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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. 25: Phan Xuan Dung, Research Officer
- No. 27: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 32: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 36: Maria Monica Wihardja, Visiting 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. Only “Instant Noodle” Unions Survive: Union Busting in Cambodia’s Garment and Tourism Sectors
Human Rights Watch, 21 November 2022
Indonesia
2. Gov’t Provides Subsidies to Keep Electric Bus Fares Cheap
Jakarta Globe, 22 November 2022
3. Indonesia Hampir Buntung dengan Adanya Perjanjian DCA dan FIR dengan Singapura’ [‘Indonesia Almost Disadvantaged With the DCA and FIR Agreements with Singapore’]
Nawir Arsyad Akbar
Republika, 22 November 2022
4. Indonesia, Chile add services deal to trade agreement
Fadhil Haidar Sulaeman
Jakarta Post, 21 November 2022
5. Time for Indonesia to forget European palm oil market
Edi Suhardi
Jakarta Post, 21 November 2022
6. Muhammadiyah Wajib Menjadi Booster dan Gatekeeper Ancaman Polarisasi [Muhammadiyah Must Be a Booster and Gatekeeper of Polarization Threats]
Verdy Firmantoro, Kandidat Doktor Ilmu Komunikasi FISIP Universitas Indonesia; Dosen FISIP UHAMKA; dan Analisis Komunikasi Politik Indopol
Republika, 21 November 2022
7. Peringatan dari Jokowi Jelang Pemilu: Jangan Politisasi Agama [Warning from Jokowi Ahead of the Election: Don’t Politicize Religion]
Dalam pidatonya itu, Jokowi berkali-kali menyerukan untuk tidak memanfaatkan isu agama dalam kontestasi politik. Bangsa Indonesia, kata Jokowi, pernah merasakan dampak buruk dari politisasi agama, maupun politisasi suku, ras atau golongan. Oleh karena itu
Republika, 21 November 2022
8. Indonesia ‘good friends’ with US and China, can play role in reducing tensions: defence minister
Resty Woro Yuniar
South China Morning Post, 21 November 2022
9. The World’s Best-Kept Financial Inclusion Secret Revealed: The Untold Success Story of BRI Microbanking Since 1895
[Link to 30-page PDF paper]
Jay Rosengard
Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 18 November 2022
10. House creates yet another province in Papua
Nur Janti
Jakarta Post, 18 November 2022
Laos
11. Reform essential to restore economic stability in Laos
Vientiane Times, 22 November 2022
Malaysia
12. No MP has obtained a simple majority support to be appointed the 10th PM – Istana Negara
Bernama, 22 November 2022
13. The Sense and Sensibility of Malaysia’s Approach to its Maritime Boundary Disputes
Emirza Adi Syailendra
Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, 21 November 2022
14. Kelompok elit, bangsawan Melayu lumpuhkan bangsa sendiri [Elite group, Malay nobility paralyzing their own nation]
Haliza Mohamad
Berita Harian (Malaysia), 21 November 2022
Myanmar
15. To Remain Relevant, ASEAN Must Not Fall for Myanmar Junta’s Ploy
Khin Oo
Irrawaddy, 21 November 2022
16. Myanmar citizens blame uptick in crime on military’s regime’s prisoner amnesties
Radio Free Asia, 21 November 2022
Philippines
17. UN special rapporteur on EJKs to visit PH on government’s invitation
Tina G. Santos
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 22 November 2022
Thailand
18. Apec ends, MPs sharpen knives
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 22 November 2022
19. Senate to study referendum
AEKARACH SATTABURUTH
Bangkok Post, 22 November 2022
20. Voranai joins Chartpattanakla Party
AEKARACH SATTABURUTH
Bangkok Post, 22 November 2022
21. Jurin cranks open southern border gates as Malay tourists, trade surge
Nation, 21 November 2022
22. Thailand’s economy maintains growth momentum, GDP expands 4.5% in Q3
Nation, 21 November 2022
Vietnam
23. Vietnam tops tech growth market index
William Langley
Financial Times, 22 November 2022
24. Vietnam, China agree to boost defense cooperation
Voice of Vietnam, 22 November 2022
25. Agent Orange in Vietnam: lingering pain and injustice
Phan Xuan Dung
New Mandala, 21 November 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
26. Our signature ASEAN push – good strategy, but difficult
Anthony Milner, Ron Huisken
Asialink, 22 November 2022
27. Australia’s push for closer ties with ASEAN is good strategy but complicated
Anthony Milner and Ron Huisken
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 22 November 2022
28. Why Southeast Asia is desperate for a US-China detente
Richard Heydarian
South China Morning Post, 22 November 2022
29. Cambodia Blacklists Myanmar From an ASEAN Meeting
Jack Detsch
Foreign Policy, 21 November 2022
30. Strengthen Asean’s human rights protections
Volker Türk
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21 November 2022
31. The Quad and HADR Operations: Prospects for Cooperation with Southeast Asia
Christopher Chen
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 21 November 2022
Asia Pacific
32. 拜登缺席APEC会议，美国对东盟为何忽冷忽热？[Biden is absent from the APEC meeting. Why does the United States become up and down towards ASEAN?]
张杰 陈子帅 伊文
Huanqiu 环球网, 22 November 2022
33. Xi Jinping and the Paradox of Power: What Mao’s Failures Reveal About Centralizing Control
Minxin Pei
Foreign Affairs, 21 November 2022
Climate Change/Environment
34. Facilitating sustainable finance: An interview with Rachel Teo
McKinsey & Co., 21 November 2022
35. Global carbon emissions at record levels with no signs of shrinking, new data shows. Humanity has a monumental task ahead
Pep Canadell, Chief Research Scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO, et al
Conversation, 11 November 2022
Others
G20 Summit
36. Defending multilateralism as Indonesia passes the G20 baton
Maria Monica Wihardja, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and Kiki Verico, LPEM FEB University of Indonesia.
East Asia Forum, 21 November 2022
Media, Technology & Society
37. Commentary: What the world would lose with the demise of Twitter
Anjana Susarla
Channel News Asia, 22 November 2022
38. Care and protect?: Apparent govt health app breach raises deeper data concerns
Nur Janti
Jakarta Post, 22 November 2022
39. Racially-motivated videos on TikTok targeting children – PH leaders, parents want it stopped
New Straits Times, 22 November 2022
40. Hope mass media communicate positive aspects of elections: KPU
Antara, 21 November 2022
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