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Cambodia
1. ‘Cambodia adopted win-win market competitive economic model’
Kang Sothear
Khmer Times, 23 March 2023
2. Hun Manith Will Not Succeed Hun Manet in Army: PM
Teng Yalirozy
Cambodianess, 22 March 2023
Indonesia
3. Jokowi plays kingmaker as Megawati weighs Ganjar-Prabowo ticket
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 23 March 2023
4. Is K-Pop Indonesian political parties’ latest tool to entice young voters?
Yohana Belinda
Jakarta Post, 23 March 2023
5. Unions, analysts, opposition parties condemn jobs Perppu
A.Muh.Ibnu Aqil
Jakarta Post, 23 March 2023
6. Pengamat: Isu Politik Identitas Mungkin Saja Merugikan Anies [Observer: Issues of political identity may disadvantage Anies]
Republika, 23 March 2023
7. Will Widodo’s ‘city of tomorrow’ survive his rule?
John McBeth
Asia Times, 22 March 2023
8. Erick Thohir Takes Lead in Vice President Candidate Survey
Aditya Laksmana Yudha
Jakarta Globe, 22 March 2023
9. Arah Kebijakan& Pemetaan Pemangku Kepentingan Menuju Dekarbonisasi Ekonomi Indonesia: Sektor Ekonomi Strategis Perdagangan, Industri, dan Invetasi [Policy Direction & Stakeholder Mapping Towards Decarbonization of the Indonesian Economy: Strategic Economi
[Link to a 46-page PDF report]
Yose Rizal Damuri, M. Habib Abiyan Dzakwan, Jeremy Samuel Ngadiman, Nadya Daulay, Novia Xu
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (Indonesia), 1 February 2023
Malaysia
10. The international level must be ready to tackle Islamophobia – PM
Bernama, 23 March 2023
11. Ahmad Zahid consolidates grip over UMNO, but party’s rejuvenation far from assured
Leslie Lopez
Channel News Asia, 23 March 2023
12. Muslims in Johor free to visit houses of worship of other faiths, says sultan
Free Malaysia Today, 23 March 2023
13. Johor Sultan says working well with Anwar compared to past PMs, wants Putrajaya to get get rid of corruption ‘cancer’
Muhammad Yusry
Malay Mail Online, 23 March 2023
14. COMMENT | Malaysia’s newest Islamic warriors
Lim Teck Ghee
Malaysiakini, 23 March 2023
15. Muda picks Pakatan, rejects Perikatan
Ravin Palanisamy
Malaysian Insight, 23 March 2023
16. Is Khazanah Nasional’s star dimming?
Zuraimi Abdullah
New Straits Times, 23 March 2023
17. NST Leader: Malaysia, a can-do-anything country?
New Straits Times, 23 March 2023
18. Don’t defy ban on politics in mosques, warns Sultan
Wong Chun Wai and Nelson Benjamin
Star, 23 March 2023
19. Asyraf replaces Ahmad as Umno secretary-general
Mohd Farhaan Shah
Star, 23 March 2023
20. 巫统沉寂，土团崛起，种族主义何时了？[Umno is silent, Bersatu is rising, when will racism end?]
张庆禄
星洲网, 23 March 2023
21. 国盟能成功绝地大反攻吗 [Can PN successfully counterattack?]
黄子豪
星洲网, 23 March 2023
22. Don’t stir up conflict among Bangsa Johor – Sultan Ibrahim
Bernama, 22 March 2023
23. Hadi: PAS chooses peace and democracy
Malaysiakini, 22 March 2023
24. Malaysia’s Anwar seeks to mend Saudi ties cooled by 1MDB
Norman Goh
Nikkei Asia, 22 March 2023
25. Unity Govt national convention on May 14, says Zahid
Star, 22 March 2023
Myanmar
26. Myanmar visit to Bangladesh’s Rohingya camps leaves doubts, fears
Faisal Mahmud
Nikkei Asia, 23 March 2023
27. The Unholy Nexus Between the Monks and Military in Myanmar
Sauid Ahmed Khan
Australian Institute of International Affairs, 22 March 2023
28. 33 Myanmar Political Parties, Mostly With Military Links, Register With Junta
Irrawaddy, 22 March 2023
29. China ‘Increasingly Concerned’ About Instability in Post-Coup Myanmar: US Expert
Igor Blazevic
Irrawaddy, 22 March 2023
Thailand
30. Dems launch policy expo
Bangkok Post, 23 March 2023
31. Prayut’s poll plans stir speculation
Mongkol Bangprapa
Bangkok Post, 23 March 2023
32. PPRP recruits Thammarak to lead northeastern assault
Bangkok Post, 23 March 2023
33. CTP kicks off ‘Wow’ campaign
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 23 March 2023
34. Nearly 7 in 10 out-of-school or unemployed youth in Thailand lack the motivation to develop skills or seek work
[Link to a 142-page PDF report “In-depth research on youth not in employment, education or training (NEET) in Thailand“]
Nation Thailand, 23 March 2023
35. Thai Sang Thai’s Sita adds voice to calls to end military conscription
Nation Thailand, 23 March 2023
36. Jurin on quest for electoral victory despite Democrat Party facing difficult times
Nation Thailand, 23 March 2023
37. Thai economy will earn 120 billion baht as parties spend big in vote battle
Nation Thailand, 22 March 2023
Vietnam
38. Vietnam, OECD sign multilateral treaty for tax cooperation
Voice of Vietnam, 23 March 2023
39. Vietnam’s Public Diplomacy Post Covid19
22 MAR 2023
Dr Vu Lam
Australian Institute of International Affairs, 22 March 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
40. New chapter for Mekong region
Bangkok Post, 23 March 2023
41. Jokowi-Lee’s achievements
Jakarta Post, 23 March 2023
42. 29th ASEAN Economic Ministers Retreat convenes today
ASEAN Secretariat News, 22 March 2023
43. Indonesia is charting a new course on Myanmar, but is it working?
Frontier Myanmar, 22 March 2023
44. Singapore-Indonesia agreements preserve good bilateral ties for the long term: Experts
Hariz Baharudin
Straits Times, 22 March 2023
Asia Pacific
45. A Reality Check on China-US Decoupling
Tamás Mészáros
Diplomat, 22 March 2023
46. The “Indo-Pacificization” of Asia: Implications for the Regional Order
Justin Au-Yeung
Geopolitical Monitor, 22 March 2023
47. Fog of strategic mistrust is stopping the US and China from seeing eye to eye
Shirley Ze Yu
South China Morning Post, 22 March 2023
48. How US is continuing to restructure globalisation and the global trade system
Jin Jian Guo
ThinkChina, 22 March 2023
49. Xi’s Visit to Russia Was About China’s Interests, not Ukraine
Yena Lee
World Politics Review, 22 March 2023
East/South China Sea
50. With No Deal in Sight, South China Sea Claimants Continue to Militarize
Rane Worldview, 22 March 2023
Climate Change/Environment
51. Confronting the global water crisis head-on
Mariana Mazzucato, Ngozi Okonjo-iweala, Johan Rockström & Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Bangkok Post, 23 March 2023
52. When it Comes to Fighting Climate Change, Green is Golden
Asian Development Bank, 22 March 2023
53. Greening Southeast Asia’s Infrastructure Pipeline
Asian Development Bank, 22 March 2023
54. Asia needs to face up to the downsides of biofuels
Vandana Hari
Nikkei Asia, 22 March 2023
55. Climate action regressing in Asia-Pacific, regional U.N. body says
Subel Rai Bhandari
Radio Free Asia, 22 March 2023
Others
Media, Technology & Society
56. China’s social credit system as method
Haiqing Yu, RMIT University
East Asia Forum, 22 March 2023
57. Indonesia Development Research Kembangkan Kampanye Digital untuk Pemilu 2024 [Indonesia Development Research Develops a Digital Campaign for the 2024 Election]
Norman Meoko
Sinar Harapan, 22 March 2023
58. How TikTok broke social media
Economist, 21 March 2023
59. How AI Could Revolutionize Diplomacy
Andrew Moore
Foreign Policy, 21 March 2023
60. Pulling the Plug on TikTok Will Be Harder Than It Looks
David E. Sanger, David McCabe & Sapna Maheshwari
New York Times, 21 March 2023
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