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- No. 3: Jayant Menon, Senior Fellow
- No. 47: Tham Siew Yean, Visiting Senior Fellow, and Moe Thuzar, Senior Fellow
- No. 48: Melinda Martinus, Lead Researcher, and State of Southeast Asia: 2023 Survey Report
- No. 49: State of Southeast Asia: 2023 Survey Report
- No. 56: Ian Storey, 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. Generational Shift, Rules Needed for Smooth Ministerial Leadership Changes
Khmer Times, 6 December 2023
2. Kingdom’s tourism potential yet to be fully tapped, say insiders
Jigmee Palden Pazo
Khmer Times, 6 December 2023
3. Intra-sectoral diversification must for Cambodia’s growth
Sreekanth Ravindran
Khmer Times, 4 December 2023
Indonesia
4. From Populist Pariah to ‘Jokowi’s Man’: Analyzing Prabowo Subianto’s Political Transformation
Angus Lam
Diplomat, 6 December 2023
5. Prabowo to push for Indonesian-made cars if he wins election
Jakarta Post, 6 December 2023
6. Traction for impact investing in Indonesia
Andjarsari Paramaditha
Jakarta Post, 6 December 2023
7. What presidential candidates are missing in their digital economy vision
Rania Teguh and Albert Jehoshua Rapha
Jakarta Post, 6 December 2023
8. Will the ‘gemoy’ tactic be effective in wooing Gen Z voters?
Virdika Rizky Utama
Jakarta Post, 6 December 2023
9. Candidate Anies promises to form special anti-inflation team
Jakarta Post, 5 December 2023
10. Ganjar expresses commitment to corruption eradication during campaign
Jakarta Post, 5 December 2023
11. Indonesia has ‘more opportunities than money’ for energy transition
SAYUMI TAKE
Nikkei Asia, 5 December 2023
12. Capres Anies Baswedan Janji Bangun Kereta Api Banjarmasin-Banjarbaru [Presidential Candidate Anies Baswedan Promises to Build the Banjarmasin-Banjarbaru Railway]
Norman Meoko
Sinar Harapan, 5 December 2023
Laos
13. Laos Deports 462 Chinese Nationals as Scamming Crackdown Spreads
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 6 December 2023
Malaysia
14. Anwar, PKR perlu kemudi semula agenda reformasi [Anwar, PKR need to direct the reform agenda again]
M Ariff Asyrul Adnan adalah Pensyarah Sains Politik, Fakulti Sains Pentadbiran dan Pengajian Polisi, Universiti Teknologi MARA Kampus Raub
Berita Harian, 6 December 2023
15. Malaysia on track towards continued progress – PM Anwar
Bernama, 6 December 2023
16. Sabah poised to play key role in China Maritime Silk Road route, says deputy CM
Malay Mail Online, 6 December 2023
17. Malaysia’s civil liberties squeezed as news portals closed, books seized amid creeping censorship: report
Hadi Azmi
South China Morning Post, 6 December 2023
18. Lekeh sangatkah MIC di mata BN? [Is MIC very weak in BN’s eyes?]
Datuk M. Periasamy ialah penganalisis sosial & politik.
Utusan Malaysia, 6 December 2023
19. Legislation in 2024 to be people-centric, says Azalina
The Malaysian Insight, 5 December 2023
20. Pengajaran di sebalik kekalahan Umno di Kemaman [The lesson behind Umno’s loss in Kemaman]
Mohd Azizi Jaeh
The Malaysian Insight, 5 December 2023
Myanmar
21. Military manpower has become a critical factor for Myanmar’s junta
Andrew Selth
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 6 December 2023
22. Myanmar central bank to no longer set forex rates
Bangkok Post, 6 December 2023
23. China raises stakes in cyberscam crackdown in Myanmar, though loopholes remain
Channel News Asia, 6 December 2023
24. Time for Myanmar’s neighbours to recalibrate approach as regime loses ground
Tan Hui Yee
Straits Times, 6 December 2023
25. Myanmar in GTTAC report: PDF details actions of armed groups
The Nation, 6 December 2023
26. Return of the ‘four cuts’ in Myanmar’s Mon state
Nai Aue Mon and Maggi Quadrini
Asia Times, 5 December 2023
27. No, China Is Not Intervening in Myanmar’s Civil War
Nian Peng
Diplomat, 5 December 2023
28. Myanmar Junta Boss Tries to Drive Wedge Between Ethnic Armies, Civilians
Irrawaddy, 5 December 2023
29. The Existential Threat Facing Myanmar’s Junta
Ye Myo Hein
Irrawaddy, 5 December 2023
Philippines
30. Down to the last bluff
Inquirer, 6 December 2023
31. House panels concur with Marcos amnesty offer to ex-rebels
Julie M. Aurelio
Inquirer, 6 December 2023
32. PH Coast Guard eyes fleet base in Subic
Franco Jose C. Baroña
Manila Times, 6 December 2023
33. Anchoring the U.S.-Philippine Alliance
[A 52-page PDF document]
Pacific Forum, 6 December 2023
34. Philippine House Voices Support For Talks With Communist Rebels
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 5 December 2023
35. Marawi attack rekindles Islamic State fears in the Philippines
AMY CHEW
Nikkei Asia, 5 December 2023
36. Fragile peace: Marawi blast shows ISIS still a threat in southern Philippines
Mara Cepeda
Straits Times, 5 December 2023
Singapore
37. Singapore must consider Asean interests in its US-China calculations: Sinologist Wang Gungwu
South China Morning Post, 6 December 2023
Thailand
38. Agency predicts completion of railway bridge by 2029
WICHIT CHANTANUSORNSIRI
Bangkok Post, 6 December 2023
39. Govt nod for ‘CEO governors’
AEKARACH SATTABURUTH
Bangkok Post, 6 December 2023
40. Tourism operators highlight Northeast
MOLPASORN SHOOWONG
Bangkok Post, 6 December 2023
41. Thailand PM Srettha Thavisin faces hard sell with $14bn stimulus handout
Francesca Regalado
Financial Times, 6 December 2023
42. EEC Phase 2 aims to attract 500 billion baht in new investment
The Nation, 6 December 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
43. Unified, assertive ASEAN needed as US, China spar
Ron Huisken
Asia Times, 6 December 2023
44. Southeast Asia banks on aviation boom
Inquirer, 6 December 2023
45. Ripe time to boost Thai-Vietnamese ties
KAVI CHONGKITTAVORN
Bangkok Post, 5 December 2023
46. Asean+3 elevated debt levels reach 300% of region’s GDP at end-2022: report
Goh Ruoxue
Business Times, 5 December 2023
47. How Has China’s Belt and Road Initiative Impacted Southeast Asian Countries?
PONGPHISOOT BUSBARAT, ALVIN CAMBA, FADHILA INAS PRATIWI, SOVINDA PO, HOÀNG ĐỖ, BOUADAM SENGKHAMKHOUTLAVONG, THAM SIEW YEAN, MOE THUZAR
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 5 December 2023
48. Belt and Road Initiative at 10: Milestones and Concerns Across Southeast Asia
China Global South Project, 5 December 2023
49. Japan’s bid to elevate Asean ties will offer region ‘options’ amid growing Chinese influence
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 5 December 2023
50. South-east Asia is open, inclusive and resilient: President Tharman
Chin Soo Fang
Straits Times, 5 December 2023
51. Indonesia becomes largest importer of Thai rice
The Nation, 5 December 2023
Asia Pacific
52. China’s export dominance is getting stronger, not weaker
Peter Tirschwell
Nikkei Asia, 6 December 2023
53. The Sino-Russian Strategic Alignment
[45-minute Podcast]
Jude Blanchetteand Michael J. Green
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 5 December 2023
54. America’s Indo-Pacific Alliances Are Astonishingly Strong
Derek Grossman
Foreign Policy, 5 December 2023
55. APEC: No longer an ‘economic cooperation’ forum
Jin Jian Guo
ThinkChina, 5 December 2023
56. Peace and Friendship-2023: Will It Reduce China’s Trust Deficit?
Ian Storey, Senior Fellow, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute; Editor, Contemporary Southeast Asia
Asia Link, 1 December 2023
East/South China Sea
57. Swarming of militia ships at Julian Felipe Reef ‘justified and lawful’ – China
Charie Abarca
Inquirer, 5 December 2023
Climate Change/Environment
58. A year after EPR implementation, plastics still end up in landfills, creeks in Philippines’ major islands
Rhick Lars Albay
Eco-Business, 5 December 2023
59. Soil and water – Asia-Pacific’s bread and butter
Jong-Jin Kim
Jakarta Post, 5 December 2023
Media, Technology & Society
60. No to illiberal cyberlaw
Jakarta Post, 6 December 2023
61. TikTok nears deal with Indonesia’s GoTo to restart ecommerce business
Mercedes Ruehl
Financial Times, 5 December 2023
62. Indonesia softens internet law after critics complain of misuse
Reuters, 5 December 2023
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