aynne Kokas.
Mercy A. Kuo
Diplomat, 26 September 2022
52. Using Digital Democracy to Energize Thailand
Duggan Flanakin
Geopolitical Monitor, 26 September 2022
53. Web3 beyond the hype
Anutosh Banerjee, Robert Byrne, Ian De Bode, and Matt Higginson
McKinsey & Co., 26 September 2022
54. Clickbait extremism, mass shootings, and the assault on democracy – time for a rethink of social media?
Shirley Leitch
The Conversation, 26 September 2022
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