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- No. 5: Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 7: Julia Lau, Senior Fellow
- No. 8: Manggi Habir, Visiting Fellow
- No. 34: Daungyewa Utarasint, former Visiting Fellow
- No. 40: Hoang Thi Ha, Senior Fellow, and Eugene RL Tan, Research Officer
- No. 43: Siwage Dharma Negara, Senior Fellow
- No. 45: Kwa Chong Guan, Associate Fellow
- No. 51: Vinod Thomas, Visiting 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. Siem Reap international airport starts operations
Xinhua
Star, 16 October 2023
Indonesia
2. Constitutional Court upholds minimum age for president, VP candidates
Nur Janti
Jakarta Post, 16 October 2023
3. The integrity of Indonesia’s 2024 general election is at stake
Ary Hermawan
Jakarta Post, 16 October 2023
4. Jokowi, Indonesia’s kingmaker, works to keep influence after election
Kate Lamb and Ananda Teresia
Reuters, 16 October 2023
5. 印尼对以哈冲突的反应 [Indonesia’s response to the Israel-Hamas conflict]
廖建裕是新加坡尤索夫伊萨东南亚研究院资深访问研究员, 南洋理工大学拉惹勒南国际研究院兼任教授
联合早报, 16 October 2023
6. Opposition grows ahead of court ruling on presidential age limit
Dio Suhenda
Jakarta Post, 15 October 2023
7. 反对阵营人士接连被调查 印尼政府受质疑假肃贪真政治洗牌 [Investigations on opposition members: Indonesian government questioned whether eliminating corruption is a front for political reshuffle]
蓝云舟
联合早报, 15 October 2023
8. Reassessing Indonesia’s nickel downstreaming policy
Manggi Habir
East Asia Forum, 14 October 2023
9. Indonesia leader’s volunteer network endorses ex-general Prabowo for president
Reuters, 14 October 2023
10. Indonesia launches palm oil exchange to rival Malaysia benchmark
Ismi Damayanti and Erwida Maulia
Nikkei Asia, 13 October 2023
Malaysia
11. RM2,000 INCENTIVE TO CIVIL SERVANTS A RECOGNITION OF THEIR SERVICE – PM ANWAR
Bernama, 16 October 2023
12. Pressure builds on Anwar to condemn US over ‘blanket support’ for Israeli offensive in Gaza
Malaysia Now, 16 October 2023
13. Malaysia seeks to put state-run VCs under sovereign wealth fund
KEERTAN AYAMANY
Nikkei Asia, 16 October 2023
14. Nothing political about RM1.9 billion for Islamic development, analysts say
Alfian Z.M. Tahir
The Malaysian Insight, 16 October 2023
15. Muktamar: Pas sekat suara demokrasi [PAS blocking democratic voices]
Aiman Ali
Utusan Malaysia, 16 October 2023
16. Perikatan: Trapped in a holding pattern?
Philip Golingai
Star, 15 October 2023
17. Small steps for Anwar, but a leap of faith for Malaysians after vague 2024 budget
Shannon Teoh
Straits Times, 15 October 2023
18. Minorities are not mere votes
Mustafa K. Anuar
The Malaysian Insight, 15 October 2023
19. How Malaysians will benefit from Budget 2024: More cash handouts, PTPTN discounts, RM200m for Payung Rahmah
Ida Lim and Zarrah Morden
Malay Mail Online, 14 October 2023
20. Malaysia courts new data centers in bid to be next Southeast Asia hub
Fumika Sato
Nikkei Asia, 14 October 2023
21. To Israel and the West, Hamas are terrorists. But for Malaysia?
Hadi Azmi
South China Morning Post, 14 October 2023
22. Thorn in Zahid’s side
Joceline Tan
Star, 14 October 2023
23. Despite reforms, Malaysia seeks to spend its way out of rough economic waters with Budget 2024
Shannon Teoh and Azril Annuar
Straits Times, 14 October 2023
24. Budget 2024 will squeeze middle income Malaysians, says Syed Saddiq
Soo Wern Jun
Malay Mail Online, 13 October 2023
Myanmar
25. Myanmar military marks rebel ceasefire despite rebel clashes
Business Times, 15 October 2023
26. Myanmar’s exiled media outlets keep reporting from next door
Yuichi Nitta
Nikkei Asia, 15 October 2023
27. Border blues: Myanmar migrants face barriers to work in China
Frontier Myanmar, 13 October 2023
28. Who’s Who in Myanmar’s NCA, Then and Now
Irrawaddy, 13 October 2023
29. Myanmar Junta’s Digital Database Prompts Monitoring Fears
Irrawaddy, 13 October 2023
Philippines
30. Philippines in historic US-backed military base expansion
RICHARD JAVAD HEYDARIAN
Asia Times, 14 October 2023
31. Manila puts security forces on high alert amid Israel-Hamas war
Gerard Carreon & Jojo Riñoza
Benar News, 13 October 2023
32. Philippines’ Marcos Jnr drops ‘People Power’ holiday marking dictator father’s ouster, criticised for covering up past
Agence France-Presse
South China Morning Post, 13 October 2023
Thailand
33. Longer hours welcome
Editorial
Bangkok Post, 16 October 2023
34. Virtue And Violence: Revealing Nexus Between Political And Domestic Violence In Thailand’s Deep South
Daungyewa Utarasint
[Originally published as ISEAS Perspective 2023/80]
Eurasia Review, 16 October 2023
35. Most want B10,000 digital wallet scheme implemented but fear consequences: poll
Bangkok Post, 15 October 2023
36. The realm’s defender in chief
Bangkok Post, 14 October 2023
37. Thailand ‘still undemocratic’ 50 years after the Oct 14 battle
Chanapat Komlongharn
The Nation, 14 October 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
38. Asean-Gulf states summit to discuss trade, energy and possibly Israel-Hamas conflict
Goh Ruoxue
Business Times, 16 October 2023
39. Protesters in Malaysia, Indonesia Come Out in Support of Palestine
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 16 October 2023
40. India’s expanding global influence has limited reach in ASEAN
Hoang Thi Ha and Eugene RL Tan
ThinkChina, 16 October 2023
41. Southeast Asia’s mounting food insecurity
Zachary Abuza
Radio Free Asia, 15 October 2023
42. Indonesia becomes VN’s largest rice buyer, ministry optimistic about exports
VietNamNet, 15 October 2023
43. China’s Trade Grows in SE Asia Under BRI, as Do Concerns
[Link to The State of Southeast Asia: 2023 Survey Report]
Peh Hong Lim
VOA, 15 October 2023
44. Asean seeks balance between savings, domestic consumption
Sreekanth Ravindran
Khmer Times, 14 October 2023
45. Southeast Asia in the Forgotten History of the Maritime Silk Road?
Kwa Chong Guan & Han Fook Kwang
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 13 October 2023
Asia Pacific
46. Singapore’s Wong Says China Needs to Grow Influence ‘Carefully’
Philip Heijmans and Chester Yung
Bloomberg, 14 October 2023
47. APEC Makes Progress on Structural Reform Amid Challenges
APEC, 13 October 2023
East/South China Sea
48. South China Sea: Philippines hits out at Chinese military’s ‘dangerous, offensive’ behaviour after fresh near miss
Reuters and Bloomberg
South China Morning Post, 16 October 2023
East/South China Sea
48. South China Sea: Philippines hits out at Chinese military’s ‘dangerous, offensive’ behaviour after fresh near miss
Reuters and Bloomberg
South China Morning Post, 16 October 2023
Climate Change/Environment
49. Indonesia to seek China’s help to develop renewables at Belt and Road Forum
Business Times, 16 October 2023
50. Asean power grid opens doors for Singapore to be regional clean energy trading hub
Anita Gabriel
Business Times, 16 October 2023
51. Can Southeast Asia prioritise climate over politics to bridge the financing gap?
Vinod Thomas
South China Morning Post, 15 October 2023
52. A dirty habit: Why Indonesia is addicted to coal and how it can go green
Linda Yulisman, Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja and David Fogarty
Straits Times, 14 October 2023
53. Multilateral Development Banks Provide Record Climate Finance of Close to $61 Billion for Low and Middle-Income Economies in 2022
[Link to 100-page PDF document: The Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ Climate Finance]
Asian Development Bank, 12 October 2023
Media, Technology & Society
54. The Nightingale Versus the Bear
[Link to 59-page PDF: The Nightingale Versus the Bear]
Alyssa Demus, Khrystyna Holynska, Krystyna Marcinek
Rand, 16 October 2023
55. Emboldened by TikTok victory, offline vendors take on e-commerce
Yohana Belinda
Jakarta Post, 14 October 2023
56. Website block rate increased in 2023 – internet censorship study
Malaysiakini, 14 October 2023
57. In Indonesia, Fake News About Israel-Hamas War Triggers Concern
Eva Mazrieva
VOA, 14 October 2023
58. How Israel-Hamas War Misinformation Is Spreading Online
Astha Rajvanshi
Time, 13 October 2023
Others
Belt & Road Initiative
59. China’s Belt and Road Forum to illuminate scope of Russia ties
NURIYA KAPRALOU
Nikkei Asia, 16 October 2023
60. BRI is only first step in China’s strategy for a new world order
Niva Yau
Nikkei Asia, 16 October 2023
61. Ten years of the BRI: Raising China’s speaking rights amid geopolitical and debt risks
Miao Zong-Han
ThinkChina, 16 October 2023
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