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- No. 31: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 53: Julia Lau, 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: ‘Nobody wants to leave their home’: mass forced evictions at Cambodia’s UNESCO world heritage site of Angkor
Amnesty International, 14 November 2023
Indonesia
2. Analysis: Indonesia begins study for extending Whoosh! to Surabaya
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 15 November 2023
3. Coca-Cola Indonesia addresses MUI fatwa on boycotts
Jakarta Post, 15 November 2023
4. Indonesia, US herald ‘new era’ of cooperation
Yvette Tanamal
Jakarta Post, 15 November 2023
5. Indonesian conglomerate Sinar Mas to open hotel in new capital
Nana Shibata
Nikkei Asia, 15 November 2023
6. US, Indonesia elevate relations, but some hurdles remain
Nirmal Ghosh & Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja
Straits Times, 15 November 2023
7. ‘Smallholders are victims of the haze, not the cause’: Indonesian oil palm farmers union advisor Aida Greenbury
Robin Hicks
Eco-Business, 14 November 2023
8. PDI-P dismisses Jokowi’s son-in-law for supporting Prabowo
Jakarta Post, 14 November 2023
9. Indonesians boycott McDonald’s, Starbucks over support for Israel
Aisyah Llewellyn
Others, 14 November 2023
10. Israel-Gaza war: Jews in Indonesia hide in ‘religious closet’ as antisemitism flares
Johannes Nugroho
South China Morning Post, 14 November 2023
11. Indonesian presidential front runner Prabowo vows to keep foreign policy neutral
Arlina Arshad
Straits Times, 14 November 2023
12. Indonesian Carbon Market: Hope or Hype?
Albertus Prabu Siagian
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (Indonesia), 10 November 2023
Malaysia
13. MALAYSIA, US TO FORMULATE PLAN TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN VITAL BILATERAL TIES
Bernama, 15 November 2023
14. Middle powers like Malaysia can help reduce tensions via creative diplomacy
Bernama, 15 November 2023
15. PAC implementation of LCS Project Mobilisation Plan yet to reach significant level
Bernama, 15 November 2023
16. Fast-growing Johor eyes Singapore power trade, electric vehicle opportunities in green economy drive
Liang Lei
Eco-Business, 15 November 2023
17. Defections of Bersatu MPs reveal PH’s weak electoral base
Murray Hunter
Free Malaysia Today, 15 November 2023
18. Who’s next, after Syed Saddiq?
Mariam Mokhtar
Free Malaysia Today, 15 November 2023
19. Sarawak justified in wanting own assessment system — PAGE
Malay Mail Online, 15 November 2023
20. Without leadership revamp, analysts see Bersatu losing more MPs to defection
Soo Wern Jun
Malay Mail Online, 15 November 2023
21. McDonald’s turns to Sedition Act as boycott bites despite PR campaigns
Malaysia Now, 15 November 2023
22. C4 sounds alarm bell over money politics and failure of anti-party hopping law
Hana Naz Harun
New Straits Times, 15 November 2023
23. Mahathir an opportunist, not a born-again democrat – Kua Kia Soong
Others, 15 November 2023
24. Bersatu vague on plans to amend its constitution
Martin Carvalho & Ragananthini Vethasalam
Star, 15 November 2023
25. Government incentives, rising fuel prices drive Malaysia’s EV sales
Tan Ai Leng
Business Times, 14 November 2023
26. How to resolve burden of civil service pensions within 5 years
Geoffrey Williams
Free Malaysia Today, 14 November 2023
27. Ipsos Malaysia urges govt to review 30pc rule for housing affordability
John Bunyan
Malay Mail Online, 14 November 2023
28. Govt allocations to opposition never a practice – analyst
Zanariah Abd Mutablib
New Straits Times, 14 November 2023
29. Mahathir can do it again with Pas’ say pundits following admission to ‘using DAP’
Shahrin Aizat Noorshahrizam
New Straits Times, 14 November 2023
Myanmar
30. Shan State Omen: Is Myanmar’s Junta Losing Control of the War?
Drake Long
Diplomat, 14 November 2023
31. What Happened to Ye Htut? Intrigue in Myanmar’s Corridors of Power
Irrawaddy, 14 November 2023
32. China-Myanmar Transnational Criminal Networks and China’s Overseas Interests
Stefanie Kam, Yi Lin Luo
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 14 November 2023
33. Myanmar rebels seek to control border with India after early wins
Straits Times, 14 November 2023
34. Myanmar junta faces biggest test since coup
Poppy McPherson, Devjyot Ghoshal (Reuters)
New Straits Times, 13 November 2023
35. Interview: Opposition’s Operation 1027 in Shan State indicates ‘low point’ in Myanmar-China ties
Radio Free Asia, 10 November 2023
Philippines
36. Gaining momentum
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 November 2023
37. Revised Maharlika fund rules have enough safeguards vs abuse – 2 solons
Gabriel Pabico Lalu
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 14 November 2023
38. Non-inclusive economic growth
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 November 2023
39. Marcos gets more say on Maharlika managers
Julie M. Aurelio & Nestor Corrales
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 12 November 2023
Singapore
40. Singapore’s Principled and Balanced Approach to the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Mohamed Nassir
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 14 November 2023
Thailand
41. Council mulling handout scheme
Bangkok Post, 15 November 2023
42. Jurin resigns as acting Dem leader
Bangkok Post, 15 November 2023
43. On why Thailand is politically unstable
Peerasit Kamnuansilpa
Bangkok Post, 15 November 2023
44. Operators downbeat on digital wallet
Molpasorn Shoowong
Bangkok Post, 15 November 2023
45. MFP urges three referendums on charter rewrite
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 14 November 2023
46. New shifts in Thai Middle East policy
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Bangkok Post, 14 November 2023
47. Thailand’s 4M Muslims to elect successor to nation’s top Islamic leader
Mariyam Ahmad
Benar News, 14 November 2023
48. Court ruling could spell the extinction of Move Forward Party members
The Nation, 14 November 2023
49. Thailand welcomes 23 million tourists this year with Malaysians topping list
The Nation, 14 November 2023
50. Thailand Pitches New Investors in U.S. on Old Idea of Southeast Asia Shipping Route Shortcut
Koh Ewe
Time, 14 November 2023
Vietnam
51. Is VinFast Destined To Be the Next Proton?
James Guild
Diplomat, 14 November 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
52. Southeast Asia’s digital battle: Chinese and U.S. Big Tech face off over $1tn market
Tsubasa Suruga and Akito Tanaka
Nikkei Asia, 15 November 2023
53. 印尼马国将向美国施压 终止加沙地带暴行 [Indonesia, Malaysia to pressure US to end atrocities in Gaza Strip]
蓝云舟
联合早报, 15 November 2023
54. ASEAN’s rotating chairmanships should be scrapped for a troika system
David Hutt
Radio Free Asia, 14 November 2023
Asia Pacific
55. IPEF trade talks stall over cross-border data flows, labor rules
Shunsuke Ushigome
Nikkei Asia, 15 November 2023
56. U.S. defense chief won’t meet Chinese officials in Jakarta: Pentagon
Ryo Nakamura
Nikkei Asia, 15 November 2023
57. Biden and Xi Meet at APEC
[contains 24-minute podcast]
Paul Haenle & Chong Ja Ian
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 14 November 2023
58. China-US ties need a new guiding strategic framework in competition
Global Times, 14 November 2023
59. U.S.-China: One summit, two different goals for Biden and Xi
Ken Moriyasu
Nikkei Asia, 14 November 2023
60. Xi-Biden summit: why the US push for military guard rails with China could be a near miss
Mark Magnier
South China Morning Post, 14 November 2023
61. China is not ready for a showdown with the US
Lance Gore
ThinkChina, 14 November 2023
East/South China Sea
62. South China Sea row to top agenda of Asean defence ministers’ meeting amid China-Philippines clashes
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 14 November 2023
Climate Change/Environment
63. The Case for Energy Realism at COP28
ANA PALACIO
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 15 November 2023
64. Can Malaysia afford an expensive bet on natural gas?
Ganesha Pillai is a senior research associate and Dr Pieter E. Stek is a postdoctoral researcher at the Asia School of Business’ Centre of Technology, Strategy and Sustainability in Kuala Lumpur.
New Straits Times, 15 November 2023
65. MALAYSIA’S ROAD TO GREEN MOBILITY
The article is authored by Boston Consulting Group partner and associate director Andrey Berdichevskiy, Boston Consulting Group project leader Yung Shen Ow, and Zero Emission Vehicle Association (ZEVA) president Wan Ahmad Zam Zam Wan Abd Wahab.
Star, 15 November 2023
Media, Technology & Society
66. Artificial Intelligence, Disinformation, and the 2024 Indonesian Elections
Nuurrianti Jalli
Diplomat, 14 November 2023
Others
International Relations
67. ‘West v rest’ no longer seen as template for global alliances, survey finds
Jon Henley
Guardian, 14 November 2023
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