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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. 11: Mohd Faizal Musa, Visiting Fellow
- No. 17: James Chai, Visiting Fellow
- No. 38: Napon Jatusripitak, 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. Hit by climate change, farmers in Cambodia are risking everything on microfinance loans
Jenni Raid
CNBC, 26 December 2022
2. Asia’s longest-serving leader still not a statesman
David Hutt
Asia Times, 25 December 2022
Indonesia
3. Indonesia powers up electric vehicle dreams, supercharged by natural resources and market size
Hariz Baharudin
Straits Times, 26 December 2022
4. Analysis: Java key to winning the 2024 presidential race
Tenggara Strategics
The Jakarta Post, 26 December 2022
5. Indonesian’s strong foreign and international trade policy for EU
Edi Suhardi
The Jakarta Post, 26 December 2022
6. Data Bicara: Keterwakilan perempuan Indonesia sebagai duta besar kurang dari 6%, strategi pengarusutamaan gender perlu diperkuat [Representation of women among Indonesian ambassadors]
Ella S. Prihatini, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Binus University; Athiqah Nur Alami, Researcher, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN)
The Conversation, 24 December 2022
7. Decline in Violence by the Abu Sayyaf Group and Ongoing Risks
Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict, 22 December 2022
Malaysia
8. How prepared is Malaysia for downtrend in 2023?
Shankaran Nambiar
Free Malaysia Today, 27 December 2022
9. ‘Umno needs contest for top posts’
Arfa Yunus
New Straits Times, 27 December 2022
10. Jenama halal Malaysia merosot [Malaysia’s halal brands in decline]
Muhammad Amnan Hibrahim
Sinar Harian, 27 December 2022
11. PAS tidak berubah dengan satu ucapan Hari Natal [PAS does not change with one Christmas Day speech]
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.
The Malaysian Insight, 27 December 2022
12. Has Dr M’s 10-year shared prosperity vision been dropped?
K. Parkaran
Free Malaysia Today, 25 December 2022
13. 24 years after sacking Anwar, Dr M still has no confidence in new PM
Malaysiakini, 25 December 2022
14. 安华内阁对外事务之人事布局 [The Anwar cabinet’s foreign affairs personnel]
饶兆斌（华研智库主任、马来亚大学中国研究所所长）本欄由華研智庫供稿
星洲网, 25 December 2022
15. How can Umno course correct?
Philip Golingai
The Star, 25 December 2022
16. Muhyiddin in govt v Muhyiddin in opposition
Kenneth Cheng Chee Kin
The Malaysian Insight, 25 December 2022
17. Commentary: The binding forces that hold Malaysia’s team of rivals together
James Chai
Channel News Asia, 24 December 2022
18. PN comeback not out of the picture, say analysts
Azzman Abdul Jamal
Malaysia Now, 24 December 2022
19. The real story of Pejuang: Tales of treachery and deceit
Murray Hunter
MySinchew 星洲网, 24 December 2022
20. What corruption cost us over the years
Mariam Mokhtar
Malaysiakini, 23 December 2022
21. 马华不离队死路一条 [Dead end for MCA if it does not leave team]
郑钦亮
星洲网, 23 December 2022
22. The political naivete of youth
Pravin Periasamy
The Malaysian Insight, 23 December 2022
Myanmar
23. Recruiting Renegade NLD Members is Myanmar Regime’s Tactic to Divide the Party
Irrawaddy, 26 December 2022
24. When the Myanmar Regime is Defeated, the Future of the Rohingya Will Become Clear
Irrawaddy, 26 December 2022
25. New Sittwe port for Indo-Myanmar direct trade will open for Indo-Myanmar trade
Mizzima, 25 December 2022
26. A year on, Christmas Eve massacre haunts Kayah State
Frontier Myanmar, 24 December 2022
27. Myanmar Military’s Proxy USDP Taking Control of Yangon Administrations
Hein Htoo Zan
Irrawaddy, 23 December 2022
Philippines
28. The need for a Philippine CDC
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 27 December 2022
29. Marcos Jr shows the way to balance US and China
Richard Javad Heydarian
Asia Times, 23 December 2022
30. Philippine Congress Approves Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill
Mong Palatino
Diplomat, 23 December 2022
Thailand
31. Anutin seeks end to political divide
Bangkok Post, 27 December 2022
32. Politicians make hay while the sun shines
Bangkok Post, 27 December 2022
33. ‘Ung-ing’ top choice for PM: poll
Bangkok Post, 26 December 2022
34. Analysis: Newin hints at coalition with Pheu Thai in next election
The Political Desk
The Nation Thailand, 26 December 2022
35. New study finds 8.1 million people in Thailand poor, 4.4 million below poverty line
The Nation Thailand, 26 December 2022
36. Chinese dark influence coming to light in Thailand
Greg Raymond
Asia Times, 25 December 2022
37. UTN gunning for 100 seats in election
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 25 December 2022
38. Thai PM Prayut deserts ruling party, seeks re-election bid with group run by supporters
Tan Tam Mei
Straits Times, 23 December 2022
Vietnam
39. Preparation needed to deal with 2023 economic headwinds
VietNamNet, 27 December 2022
40. In Vietnam, the mighty Mekong’s banks are crumbling as illegal sand miners run riot
Sen Nguyen
South China Morning Post, 26 December 2022
41. Vietnam’s 2022 trade turnover exceeds USD730 billion
Voice of Vietnam, 26 December 2022
42. Vietnamese e-commerce revenue expands by 15% in 2022
Voice of Vietnam, 24 December 2022
43. The Domestic Political Optics of Vietnam’s International Defense Expo
Le Ngoc Thao Nguyen and Nguyen The Phuong
Diplomat, 23 December 2022
44. Vietnam Purges Foreign Ministry in Response to COVID-19 Repatriation Scandal
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 23 December 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
45. Asean’s international status is rising
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Bangkok Post, 27 December 2022
46. Cambodia likely to gain from new Thai focus on exports
Khmer Times, 27 December 2022
47. The Uneasy Road to an ASEAN-EU Digital Partnership
Xirui Li
Diplomat, 26 December 2022
48. Indonesia films confront authoritarian legacy (Part 2)
[Link to Part 1]
Veronica Lim Yi Hui
The Malaysian Insight, 26 December 2022
49. Myanmar’s NUG, analysts criticize Thailand for hosting junta foreign minister
Radio Free Asia, 23 December 2022
Asia Pacific
50. Asia-Pacific in 2022: The Year in Review [1-hour webinar]
Catherine Putz, Sudha Ramachandran, Sebastian Strangio, and Shannon Tiezzi
Diplomat, 26 December 2022
51. Hijab pressures, LGBTQ rights, ‘antifeminists’: the challenges Asian women, gender minorities faced in 2022
Amy Sood
South China Morning Post, 26 December 2022
52. Back to Diplomacy? The Bumpy Road to Sino-American Détente
Giuseppe Paparella
Diplomat, 24 December 2022
53. Japan Steps Up: How Asia’s Rising Threats Convinced Tokyo to Abandon Its Defense Taboos
Jennifer Lind
Foreign Affairs, 23 December 2022
Climate Change/Environment
54. Did This Year Move the Needle on Climate Change?
Chloe Hadavasavas
Foreign Policy, 27 December 2022
55. Climate Change and Earthquake Exposure in Asia and the Pacific: Assessment of Energy and Transport Infrastructure
Asian Development Bank, 26 December 2022
56. ‘It will be just like rice’: Why Indonesia turns to sorghum as alternative staple food
Kiki Siregar
Channel News Asia, 26 December 2022
57. Securitising climate policy will keep the Indo-Pacific afloat
Mely Caballero-Anthony
East Asia Forum, 26 December 2022
58. Renewable energy bill: An ambitious attempt at energy transition
Kohe Hasan and Denny Rahmansyah
The Jakarta Post, 26 December 2022
59. MSMEs: The Key to Indonesia’s Decarbonization Efforts
Hasintya Saraswati
Diplomat, 23 December 2022
Others
Global affairs
60. The top 23 risks and opportunities for 2023
Atlantic Council, 23 December 2022
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