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- No. 32: Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow
- No. 35: Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow
- No. 47: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
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. Rising Cambodia Microfinance NPLs Signal Forced Land Sales, Child Labor
David Whitehouse
Diplomat, 5 September 2023
2. Can competitive elections come back to Cambodia?
Mun (Mark) Vong, Griffith University
East Asia Forum, 5 September 2023
3. Cambodia’s Hun Manet shares ‘high-income’ goal in diplomatic debut
Tsubasa Suruga
Nikkei Asia, 4 September 2023
4. Cambodia’s Development “Inseparable” from China’s Support: PM
Teng Yalirozy
Cambodianess, 4 September 2023
Indonesia
5. Muhaimin’s VP bid exposes fissures in NU elite
Dio Suhenda
Jakarta Post, 5 September 2023
6. Indonesian Democracy is Best Understood as Existing in a State of Disorder
Dr Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir
Asialink, 4 September 2023
7. Agus says time ‘to move on quickly’ after Anies picks Muhaimin for VP
Nur Janti
Jakarta Post, 4 September 2023
8. Indonesia Isn’t Ready to Become Asia’s Submarine Cable Hub
William Yuen Yee
Foreign Policy, 31 August 2023
Malaysia
9. Malaysia offers grant programmes for small businesses in hopes of tackling unemployment and income gap
Melissa Goh, Darrelle Ng
Channel News Asia, 5 September 2023
10. Malaysia mulls rules for Google, Meta to pay news outlets for content
Channel News Asia, 5 September 2023
11. Court’s decision on Zahid may throw spanner in Pakatan’s works for this weekend’s by-elections, observers suggest
Zarrah Morden and Ben Tan
Malay Mail Online, 5 September 2023
12. PKR MP Wong Chen: Zahid’s Yayasan Akalbudi case shows need to split AG’s prosecuting, govt adviser roles
Ida Lim
Malay Mail Online, 5 September 2023
13. After DNAA in Yayasan Akalbudi trial, Bersih calls on AGC to review evidence and charge Zahid again if necessary
Kenneth Tee
Malay Mail Online, 5 September 2023
14. DAP, Amanah urge AG to explain Zahid’s DNAA
Malaysiakini, 5 September 2023
15. COMMENT | Zahid the lesser of two evils?
Andrew Sia
Malaysiakini, 5 September 2023
16. Terengganu Pakatan-BN moots special committee to monitor state govt
Diyana Ibrahim
Malaysian Insight, 5 September 2023
17. Snap Insight: Ahmad Zahid walking free from corruption charges not good optics for Malaysia PM Anwar
Leslie Lopez
Channel News Asia, 4 September 2023
18. Mixed views whether PN’s aggressive fear-mongering tactics will gain Malay votes
Qistina Sallehuddin
New Straits Times, 4 September 2023
19. Malaysian PM Anwar cops backlash as Ahmad Zahid’s embezzlement charges dropped on Reformasi anniversary
Hadi Azmi
South China Morning Post, 4 September 2023
Myanmar
20. EXCLUSIVE: ASEAN security summit in US will include Myanmar junta officials
Myanmar NOW, 4 September 2023
Philippines
21. Philippines: A new ‘middle power’?
Richard Heydarian
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 5 September 2023
Singapore
22. Singapore – a vital link in the global energy supply chain
Lee Pak Sing
Business Times, 4 September 2023
Thailand
23. We’ll keep poll pledges, says PM
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 5 September 2023
24. Military reform ‘will go ahead’
Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post, 5 September 2023
25. Well, that was a wild ride to Govt House
Veera Prateepchaikul
Bangkok Post, 4 September 2023
26. Thailand to Hold US Security Talks, PM Says as He Skips Asean
Suttinee Yuvejwattana
Bloomberg, 4 September 2023
Vietnam
27. U.S. and Vietnam have room to expand their defense cooperation
Tran Nguyen Quan And Jeffrey Ordaniel
Nikkei Asia, 4 September 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
28. Why Biden Skipping the Asean Summit Is a Mistake
Karishma Vaswani
Bloomberg, 5 September 2023
29. Will China’s belt and road plan, ASEAN provide silver lining as US step ups de-risking and trade prospects dim?
Kinling Lo
South China Morning Post, 5 September 2023
30. Slow progress on Myanmar crisis has left negative mark on Asean: Indonesian foreign minister
Arlina Arshad
Straits Times, 5 September 2023
31. Vice President Harris to face doubts, dysfunction at ASEAN summit
Associated Press
Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 4 September 2023
32. Busy week ahead for ASEAN leaders as they tackle the Myanmar crisis, tensions over China’s new map
Leong Wai Kit, Chandni Vatvani & Calvin Yang
Channel News Asia, 4 September 2023
ASEAN SUMMIT 2023
33. ASEAN summit forges fresh strategies
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Bangkok Post, 5 September 2023
34. A far-sighted vision for ASEAN’s future
[Link to Fulcrum’s article “Visioning ASEAN Post-2025 Through Storm-Clouds of Change”] Simone Galimberti
Jakarta Post, 5 September 2023
35. ASEAN summit begins as China’s new territorial map fuels tensions
Nikkei Asia, 5 September 2023
36. ASEAN-BAC produces eight legacy projects for the region: Chairman
Antara, 4 September 2023
37. VP Amin highlights role of pesantrens in ASEAN Business Awards
Antara, 4 September 2023
38. ASEAN Must Cut Ties With ‘Terrorist’ Regime in Myanmar: Civil Society
Irrawaddy, 4 September 2023
Climate Change/Environment
39. Indonesia’s per capita coal emissions are growing faster than any G20 country
Robin Hicks
Eco-Business, 5 September 2023
40. Indonesia climate deal in $20bn gridlock as Vietnam, India on hold
Tsubasa Suruga, Ismi Damayanti and Nana Shibata
Nikkei Asia, 5 September 2023
41. Preserving hydrogen as Indonesia’s sustainable energy in the future
Antara, 4 September 2023
42. Chairman’s Statement on The 17th East Asia Summit Energy Ministers Meeting
ASEAN Secretariat News, 4 September 2023
43. Fourth Joint Statement of Lao PDR-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project
ASEAN Secretariat News, 4 September 2023
44. Joint Statement of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines Power Integration Project (BIMP-PIP)
ASEAN Secretariat News, 4 September 2023
Media, Technology & Society
45. X community notes not the answer to fake news
Jules Bonnard
New Straits Times, 5 September 2023
Others
46. Building bigger BRICS
Stephen Grenville
Interpreter, 5 September 2023
47. BRICS ushers in new opportunity for fairer trade in new world order
Agam Fatchurrochman and Edi Suhardi
Jakarta Post, 4 September 2023
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