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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. 33: Choi Shing Kwok, Director & Chief Executive Officer
- No. 36: Jayant Menon, Senior Fellow
- No. 45: Elyssa Kaur Ludher, 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 | Media, Technology & Society | Others
Cambodia
1. After message from Hun Sen, Cambodia’s new leader halts tax changes
Radio Free Asia, 4 October 2023
Indonesia
2. Clearing the Skies: Addressing Jakarta’s Air Pollution Problem
Edward Parker
Diplomat, 5 October 2023
3. How Jokowi’s patronage politics built the post-authoritarian regime
Adisti Sukma Sawitri
Jakarta Post, 5 October 2023
4. Double standards on Myanmar
Jakarta Post, 5 October 2023
5. Jokowi, SBY meeting sparks speculation of Democrats joining cabinet
Yerica Lai & Dio Suhenda
Jakarta Post, 5 October 2023
6. The Rempang project and infrastructure accountability risk
Alvin Nicola
Jakarta Post, 5 October 2023
7. Agriculture Minister returns to Indonesia as KPK intensifies investigation
Dio Suhenda
Jakarta Post, 5 October 2023
8. KPU urges political parties to withdraw ex-graft convicts from legislative elections
Nur Janti
Jakarta Post, 4 October 2023
9. SBSN plays strategic role in national infrastructure development
Josa Lukman
Jakarta Post, 4 October 2023
10. Indonesian Govt Passes the ASN Bill into Law
Moh. Khory Alfarizi
Tempo, 4 October 2023
Malaysia
11. Anwar’s green agenda can outperform Mahathir’s grey vision
Free Malaysia Today, 5 October 2023
12. Pelangai’ s lack of amenities may be a sticking point Perikatan can use against BN
Zarrah Morden & Muhammad Yusry
Malay Mail Online, 5 October 2023
13. PM Anwar: Religious agencies, Islamic figures should provide input to 12MP, Budget 2024
Malay Mail Online, 5 October 2023
14. Worried Najib and Rosmah may go off scot-free, civil societies call for moratorium on DNAA and acquittals until AG’s dual roles split
Zarrah Morden
Malay Mail Online, 5 October 2023
15. Govt should enact Transboundary Haze Act
Yeo Bee Yin
Malaysiakini, 5 October 2023
16. Perikatan banks on youth support to win next Selangor polls
Ravin Palanisamy
The Malaysian Insight, 5 October 2023
17. Survey shows Pelangai voters prefer BN, Anwar
The Malaysian Insight, 5 October 2023
18. 党内外合纵连横 安华内阁改组费神 [Internal and external alliances make Anwar’s cabinet reshuffle troublesome]
胡逸山
联合早报, 5 October 2023
19. Pelangai by-election: All BN assemblymen will not jump ship, says Pahang MB
Malay Mail Online, 4 October 2023
20. Mahathir in Kemaman? PAS says no decision on candidate yet
Malaysiakini, 4 October 2023
21. Muhyiddin slams govt over delay in appointing new minister
Haspaizi Zain
Malaysiakini, 4 October 2023
22. MA63: PM thanks Sabah Pakatan for withdrawing suit
Stephanie Lee
Star, 4 October 2023
23. Citizenship a Constitutional right, not the government’s, says LFL
R. Sekaran
Star, 4 October 2023
24. Ismail Sabri gesa kerajaan segera gubal dan laksana Akta Pendanaan Politik [Ismail Sabri urged the government to immediately enact and implement the Political Funding Act]
Suraidah Roslan
Utusan Malaysia, 4 October 2023
Myanmar
25. An Inside Look at Myanmar Resistance Groups’ Weapons Manufacturing Factories
Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Diplomat, 4 October 2023
26. Myanmar Junta Boss’s Graft Purge Can’t Hide His Own Ill-Gotten Wealth
Irrawaddy, 4 October 2023
Thailand
27. Army set to return land to local people
Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post, 5 October 2023
28. A tale of liquidity and (too much) debt
Chartchai Parasuk
Bangkok Post, 5 October 2023
29. Government urged to focus on water
Lamonphet Apisitniran
Bangkok Post, 5 October 2023
30. After Third Major Shooting in Four Years, Thailand Debates How to Stem Gun Violence
Sui-Lee Wee & Muktita Suhartono
New York Times, 4 October 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
31. Increased Asean green power connectivity need of the hour
[Link to the “Regional Trends Report on Energy for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific 2023“]
Sreekanth Ravindran
Khmer Times, 5 October 2023
32. The Nikkei View: ASEAN should harness joint exercise for greater unity
Nikkei Asia, 4 October 2023
33. Roundtable stresses ASEAN’s importance to shaping rules-based global order
VietnamPlus, 4 October 2023
Asia Pacific
34. China’s Secret “Blue Dragon” Strategy: Can US Containment Policy Succeed?
Professor Patrick Mendis & Professor Antonina Luszczykiewicz
Australian Institute of International Affairs, 4 October 2023
35. Will Xi’s Military Modernization Pay Off?
David M. Finkelstein
Foreign Affairs, 4 October 2023
36. Refreshed China-Germany deal helps Beijing keep economic foothold in West amid US-led decoupling
Mia Nulimaimaiti & Ralph Jennings
South China Morning Post, 4 October 2023
37. Anti-China rhetoric in US campaign could hurt ‘new window of opportunity’ to improve ties: analysts
Kimberly Lim
South China Morning Post, 4 October 2023
38. China and America are not destined for war
Joseph S. Nye
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 3 October 2023
East/South China Sea
39. Philippine Boats Breach Chinese Blockade in Faceoff Near a Disputed Shoal
Jim Gomez
Diplomat, 5 October 2023
Climate Change/Environment
40. Singapore releases quality criteria for seeking UN-aligned carbon credits
Liang Lei
Eco-Business, 4 October 2023
41. How to Break China’s Hold on Batteries and Critical Minerals
Brian Deese & Jason Bordoff
Foreign Policy, 4 October 2023
42. Miti moots e-motorcycle incentive for B40 in Budget 2024
Free Malaysia Today, 4 October 2023
43. Japan courts Canada, Australia for China-free EV supply chain
Ryohtaroh Satoh
Nikkei Asia, 4 October 2023
44. Asia-Pacific’s climate cash conundrum: Why funding remains elusive
Subel Rai Bhandari
Radio Free Asia, 4 October 2023
45. Food prices are rising as countries limit exports. Blame climate change, El Nino and Russia’s war
Aniruddha Ghosal
Sentinel, 4 October 2023
46. Can the US and China solve the climate crisis for us?
Erik Baark
ThinkChina, 4 October 2023
Media, Technology & Society
47. In Indonesia, some sellers defy TikTok sales ban while offline traders cheer protection of ‘pillars of economy’
Johannes Nugroho
South China Morning Post, 5 October 2023
48. Myanmar No. 2 in world for violations of internet freedom: report
[Link to the report “Freedom on the Net 2023: The Repressive Power of Artificial Intelligence“]
Radio Free Asia, 4 October 2023
Others
World Economy
49. At WTO, growing disregard for trade rules shows world is fragmenting
Reuters
Jakarta Post, 4 October 2023
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