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- No. 38: Nguyen Khac Giang, Visiting Fellow
- No. 41: The State of Southeast Asia: 2023 Survey Report
- No. 43: Choi Shing Kwok, Director & Chief Executive Officer
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
Indonesia
1. Why Indonesia has not captured more of the ‘China +1’ diversification
Mercedes Ruehl
Financial Times, 21 November 2023
2. Unmasking fraudsters: Combating the emerging threat of deepfake fraud
Ronald Molenaar
Jakarta Post, 21 November 2023
3. OIKN targets IKN’s third phase of groundbreaking in December 2023
Antara, 20 November 2023
4. Are We There Yet? Indonesia’s Huge EV Challenge
Mailinda Eka Yuniza and Jonathan Abram Dewanto
Diplomat, 20 November 2023
5. Where Does Ganjar Pranowo Stand on Indonesia’s Foreign Policy?
Noto Suoneto
Diplomat, 20 November 2023
6. Rethinking Indonesia’s nickel policies to power economic growth
Cullen Hendrix, PIIE
East Asia Forum, 20 November 2023
7. Govt rebuts claim labor concerns holding up IPEF
Ruth Dea Juwita
Jakarta Post, 20 November 2023
8. IKN draws no foreign funds so far, but lots of interest: Jokowi
Deni Ghifari
Jakarta Post, 20 November 2023
9. PDI-P looks to unlikely ally to combat alleged intimidation
Dio Suhenda
Jakarta Post, 20 November 2023
Malaysia
10. AMANAH tak boleh dabik dada menang di kerusi campuran [AMANAH cannot brag about winning in mixed seats]
Dr Abdul Muqit Muhammad
Berita Harian, 21 November 2023
11. GOVT TO SET UP SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO EMPOWER SYARIAH COURT – PM ANWAR
Bernama, 21 November 2023
12. Sarawak targets role as key producer and exporter of green hydrogen
Melissa Goh, Calvin Yang
Channel News Asia, 21 November 2023
13. Local issues behind MPs switching sides, says ex-rep
Amirul Aiman
Free Malaysia Today, 21 November 2023
14. Memecah telur di Kemaman [Breaking eggs in Kemaman]
Hishamuddin Aun
Free Malaysia Today, 21 November 2023
15. New narratives for Malaysia’s care economy needed
Edwin Goh
Free Malaysia Today, 21 November 2023
16. Sarawak first state in Malaysia with ombudsman law, after landmark Bill passed with unanimous support
Malay Mail Online, 21 November 2023
17. Anwar struggles to boost Malaysian economy a year after victory
Norman Goh
Nikkei Asia, 21 November 2023
18. Malaysia’s Penang lures medical tourists from Indonesia
RANDY MULYANTO, Contributing writer
Nikkei Asia, 21 November 2023
19. ‘Flexible’ third EPF account to be implemented in April 2024, says Ahmad
R. Sekaran
Star, 21 November 2023
20. Anwar unity govt work in progress, say observers
Noel Achariam, Ravin Palanisamy
The Malaysian Insight, 21 November 2023
21. 6.3 MLN EPF CONTRIBUTORS UNDER 55 HAVE LESS THAN RM10,000 IN SAVINGS
Bernama, 20 November 2023
22. Malaysian hopes of market access via Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity reveal wishful thinking
Ong Kar Jin and Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Edge Markets, 20 November 2023
23. The importance of Japan to Malaysia in the socioeconomic sphere
Ong Kian Ming
Edge Markets, 20 November 2023
24. Muda to hold elections next year, implement rejuvenation agenda
Malaysiakini, 20 November 2023
25. Malaysia pizza chain to rebrand as Israel-Gaza war-linked boycott widens and bites into profits
Hadi Azmi
South China Morning Post, 20 November 2023
Myanmar
26. CNA Explains: Myanmar’s rebels are gaining ground with their latest attacks. Could they overthrow the junta?
Leong Wai Kit
Channel News Asia, 20 November 2023
27. Operation 1027 is Creating a New Political Template for Myanmar’s Future
Moe Sett Nyein Chan
Irrawaddy, 20 November 2023
28. Myanmar Rebel Offensive Helps China’s Cybercrime Crackdown
Ingyin Naing
VOA, 20 November 2023
Philippines
29. Marcos brings home $672M in investment pledges from US
Nestor Corrales
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21 November 2023
30. Marcos needs an industrial policy strategy
Richard Heydarian
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21 November 2023
31. Marcos doubles down on his double game with China
RICHARD JAVAD HEYDARIAN
Asia Times, 20 November 2023
32. Sec Remulla bares plan to have a global firm, no longer DFA, to issue visas to Chinese entering PH
JEFFREY DAMICOG
Manila Bulletin, 20 November 2023
33. Philippines’ jeepney drivers strike again as modernisation deadline looms: ‘it will bury us in debt’
Michael Beltran
South China Morning Post, 20 November 2023
Thailand
34. Government urged to support amnesty bill
Bangkok Post, 21 November 2023
35. The secret new Thai-French relations
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Bangkok Post, 21 November 2023
36. Navy chief: Chinese engine meets specs in submarine contract
Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post, 20 November 2023
37. Selling Thailand to the world: How did Srettha do at APEC?
The Nation, 20 November 2023
Vietnam
38. 越南半导体业的春天几时到？[When will the spring of Vietnam’s semiconductor industry arrive?]
周逸菲
联合早报, 20 November 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
39. An SEZ with Johor could be a game changer
Simon Tay
Business Times, 21 November 2023
40. Bringing India and Thailand Closer via the Trilateral Highway Through Myanmar
Sreeparna Banerjee
ORF, 21 November 2023
41. Israel-Hamas war strains Indonesia, Malaysia ties with West
David Hutt
Deutsche Welle, 20 November 2023
42. Special Report – “ASEAN’s Critical Assessment and Practical Reforms”
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 18 November 2023
Asia Pacific
43. China-U.S. Relations: Choi Shing Kwok: Mutual recognition of meeting’s importance by both sides a positive sign
[include a 3-minute video clip]
CGTV, 20 November 2023
44. How China and the U.S. Are Competing on Trade
Alexandra Sharp and Olatunji Osho-Williams
Foreign Policy, 17 November 2023
East/South China Sea
45. China rejects PH’s separate Code of Conducts with Vietnam, Malaysia
JOSEPH PEDRAJAS
Manila Bulletin, 21 November 2023
46. PH woos Asean to craft code on South China Sea
Nestor Corrales
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21 November 2023
47. Philippines seeking bilateral deals to avoid South China Sea conflict: Marcos
Jason Gutierrez
Benar News, 20 November 2023
48. A South China Sea Code of Conduct Cannot Be Built on a Foundation of Bad Faith
Raymond Powell
Diplomat, 18 November 2023
Climate Change/Environment
49. Earth Observation Services and Tools for Development: Examples from Indonesia
Asian Development Bank, 21 November 2023
50. Underinvestment in climate adaptation in Asia could exacerbate inequality, social unrest: UNDP
Robin Hicks
Eco-Business, 21 November 2023
51. World Energy Employment 2023
[A 98-page PDF report]
IEA, 21 November 2023
52. S’wak first state to pass law on carbon emission
Malaysiakini, 21 November 2023
53. ESG is not enough to create a better world
Sunil Puri
Straits Times, 21 November 2023
54. The False Promise of Carbon Offsets: It’s Time to Retire an Ineffective Tactic to Fight Climate Change
Jessica F. Green
Foreign Affairs, 20 November 2023
55. China Aims to Corner the Undersea Mineral Market, Too
Christina Lu
Foreign Policy, 20 November 2023
56. Waste from Adidas, Walmart, other brands fuelling Cambodia brick kilns, says report
Malay Mail Online, 20 November 2023
Media, Technology & Society
57. Social media consumption in the fog of war
Business Times, 21 November 2023
58. Menakar Netralitas Media Televisi dalam Kontestasi Politik Jelang Pemilu 2024 [Measuring the Neutrality of Television Media in Political Contestations Ahead of the 2024 Election]
Cipto Utomo, Magister Ilmu Komunikasi, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta
Republika, 20 November 2023
59. Social Media and the Manufacturing of Malay-Muslim Insecurity
Hew Wai Weng and Nicholas Chan
Stratsea, 17 November 2023
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