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- No. 30: Norshahril Saat, Senior Fellow
- No. 44: Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow
- No. 45: Melinda Martinus, Lead Researcher
- No. 49: Joseph Chinyong Liow, member of the Board of Trustees
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. U.S. Looks to Check Chinese Advances at Cambodian Naval Base
Jack Detsch
Foreign Policy, 5 December 2022
Indonesia
2. Indonesia, EAEU open free trade negotiations
Antara, 6 December 2022
3. House to pass KUHP bill despite protests
Nur Janti
Jakarta Post, 6 December 2022
4. Indonesian parliament passes legislation to outlaw extra-marital sex
Star, 6 December 2022
5. Jokowi steps up opposition to Puan’s presidential ambitions
Kornelius Purba
Jakarta Post, 5 December 2022
6. Asean chair Indonesia must be firm in dealing with Myanmar crisis: Analysts
Arlina Arshad
Straits Times, 5 December 2022
Laos
7. A year on, Laotians say high-speed rail link with China has brought them few benefits
Radio Free Asia, 5 December 2022
Malaysia
8. Muhyiddin exit seen as step towards BN-PN ‘marriage’
Ainin Wan Salleh
Free Malaysia Today, 6 December 2022
9. Only 35% of working Bumiputeras in 2021 had higher education
Free Malaysia Today, 6 December 2022
10. ECRL to proceed with no other amendments, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke
Soo Wern Jun
Malay Mail Online, 6 December 2022
11. Rafizi: Pakatan, BN, GPS and GRS will sign coalition agreement to ensure stable govt for full term
Opalyn Mok
Malay Mail Online, 6 December 2022
12. Anwar’s ‘housekeeping list’ since becoming PM
Shuman Vasu
Malaysiakini, 6 December 2022
13. COMMENT | CPTPP may affect nation’s sovereignty and policies
Gabungan Kedaulatan Negara
Malaysiakini, 6 December 2022
14. COMMENT | Making Hadi opposition leader ought to stem the bilge
Terence Netto
Malaysiakini, 6 December 2022
15. MCA, MIC becoming irrelevant, analysts say
Alfian Z.M. Tahir
Malaysian Insight, 6 December 2022
16. RinggitPlus survey reveals ‘painful truths’ of financial situation of Malaysians
Bernama
New Straits Times, 6 December 2022
17. Anwar faces fight to pull Malaysia out of middle-income trap
Takashi Nakano
Nikkei Asia, 6 December 2022
18. 选后的东马政局 [The post-elections political situation in East Malaysia]
杨启贤
Sinchew 星洲网, 6 December 2022
19. Malaysia PM Anwar tells Muhyiddin ‘don’t challenge me’, as he audits predecessor’s billion-ringgit projects
Bloomberg
South China Morning Post, 6 December 2022
20. ‘Review MM2H conditions to reduce overhang’
Venesa Devi
Star, 6 December 2022
21. Bersih issues preliminary report on GE15
Star, 6 December 2022
22. Shifting focus to state polls
Tan Sin Chow
Star, 6 December 2022
23. Malaysia PM Anwar halts $2b flood projects in widened dragnet, hints Treasury chief will be replaced
Shannon Teoh, Malaysia Bureau Chief
Straits Times, 6 December 2022
24. 2022 UMNO assembly postponed to January
Bernama, 5 December 2022
25. Defend and maintain Unity Govt to make Malaysia great – Ahmad Zahid
Bernama, 5 December 2022
26. Malaysia’s cabinet ministers agree to 20% pay cut: Anwar
Tan Ai Leng
Business Times, 5 December 2022
27. Was the Reformasi movement a mere engine for regime change?
Kua Kia Soong
Malaysian Insight, 5 December 2022
28. STAR to leave PN, says Jeffrey Kitingan
New Straits Times, 5 December 2022
29. Transforming universities as the primary agents for nation rebuilding
Prof Dr. Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi
Sinchew 星洲网, 5 December 2022
30. Malaysia’s PM Anwar Ibrahim must tread carefully to heal nation divided by race, inequality
Norshahril Saat
South China Morning Post, 5 December 2022
31. Hopes on Anwar-Rafizi team to pull Malaysia out of economic doldrums
Zunaira Saieed
Straits Times, 5 December 2022
Myanmar
32. News from the Front: Observations from Myanmar’s Revolutionary Forces
Michael Martin, Adjunct Fellow (Non-resident), Southeast Asia Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 5 December 2022
Philippines
33. The US may force the Philippines’ (willing) hand
Michael Beltran
Interpreter, 6 December 2022
34. Filipinos slam Marcos’ sovereign fund idea amid fears it could end up like Malaysia’s 1MDB
Raissa Robles
South China Morning Post, 6 December 2022
Thailand
35. Mingkwan set for unveiling at PPRP
Bangkok Post, 6 December 2022
36. New party in the spotlight
Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post, 6 December 2022
37. Will Thailand Ever Repeal Its Archaic Lese Majeste Law?
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 6 December 2022
Vietnam
38. Vietnam in the South Pacific: Dynamics for Strategic Cooperation
Nguyen Minh Quang and James Borton
Diplomat, 5 December 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
39. Indonesia-Singapore Extradition Treaty One Step Away from Ratification
Yustinus Paat & Heru Andriyanto
Jakarta Globe, 6 December 2022
40. ASEAN launches plan to promote women’s security in South-East Asia
Khmer Times, 6 December 2022
41. It’s a no go: ASEAN Special Envoy Sokhonn can’t make third visit to Myanmar
Khmer Times, 6 December 2022
42. China’s Envision sees next ‘net-zero industrial parks’ in ASEAN
Erwida Maulia
Nikkei Asia, 6 December 2022
43. South Korea’s Yoon draws closer to ASEAN, keeping distance from China
Yosuke Onchi, Nikkei Seoul bureau chief
Nikkei Asia, 6 December 2022
44. Keketuaan Indonesia Pikul Harapan Tinggi Jadikan ASEAN Lebih Baik [Indonesia’s chairmanship bears high hopes of making ASEAN better]
Marcheilla Ariesta
medcom.id, 5 December 2022
45. 东南亚疫后新趋势 边旅游边环保减少碳足迹 [The new post-pandemic trend in Southeast Asia: environmental protection and reduction of carbon footprint while traveling]
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 4 December 2022
46. Navigating Uncharted Waters: Security Cooperation between ROK and ASEAN
[240-page pdf volume]
Editors: Andrew W. Mantong and Waffaa Kharisma
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (Indonesia), 1 November 2022
Asia Pacific
47. G20-2023: What is India’s agenda?
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Bangkok Post, 6 December 2022
48. Japan seeks to cut copyright red tape for old, untraceable works
Yusuke Motegi
Nikkei Asia, 6 December 2022
49. Pearl Harbour – its legacy and questions about American global power
Joseph Chinyong Liow
Straits Times, 6 December 2022
50. America’s Great-Power Challenge: Managing Russia’s Decline and China’s Rise
Thomas F. Lynch III
Foreign Policy Research Institute, 5 December 2022
51. China and India Jostle in the Indian Ocean
Harsh V. Pant, Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy
Observer Research Foundation, 5 December 2022
Climate Change/Environment
52. Ministers renew commitments to boost climate cooperation
[Link to the report “Protecting our planet through regional cooperation and solidarity in Asia and the Pacific“]
Adur Pradeep
Khmer Times, 6 December 2022
53. Bursa Malaysia to launch carbon exchange on Dec 9
Janice Lim
Business Times, 5 December 2022
54. Reinventing food supply chains for a growing world
Anil K Sharma
Eco-Business, 5 December 2022
55. The greenwashing scam behind COP27’s flop
Foreign Policy in Focus, 5 December 2022
Others
56. Doxxing and deficiencies in Indonesia’s cybersecurity framework
Dr Greta Nabbs-Keller, UQ and Dr Wibawanto Widodo, DIP
East Asia Forum, 5 December 2022
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