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- No. 1: A’an Suryana, Visiting Fellow
- No. 4: Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 12: Norshahril Saat, Senior Fellow
- No. 50: Bich Tran, Visiting Fellow
- No. 51: Ian Storey, Senior Fellow
- No. 60: 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
Indonesia
1. Indonesia’s morality laws threaten re-emergence of ‘overlooked giant’
Mercedes Ruehl
Financial Times, 12 December 2022
2. Analysis: How powerful is Jokowi in deciding the 2024 outcome?
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 12 December 2022
3. Tough call on rice
Editorial board
Jakarta Post, 12 December 2022
4. 二十国集团峰会后的印中关系 [Indonesia-China relations after the G20 summit]
廖建裕
联合早报, 12 December 2022
5. The future of Indonesia’s digital-tax regime after G20 Summit
Muhammad Ichwanuddin
Jakarta Post, 11 December 2022
6. Religious Affairs Ministry to hold Indonesia Halal Festival
Antara, 10 December 2022
7. Ganjar Says New Capital City Creation Must be Completed
Heru Andriyanto
Jakarta Globe, 10 December 2022
8. Recidivism in Indonesia: Peering Through the lens of Desistance from Terrorism
Dr. Ardi Putra Prasetya
Stratsea, 10 December 2022
9. Meet Erick Thohir, One of President’s Most Trusted Aides
Heru Andriyanto
Jakarta Globe, 9 December 2022
10. Indonesia’s new criminal code turns representatives into rulers
Sana Jaffrey & Eve Warburton
New Mandala, 9 December 2022
11. A Women-Led Movement in Indonesia Says Interpreting Islam Isn’t Just for Men
Amy Gunia
Time, 9 December 2022
12. 印尼禁婚前性行為、侮辱總統 「最開放穆斯林國」的政治角力 [Indonesia ban on premarital sex an affront to the president’s political claim of “most liberal Muslim country”]
香港01, 9 December 2022
Malaysia
13. Third vote to give Chinese political control? Proponents tell facts from myth
Syed Jaymal Zahiid
Malay Mail Online, 12 December 2022
14. Anwar must counter Perikatan rhetoric or risk Sheraton Move 2, warn analysts
Angie Tan
Malaysian Insight, 12 December 2022
15. Will ex-Bersatu members get to keep their seats?
Alfian Z.M. Tahir
Malaysian Insight, 12 December 2022
16. Pulverising of PH in Malay belt is alarming, says analyst
K. Parkaran
Free Malaysia Today, 11 December 2022
17. Ronald Kiandee is new Sabah Bersatu ‘chief’
Free Malaysia Today, 11 December 2022
18. Anwar Ibrahim: Jebat yang kembali dijulang Umno [Anwar Ibrahim: Jebat re-elevated by Umno]
Mohd Azizi Jaeh
Malaysian Insight, 11 December 2022
19. Human rights policymaking under a unity govt
Tashny Sukumaran
Malaysian Insight, 11 December 2022
20. Malaysia’s ‘middle power’ ambition faces rivals in own backyard
Takashi Nakano
Nikkei Asia, 11 December 2022
21. Muftis and sermon writers must save Malaysia
Prof Dr. Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi
Sinchew 星洲网, 11 December 2022
22. Penang PH identifies 7 ‘danger’ seats based on GE15 voting pattern
Free Malaysia Today, 10 December 2022
23. Anwar was asked to exclude Sarawak DAP from cabinet, says chapter chief
Malaysian Insight, 10 December 2022
24. Anwar’s cabinet likely to last the term, say analysts
Alfian Z.M. Tahir
Malaysian Insight, 10 December 2022
25. 大选史无前例重挫 巫统需要至少3年东山再起 [Umno needs at least 3 years to make a comeback after unprecedented defeat]
Malaysian Insight, 10 December 2022
26. Sabah Bersatu leaders quitting party shows trend towards local parties’ dominance: Analyst
Olivia Miwil
New Straits Times, 10 December 2022
27. 伊党势力急速扩张 [The rapid expansion of PAS’ power and influence]
郑名烈
Sinchew 星洲网, 10 December 2022
28. Making sense of a Malay dominant Opposition
Joceline Tan
Star, 10 December 2022
29. Malaysia’s PM Anwar names 27 deputy ministers to complete his leadership team
Straits Times, 10 December 2022
30. To be 18 and green
Mariam Mokhtar
Malaysiakini, 9 December 2022
31. Reinventing Malaysian food security framework—Part 1
[Link to Part 2]
Dr. Rais Hussin is the President and Chief Executive Officer of EMIR Research
Sinchew 星洲网, 9 December 2022
Myanmar
32. US Will Not Replace Ambassador to Myanmar: Report
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 12 December 2022
33. Former Yangon Chief Minister U Hla Soe served under SAC sentenced to 15 years prison term
Eleven Myanmar, 9 December 2022
34. ‘If they catch me, they’ll kill me’: Trafficked in Wa State
Frontier Myanmar, 9 December 2022
35. How the Coup Split Myanmar’s Media Landscape
Hpone Myat And David Aung
Irrawaddy, 9 December 2022
36. Myanmar ready to go the Sri Lanka way?
Roland Tatum
Mizzima, 9 December 2022
Philippines
37. Hope for neglected fisherfolk
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 12 December 2022
38. Philippines protesters decry alleged injustices under Marcos
AP News, 10 December 2022
39. Proposed Philippine Wealth Fund Sparks Jitters
Viswa Nathan
Asia Sentinel, 9 December 2022
40. The Philippines Mulls a Visiting Forces Agreement with Japan
Mark Soo
Geopolitical Monitor, 9 December 2022
Thailand
41. 40 MPs poised to join Bhumjaithai Party
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 12 December 2022
42. Mingkwan drops bombshell on party
Veera Prateepchaikul
Bangkok Post, 12 December 2022
43. Popping off on populist pledges
Bangkok Post, 12 December 2022
44. Thaksin-Linked Party Has Best Chance in Next Thai Vote: Poll
Patpicha Tanakasempipat
Bloomberg, 11 December 2022
45. ‘Soft power’: Thailand’s bitter-sweet dilemma
Amorn Wanichwiwatana, DPhil (Oxon), is a former member of the Constitution Drafting Commission and a political scientist at Chulalongkorn University.
Nation, 10 December 2022
46. Prayut kickstarts Thailand’s AI mission to boost economy by THB48bn
Nation, 9 December 2022
Timor-Leste
47. Timor President Finds No Progress With Australia on Gas Project
Philip Heijmans
Bloomberg, 9 December 2022
Vietnam
48. Great Expectations as Australia and Vietnam Ponder ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’
Hai Hong Nguyen
Diplomat, 12 December 2022
49. Vietnam’s corporate sector exposed to rising financing costs in 2023
VietNamNet, 11 December 2022
50. Can Vietnam afford the reputational costs of friendship with Myanmar junta?
[This article was originally published as ‘Can Hanoi Afford the Reputational Costs of Friendship with Myanmar’s Military Regime?’ on ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute’s commentary site, fulcrum.sg.]
Bich Tran is a Visiting Fellow at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and an Adjunct Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington DC.
South China Morning Post, 10 December 2022
51. US seeks to boost arms sales to Vietnam as the Southeast Asian nation looks to diversify supply
Tung Ngo & Jalelah Abu Baker
Channel News Asia, 9 December 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
52. China, ASEAN cooperation most dynamic in region: Cambodian gov’t official, experts
XinhuaNet, 11 December 2022
Asia Pacific
53. The tough security outlook for the Indo-Pacific
Graeme Dobell
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 12 December 2022
54. In the Asian connectivity race, China and rivals find it hard to connect
Tan Hui Yee
Straits Times, 12 December 2022
55. US-China rivalry set to intensify in 2023
James Crabtree
Straits Times, 12 December 2022
56. Biden’s Strategic Reviews: Implications for Global Security
Sitara Noor
Diplomat, 10 December 2022
57. China’s Super Hydropower Dam and Fears of Sino-Indian Water Wars
Genevieve Donnellon-May
Diplomat, 9 December 2022
58. Decoding Xi Jinping’s ‘Asia Pacific Community With a Shared Future’
Marina Yue Zhang
Diplomat, 9 December 2022
59. On UN Human Rights Day, activists, dissidents and defenders Asia lost in 2022
Radio Free Asia, 9 December 2022
East/South China Sea
60. South China Sea: Taiwan’s live-fire drills irked Vietnam. Was Beijing the real target?
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 11 December 2022
Climate Change/Environment
61. Climate action to boost rice farming
Bangkok Post, 12 December 2022
62. Climate change could force 1.2 billion to move by 2050. Is the world even remotely ready?
Robert Muggah
Mongabay, 9 December 2022
Others
Media, Technology & Society
63. YouTube remains top choice of Vietnamese for video content
VietNamNet, 11 December 2022
64. Vietnam to block ads on ‘toxic’ online content in further crackdown
Lien Hoang
Nikkei Asia, 9 December 2022
Image credit: “View of tuk-tuks in Bangkok’s Chinatown“, by Florian Wehde on Unsplash.
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