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- No. 07: Siwage Dharma Negara, Senior Fellow
- No. 19: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 37: Joanne Lin, Lead Researcher
Brunei | Cambodia | Indonesia | Laos | Malaysia | Myanmar | Philippines | Singapore | Thailand | Timor-Leste | Vietnam | ASEAN / Southeast Asia | Asia Pacific | East/South China Sea | Climate Change/Environment | Media, Technology & Society | Others
Cambodia
1. Cambodian Poll Not Free and Fair: Asian Democracy NGO
[Link to 54 page report: ANFREL Pre-Election Assessment Mission Report 2023 Cambodian General Election]
Phoung Vantha
Cambodianess, 6 July 2023
Indonesia
2. Income not equivalent to welfare
Jakarta Post, 7 July 2023
3. Unravelling the Belt and Road puzzle in Indonesia
Nur Rachmat Yuliantoro
Jakarta Post, 7 July 2023
4. Exclusive | Erick Thohir for VP? Indonesian minister talks up ‘continuity in politics’ as way to preserve Widodo legacy
Amy Sood
South China Morning Post, 7 July 2023
5. Most Indonesians support shutting down coal power plants
Yohana Belinda
Jakarta Post, 6 July 2023
6. NU figure or vote-getter? Pick for running mate hinges on Ganjar’s electoral performance
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 6 July 2023
7. Indonesia Tries to Find Balance Between US-China with IPEF
Jayanty Nada Shofa
Jakarta Globe, 5 July 2023
Malaysia
8. Government to review public service salary scheme – PM Anwar
Bernama, 7 July 2023
9. Gov’t to issue guidelines on support letters to prevent power abuse – PMO
Bernama, 7 July 2023
10. Different races don’t make Malaysia multiracial, says Dr M
Free Malaysia Today, 7 July 2023
11. Unhappy Muda members even have trouble leaving party
Elill Easwaran –
Free Malaysia Today, 7 July 2023
12. U-turns and empty promises, the trademark of politicians
Shankar R. Santhiram
Free Malaysia Today, 7 July 2023
13. In Selangor, could protest votes menace Pakatan’s hold on state?
Zarrah Morden
Malay Mail Online, 7 July 2023
14. MCA prefers to sit out state elections to ease racial tensions, says party vice-president
R. Loheswar
Malay Mail Online, 7 July 2023
15. Block ‘fake news’, online harms or face action, MCMC warns internet providers
Malaysiakini, 7 July 2023
16. Months on, Anwar defends linking up with BN and GPS
Malaysiakini, 7 July 2023
17. PKR gets 59 seats, hunkers down in the west, supporting role in east
Lee Way Loon & Zikri Kamarulzaman
Malaysiakini, 7 July 2023
18. Najib supporters still back unity govt but grow impatient, says daughter
Tarrence Tan
Star, 7 July 2023
19. 民调：希盟没从中获益 巫统支持者或转投国盟[Poll: Pakatan Harapan did not obtain a benefit, Umno supporters may switch to Perikatan Nasional]
China Press, 6 July 2023
20. Perak widens Malay reserve land by over 2,400ha
Malaysian Insight, 6 July 2023
21. Malaysia at 60: the urgency of inclusion
Gerhard Hoffstaedter, Nithiya Guna Saigaran, Nadira Ilana, Khoo Ying Hooi & Aslam Abdul Jalil
New Mandala, 6 July 2023
22. GPS won’t work with Dr Mahathir again
Desmond Davidson
Malaysian Insight, 5 July 2023
Myanmar
23. Myanmar’s Supreme Court hears arguments in 2 appeals by ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Associated Press
Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 6 July 2023
24. Lt. Gen. Nyo Saw appointed as an advisor to the SAC chairman
Eleven Myanmar, 6 July 2023
25. ‘Nothing to eat’: Onshore oil shutdown leaves workers in the lurch
Frontier Myanmar, 6 July 2023
26. Junta planning to build 2 new prisons for political activists
Radio Free Asia, 6 July 2023
27. UN: International Support for Myanmar’s Repressive Leadership Must End
Lisa Schlein
VOA, 6 July 2023
28. It’s Time the World’s Democracies Paid Attention to Myanmar’s Civil War
Frida Ghitis
World Politics Review, 6 July 2023
Philippines
29. Chinese envoy meets Philippine defense chief amid South China Sea controversy
Benar News, 6 July 2023
Thailand
30. Decision to deport Myanmar children condemned
Penchan Charoensuthipan
Bangkok Post, 7 July 2023
31. Pita sees senators backtrack
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 7 July 2023
Vietnam
32. Vietnam PM Seeks Looser Policy Settings to Spur Slowing Economy
Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen
Bloomberg, 7 July 2023
33. Vietnam outlines two growth scenarios for rest of 2023
VietNamNet, 6 July 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
34. ASEAN needs to get back its old hardheaded realism
Bilahari Kausikan
Nikkei Asia, 7 July 2023
35. Why Asean should not falter in face of Myanmar junta’s intransigence
Tommy Koh
Straits Times, 7 July 2023
36. Japan, ASEAN justice chiefs vow to uphold law amid China rise
Nikkei Asia, 6 July 2023
37. A divided ASEAN: Will disunity derail the regional organisation?
Joanne Lin
ThinkChina, 6 July 2023
Asia Pacific
38. US, China want to reconcile but don’t know how
Denny Roy
Asia Times, 7 July 2023
39. Philippines-Australia Strategic Partnership Amid US-China Rivalry
Andrea Chloe Wong
Australian Institute of International Affairs, 6 July 2023
40. How to get the IPEF talks back on track
John K. Veroneau
Nikkei Asia, 6 July 2023
41. Japan’s Kishida steps up diplomacy where U.S. influence ebbs
Hiroyuki Akiyama and Shiko Ueda
Nikkei Asia, 6 July 2023
East/South China Sea
42. Philippines accuses China of more ‘harassment’ near disputed reef
Reuters
Jakarta Post, 7 July 2023
Climate Change/Environment
43. Strategy 2030 Energy Sector Directional Guide Summary: Inclusive, Just, and Affordable Low-Carbon Transition in Asia and the Pacific
Asian Development Bank, 7 July 2023
44. Indonesia cracks down on illegal nickel exports to China as experts urge price protection for miners
Amy Sood
South China Morning Post, 6 July 2023
45. New technology could cement Indonesia’s dominance of vital nickel
Economist, 5 July 2023
46. Multilateralism Matters: Adoption of the Treaty of the High Seas and its Significance
Rajeesh Kumar
Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, 4 July 2023
Media, Technology & Society
47. China Fires a Fresh Salvo in the Chip War
Christina Lu and Rishi Iyengar
Foreign Policy, 6 July 2023
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