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- No. 7: Deasy Simandjuntak, Associate Fellow
- No. 9: Cassey Lee, Senior Fellow
- No. 22: Mohd Faizal Musa, Visiting Fellow
- No. 36: Ha Hoang Hop, Visiting 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
Indonesia
1. BI optimistic of 2023 digital finance growth
Antara, 7 December 2022
2. Indonesia’s new sex laws and what they could mean for tourism
Tiffany Wertheimer
BBC, 7 December 2022
3. Analysis: Rice stocks deplete, govt ministries split over plan to import rice
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 7 December 2022
4. Jokowi’s endorsement and his role as election power broker
Rendy Pahrun Wadipalapa
Jakarta Post, 7 December 2022
5. Panel ahli: KUHP baru terlalu privat, anti demokrasi, dan membuat masyarakat rentan dipenjara [Expert panel: The new Criminal Code is too private, anti-democratic, and makes people vulnerable to being jailed]
Conversation, 6 December 2022
6. Indonesia’s $20 Billion Energy Transition Partnership Takes Shape
James Guild
Diplomat, 6 December 2022
7. Indonesia to ban insults against president under new criminal code
Mercedes Ruehl
Financial Times, 6 December 2022
8. Jokowi’s Circle Says He’s Open to All Candidates, Ganjar Camp Disagrees
Heru Andriyanto
Jakarta Globe, 6 December 2022
9. Sex Outside Marriage to Be Banned in Indonesia
Koh Ewe
Vice, 6 December 2022
Laos
10. ‘Laos will not slide into default’, PM assures National Assembly
Vientiane Times, 7 December 2022
Malaysia
11. An overhaul of Malaysia’s pension system is long overdue
Tan Ai Leng
Business Times, 7 December 2022
12. Commentary: How will Anwar Ibrahim’s unity government revise Malaysia’s 2023 budget?
This commentary first appeared on the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute’s blog, Fulcrum.
Cassey Lee
Channel News Asia, 7 December 2022
13. Coalition pact can’t keep govt from falling, says analyst
Nicholas Chung
Free Malaysia Today, 7 December 2022
14. STAR quitting PN vital for its survival, says analyst
Tracy Bul
Free Malaysia Today, 7 December 2022
15. Anwar’s 5 big-ticket items to clean up Malaysia
K. Kabilan
Malaysian Insight, 7 December 2022
16. Pakatan, BN, GPS can become one grand coalition, say analysts
Alfian Z.M. Tahir
Malaysian Insight, 7 December 2022
17. Pakatan-BN partnership on shaky ground, say experts
Angie Tan
Malaysian Insight, 7 December 2022
18. Titah, retorik dan realpolitik [Decrees, rhetoric and realpolitik]
Hishamuddin Rais
Malaysian Insight, 7 December 2022
19. A timely, fresh opportunity for rubber industry reforms
Dr Ahmad Ibrahim is a professor at the Tan Sri Omar Centre for STI Policy, UCSI University
New Straits Times, 7 December 2022
20. Perikatan should learn from BN’s error in holding early election: analyst
Fitri Nizam
The Vibes, 7 December 2022
21. Cabaran Menteri Agama perkasa Mahkamah Syariah, Tabung Haji [The challenge to the minister of religious affairs in strengthening the Syariah court and Tabung Haji]
Dr Muhammad Hafiz Badarulzaman, Ketua Unit Penyelidikan Shariah dan Undang-Undang Perniagaan Islam (SHURA), Pusat Pengajian Undang-Undang, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)
Berita Harian (Malaysia), 6 December 2022
22. DAP accepts position of Islam, Malay rights enshrined in Constitution, says Zahid
Bernama, 6 December 2022
23. PAS and how it rose to become the party with the lion’s share of seats in Malaysia’s parliament
Alif Amsyar and Jalelah Abu Baker
Channel News Asia, 6 December 2022
24. Former Sungai Petani MP is Pakatan’s choice for speaker, say sources
Vasudevan Vamadevan
Malaysian Insight, 6 December 2022
25. Pilihan raya kerajaan tempatan, kenapa ada lebai enggan? [Why are some religious people reluctant to have local government elections?]
Mohd Faizal Musa atau Faisal Tehrani bertugas sebagai felo di Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu (UKM), Felo Pelawat di ISEAS-Yusuf Ishak dan Bersekutu untuk sebuah projek di bawah Weatherhead Center, Universiti Harvard.
Malaysian Insight, 6 December 2022
26. Malaysia’s 15ᵗʰ General Election: Malay-Muslim Voting Trends and the Rise of PAS
Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, Che Hamdan Che Mohd Razali
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 6 December 2022
27. Malaysia’s palm oil producers could lose US$4.6 billion because of worker shortages
Bloomberg
South China Morning Post, 6 December 2022
Myanmar
28. How Myanmar’s United Wa State Army Responded to COVID19
Yaolong Xian
Diplomat, 7 December 2022
29. New narrative: NUG claims it controls 60% of Myanmar
Khmer Times, 7 December 2022
30. Myanmar tourism — to go or not to go?
Jacob Payne
Nikkei Asia, 7 December 2022
31. Myanmar Junta and Pakistan Boost Military Ties
Irrawaddy, 6 December 2022
32. Russian Trade Delegation Signs Seven Agreements With Myanmar Junta
Irrawaddy, 6 December 2022
33. Is Myanmar junta’s new execution notice driven by ‘paranoia’ over soldiers’ deaths?
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 6 December 2022
Philippines
34. ‘Kadiwa sa Pasko’ outlets support gov’t efforts to control high inflation
Manila Bulletin, 7 December 2022
35. Chinese militia vessels coming closer to Palawan
Frances Mangosing
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 7 December 2022
36. Learning inflation’s lessons
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 7 December 2022
37. World Bank economist urges PH to address fundamental concerns
Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat
Manila Bulletin, 6 December 2022
38. Drop the Maharlika fund
Cielito F. Habito
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 6 December 2022
Thailand
39. Chadchart’s challenge
Bangkok Post, 7 December 2022
40. Policy-level corruption rife, anti-graft body says
Bangkok Post, 7 December 2022
41. Time to end Thailand’s generation war
Somkiat Tangkitvanich, president of the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI)
Bangkok Post, 7 December 2022
42. Thaksin-Linked Party Vows Higher Wages With Thai Polls Looming
Patpicha Tanakasempipat
Bloomberg, 6 December 2022
43. Thaksin’s daughter vows to make Thais richer, unveils 10 key policies
Nation, 6 December 2022
44. Thailand’s Prayut indicates 2023 election run for another term as PM
AFP
Straits Times, 6 December 2022
Vietnam
45. Embracing Vietnam’s Vision of Strategic Trust
Nguyen Khac Giang, Vietnam Center for Economic and Strategic Studies (VESS)
Asialink, 6 December 2022
46. Vietnam not veering closer to the US or China
Lye Liang Fook, Ha Hoang Hop
ThinkChina, 6 December 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
47. ASEAN Indo-Pacific Outlook under Indonesia’s Chairmanship: How Far Can It Go?
Aristyo Rizka Darmawan
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 6 December 2022
48. The Maritime Security Roles of Law Enforcement Agencies in Southeast Asia
Yann Le Goff
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 6 December 2022
49. Australia far more wary of China than SEA nations despite thawing relations
Susannah Patton
ThinkChina, 6 December 2022
Asia Pacific
50. Dearth of China tourists hindering Asia’s economic recovery
Robert Carnell
Business Times, 7 December 2022
51. What is the CPTPP trade deal and why is it problematic to some?
Aidila Razak
Malaysiakini, 7 December 2022
52. Taming China’s Tech Power: A Conversation With Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo
Foreign Affairs, 6 December 2022
53. Russia war sanctions should not deprive Asia of fertilizer
Kamran Bokhari
Nikkei Asia, 6 December 2022
Climate Change/Environment
54. COP15: UN warns of the cost of ‘humanity treating nature like a toilet’
Alice Hancock
Financial Times, 7 December 2022
55. COP27 outcome: some positive steps but overall failure to sufficiently protect humanity from the climate emergency
Amnesty International, 6 December 2022
Others
Global Economy
56. Factbox: How governments are trying to ease inflation pain
Reuters, 5 December 2022
Media, Technology & Society
57. An introduction to the Freedom Online Coalition
Rose Jackson, Leah Fiddler, and Jacqueline Malaret
Atlantic Council, 6 December 2022
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