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- No. 37: Napon Jatusripitak, Visiting Fellow
- No. 38: Napon Jatusripitak, Visiting Fellow
- No. 44: Michael J Montesano, Associate Senior Fellow
- No. 48: Ian Storey, Senior Fellow
- No. 65: 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 | Media, Technology & Society | Others
Cambodia
1. Cambodia transits from ‘strongman’ Hun Sen to ‘strongson’ Hun Manet
David Hutt, Central European Institute of Asian Studies
East Asia Forum, 16 July 2023
2. Cambodia’s Hun Sen poised to extend 38-year rule, without his favoured platform Facebook
Danielle Keeton-Olsen
South China Morning Post, 16 July 2023
3. What next for Cambodia’s US ties, China trade deals after Hun Sen’s certain electoral win?
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 15 July 2023
4. Ruling Cambodian Party Trying to Boost Hun Sen’s Numbers on TikTok, Telegram
Fiona Kelliher
VOA, 15 July 2023
5. Hun Sen deletes Twitter post linking Thai election to Cambodian opposition
Benar News, 14 July 2023
Indonesia
6. BREAKING: Jokowi appoints new communications minister
Dio Suhenda
Jakarta Post, 17 July 2023
7. Medan mayor’s Duterte-style populism is a stark warning for all
Ary Hermawan
Jakarta Post, 17 July 2023
8. Long list of export challenges face Indonesian MSME sector
Dody AS Dalimunthe
Jakarta Post, 17 July 2023
9. Govt, politicians say no to regional elections delay
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 16 July 2023
10. Anies still mum on VP pick at Sunday’s NasDem rally
Dio Suhenda
Jakarta Post, 16 July 2023
11. Indonesia’s presidential front runners make debut on the campaign stage
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja
Straits Times, 14 July 2023
Malaysia
12. PN to field ex-ministry sec-gen in Dengkil
Free Malaysia Today, 17 July 2023
13. Anwar defends ‘principled’ Zahid, calls DAP ‘part of our family’
Dineskumar Ragu
Free Malaysia Today, 17 July 2023
14. Muda unveils six more candidates, forays into Penang, T’ganu
Isabelle Leong
Malaysiakini, 17 July 2023
15. Seized accounts not derailing Bersatu’s state polls preparation
Diyana Ibrahim
Malaysian Insight, 17 July 2023
16. Favourites to win, but PH-BN unity will be tested by Negeri Sembilan election
Zunaira Saieed
Straits Times, 17 July 2023
17. PM announces RM4.61million aid for Penang public religious schools
Bernama, 16 July 2023
18. Perikatan to hold mega rally July 21 in Kota Baru, Dr Mahathir among 80,000 expected to attend
Muhammad Yusry
Malay Mail Online, 16 July 2023
19. Malaysia’s religious tilt drives mixed-faith couples overseas to find ‘somewhere more accepting’
Hadi Azmi
South China Morning Post, 16 July 2023
20. Efforts to eradicate hardcore poverty not focused on one race only – PM
Bernama, 15 July 2023
21. Malaysia state polls: Selangor expected to be most fiercely fought; outcome will be closely scrutinised
Melissa Goh & Calvin Yang
Channel News Asia, 15 July 2023
22. Gerakan split on whether to remain in PN, says source
Dineskumar Ragu
Free Malaysia Today, 15 July 2023
23. COMMENT | State polls: Important Indian vote
Bridget Welsh
Malaysiakini, 15 July 2023
24. Menangani Muda bukan dengan meminggirkan [Marginalisation is not the way to deal with MUDA]
Ruhan Shahrir
Malaysian Insight, 15 July 2023
25. PM Anwar pledges RM3b allocation to improve Kedah padi yields
Adie Zulkifli
New Straits Times, 15 July 2023
26. Penang’s storm in a Chinese teacup
Joceline Tan
Star, 15 July 2023
27. Dominic Lau retains Gerakan president’s post
Star, 15 July 2023
28. Malaysia and the Dark Fleet
Sribala Subramanian
Diplomat, 14 July 2023
Myanmar
29. Myanmar Resistance Asks US for Over $500 Million in Nonlethal and Humanitarian Aid
Zsombor Peter
VOA, 16 July 2023
30. SAC don’t know the details of the discussion between Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Thai Foreign Minister: SAC spokesman
Eleven Myanmar, 14 July 2023
31. Sexual violence is junta’s ‘modus operandi’, Myanmar activist tells UN
Rebecca Ratcliffe
Guardian, 14 July 2023
32. Myanmar Rights and Political Activists Reject Thai Intervention
Irrawaddy, 14 July 2023
33. The Media Landscape in Myanmar: A Post-Coup Analysis
Om Prakash Das
Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, 14 July 2023
Thailand
34. Pheu Thai power bid gains pace
Phusadee Arunmas
Bangkok Post, 17 July 2023
35. Litigation embroiling Thai politics
Vitit Muntarbhorn
Bangkok Post, 17 July 2023
36. Let’s avoid a minority govt
Bangkok Post, 17 July 2023
37. Commentary: The lack of democracy in Thailand has been revealed
[This commentary first appeared on ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute’s blog, Fulcrum.]
Napon Jatusripitak
Channel News Asia, 17 July 2023
38. Role of monarchy at heart of battle for Thailand’s future
Robin Harding
Financial Times, 17 July 2023
39. 社论：泰国政治国体之争 [Editorial: struggle for the Thai polity]
联合早报, 17 July 2023
40. Best of friends or enemies?
Bangkok Post, 15 July 2023
41. MFP stands firm on S112 amendment
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 15 July 2023
42. Commentary: Thailand prolongs its political limbo after failing to choose next PM
Harrison Cheng
Channel News Asia, 15 July 2023
43. Pita says Move Forward ready to back Pheu Thai nominee if all else fails
The Nation, 15 July 2023
44. Move Forward Party leader Pita’s prime minister bid defeat ‘a blow to the Thai electorate’: Analysts
[Link to 8-minute interview]
Calvin Yang
Channel News Asia, 14 July 2023
45. Thailand’s next PM: If not Pita, then who?
AFP
Channel News Asia, 14 July 2023
46. MFP’s Remaining Options: Navigating the Political Deadlock
Erich Parpart
Thai Enquirer, 14 July 2023
Vietnam
47. Vietnam’s Censoring of ‘Barbie’ Is a Reflection of the Party’s Paranoia
Minh Tran
Diplomat, 15 July 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
48. Cambodia should spearhead the push against cluster bombs
Ian Storey
Straits Times, 17 July 2023
49. Indonesia Foreign Minister: Preventive Diplomacy Vital for Averting Regional Conflict
Tempo, 16 July 2023
50. Chairman’s Statement of The ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference (PMC) 10+1 Sessions with The Dialogue Partners and Trilateral Meetings
ASEAN Secretariat News, 15 July 2023
51. Chairman’s Statement of The 24th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
ASEAN Secretariat News, 15 July 2023
52. Chairman’s Statement of The 13th East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
ASEAN Secretariat News, 15 July 2023
53. Blinken says U.S. still committed to freedom in South China Sea
Nana Shibata & Erwida Maulia
Nikkei Asia, 15 July 2023
54. China eyes Asean trade ties, but members fear ‘geopolitical trap’ as US also seeks regional influence
He Huifeng
South China Morning Post, 15 July 2023
55. Asean must be given access to Aung San Suu Kyi, says Vivian, as bloc stresses unity
Hariz Baharudin and Arlina Arshad
Straits Times, 15 July 2023
56. ASEAN lengthy Joint Communique includes a mere five paras on Myanmar
Mizzima, 14 July 2023
57. Task force to be set up to study establishment of Johor-Singapore special economic zone
Justin Ong
Today, 14 July 2023
Asia Pacific
58. Indonesia, South Korea bonds benefit from China turmoil
Echo Wong
Nikkei Asia, 17 July 2023
59. Sabotaging ChinaASEAN ties akin to detonating a bomb on global economys engine
Global Times, 16 July 2023
60. How to view China’s application is the litmus test of CPTPP: Global Times editorial
Global Times, 16 July 2023
61. UK formally signs up to CPTPP trading bloc as it looks beyond Europe for trade post-Brexit
Agence France-Presse
South China Morning Post, 16 July 2023
62. BRICS push for dollar alternatives is not a threat but a positive development
Bharti Chhibber and Wing Lok Hung
South China Morning Post, 16 July 2023
63. 社评：如何看待中国，是检验CPTPP的试金石 [Editorial: How to view China is the touchstone for testing CPTPP]
环球网, 16 July 2023
64. The Upside of U.S.-Chinese Competition: How Institutional Balancing Promotes Stability in Asia
Kai He
Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2023
East/South China Sea
65. South China Sea: why China’s business interests in Vietnam are at stake amid nine-dash line controversies
[This article was originally published as ‘How the Nine-Dash Line Undermines China’s Economic Interests in Vietnam’ on fulcrum.sg.]
Le Hong Hiep
South China Morning Post, 15 July 2023
66. 东盟越来越能“妥处”南海问题 [ASEAN is increasingly able to “handle” the South China Sea issue]
朱振明是中国【昆明】南亚东南亚研究院研究员
环球网, 15 July 2023
Climate Change/Environment
67. Is Petronas accurately reporting its carbon emissions?
RimbaWatch is an environmental watchdog.
Malaysian Insight, 16 July 2023
68. US refuses climate reparations for developing nations
BBC, 15 July 2023
69. Setting the standard: An important step on the path to net zero emissions
Michelle Lyons
Interpreter, 14 July 2023
70. Australia and Southeast Asia: Driving EV collaboration across borders
Nicholas Basan
Interpreter, 14 July 2023
Media, Technology & Society
71. High-flying TikTok Shop rattles e-commerce
Aditya Hadi
Jakarta Post, 16 July 2023
72. Why social media is hardly social any more
Elaine Moore
Financial Times, 15 July 2023
73. Elon Musk’s Twitter Is Becoming a Sewer of Disinformation
Miah Hammond-Errey
Foreign Policy, 15 July 2023
74. Is Indonesia’s ‘elastic’ Cyber Law wrecking ordinary lives, destroying small businesses?
Johannes Nugroho
South China Morning Post, 15 July 2023
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