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- No. 7: Julia Lau, Senior Fellow
- No. 41: Ha Hoang Hop, Associate Senior Fellow
- No. 42: Le Hong Hiep, Senior Fellow
- No. 44: Lye Liang Fook, Senior Fellow
- No. 46: Jayant Menon, Senior Fellow
- No. 48: Fulcrum Commentary, 2023/288
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. Cross-border payment deals with China to catapult tourist numbers
Jigmee Palden Pazo
Khmer Times, 11 December 2023
2. Hun Manet Elected CPP’s Deputy President
Cambodianess, 10 December 2023
Indonesia
3. Analysis: New capital Nusantara put to popular test
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 11 December 2023
4. Lack of young farmers jeopardizes food security, say experts
Deni Ghifari
Jakarta Post, 11 December 2023
5. Indonesia’s election bears the signs of weakening democracy
Edward Aspinall, ANU
East Asia Forum, 10 December 2023
6. Indonesia needs to ease service sector restrictions, World Bank says
Ruth Dea Juwita
Jakarta Post, 10 December 2023
7. 印尼考虑将罗兴亚难民安置在加朗岛 [Indonesia considers resettling Rohingya refugees on Galang Island]
蓝云舟
联合早报, 10 December 2023
8. Keeping the IPEF afloat is in Indonesia’s interest
Arrizal Jaknanihan, Bappenas
East Asia Forum, 9 December 2023
9. Belt and Road Initiative’s new approach and what it means for Chinese investments in Indonesia
Ahmad Syarif, Doctor of International Affairs candidate, Johns Hopkins University
The Conversation, 9 December 2023
10. Indonesia suspects human trafficking is behind the increasing number of Rohingya refugees
EDNA TARIGAN and RAHMAT MIRZA
APNews, 8 December 2023
11. Indonesia hopes global investors will follow the carmakers
Mercedes Ruehl
Financial Times, 8 December 2023
12. Indonesia’s nickel supply glut, slowing EV demand could ‘jeopardise’ Chinese miners
Amy Sood
South China Morning Post, 8 December 2023
13. Riset temukan 6 dampak kompleksitas Pemilu 2019 yang kemungkinan akan terulang pada 2024 [Research finds 6 impacts of complexities in the 2019 elections that could recur in 2024]
Sri Lestari Wahyuningroem, Dr/Dosen, UPN Veteran Jakarta
The Conversation, 8 December 2023
14. Riset: belajar dari 2019, pemilu serentak bukan solusi mengatasi politik uang dan menjamin independensi [Research: lessons from 2019 – simultaneous elections are not a solution for money politics and for guaranteeing independence]
Sri Lestari Wahyuningroem, Dr/Dosen, UPN Veteran Jakarta
The Conversation, 8 December 2023
Malaysia
15. Three things we learnt from: the Madani Government One Year Anniversary
Muhammad Yusry and Hajar Umira Md Zaki
Malay Mail Online, 11 December 2023
16. PM: Unity govt is secure, a successful formation
Star, 11 December 2023
17. The Constitution at a crossroads
Shad Saleem Faruqi
Star, 11 December 2023
18. Amanah not a DAP tool, says Mat Sabu
Free Malaysia Today, 10 December 2023
19. Financial situation must be considered for HSR, LRT projects in Johor – Loke
Malaysiakini, 10 December 2023
20. Tout PM’s ‘unprecedented’ diplomatic success, Loke tells DAP reps
Malaysiakini, 10 December 2023
21. Don’t mix rights for 40% revenue return with development allocation, says Kitingan
MUGUNTAN VANAR
Star, 10 December 2023
22. Holding out for a hero
Philip Golingai
Star, 10 December 2023
23. No ‘puppet king’: Sultan of Johor set to voice his views as Malaysia’s next monarch
Shannon Teoh
Straits Times, 10 December 2023
24. Don’t take non-Malay support for granted, govt told
Alfian Z.M. Tahir
The Malaysian Insight, 10 December 2023
25. Samsuri a safe pair of hands but Hadi holds the reins
Kenneth Cheng Chee Kin
The Malaysian Insight, 10 December 2023
26. 国盟新首相人选影响四党 [PN’s new choice for PM candidate affects four parties]
陈绍谦
星洲网, 10 December 2023
27. Assessing Anwar Ibrahim’s administration’s first year
Ibrahim Suffian, Merdeka Center for Opinion Research and Meredith Weiss, SUNY Albany
East Asia Forum, 9 December 2023
28. Malaysian Indian People’s Party applies to join PN
Faiz Zainudin
Free Malaysia Today, 9 December 2023
29. Umno ignores Malay opinion about the party
Joceline Tan
Star, 9 December 2023
Myanmar
30. Thailand, Myanmar to Form Joint Task Force to Cope With War Refugees
Irrawaddy, 9 December 2023
31. Myanmar’s army is facing battlefield challenges and grants amnesty to troops jailed for being AWOL
Grant Peck
APNews, 8 December 2023
32. Junta’s Latest US Dollar Move is Enflaming Myanmar’s Fuel Crisis
Hein Htoo Zan
Irrawaddy, 8 December 2023
Philippines
33. Marcos Jr in a delicate and dangerous three-front war
Richard Javad Heydarian
Asia Times, 10 December 2023
34. How’s the economy? For whom?
Mahar Mangahas
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 9 December 2023
Thailand
35. Gauging the political winds
Phusadee Arunmas, Lamonphet Apisitniran and Narumon Kasemsuk
Bangkok Post, 11 December 2023
36. MFP ready to grill govt over 2024 spend
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 11 December 2023
37. Anti-corruption body plans public hearing on govt’s 10k plan
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 10 December 2023
38. Panel to review feedback on charter change
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 10 December 2023
39. Thailand set to formally apply for OECD membership
The Nation, 9 December 2023
40. Thailand’s new government pushes culture as soft power, but not everyone’s buying
Tan Tam Mei
Straits Times, 8 December 2023
Vietnam
41. Vietnam could use more friends like Japan
Ha Hoang Hop is an associate senior fellow in the regional strategic and political studies program of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore.
Nikkei Asia, 11 December 2023
42. As Xi visits, China offers rail grants to Vietnam, pushes Digital Silk Road
Francesco Guarascio and Khanh Vu
Reuters, 11 December 2023
43. Golden era of China-Vietnam relations is at hand, never mind the West
Richard Heydarian
South China Morning Post, 11 December 2023
44. “同志加兄弟”？习近平访越前夕，回顾中越关系 [ “Comrade and brother”? Review of China-Vietnam relations before Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam]
VOA, 8 December 2023
Asia Pacific
45. Cambodia must shrug off ‘hollow narratives’ against BRI
Sreekanth Ravindran
Khmer Times, 11 December 2023
46. Made-in-China still dominates US holiday sales, but do Americans even care?
Ralph Jennings
South China Morning Post, 10 December 2023
East/South China Sea
47. Philippines, China accuse each other of ship ramming
Benar News, 10 December 2023
48. How Philippines’ South China Sea ‘name and shame’ strategy put Beijing on the back foot
[This commentary was first published on ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute’s commentary website fulcrum.sg.]
Collin Koh
South China Morning Post, 9 December 2023
Climate Change/Environment
49. IEA assessment of the evolving pledges at COP28
IEA, 10 December 2023
50. Malaysia urges companies to go green with ‘high-value economy’ aim
SAYUMI TAKE
Nikkei Asia, 10 December 2023
51. Southeast Asia eyes seafood export bounty as sustainability falls by the wayside
Aidan Jones
South China Morning Post, 9 December 2023
52. Can COP28 accelerate climate investment in the Global South?
Venkatachalam Anbumozhi
Jakarta Post, 8 December 2023
Media, Technology & Society
53. TikTok, Tokopedia to combine e-commerce business after Indonesian ban
NANA SHIBATA
Nikkei Asia, 11 December 2023
54. ‘Teacher, I want to be a TikTok-er’: Little M’sian content creators chase big dreams
ANGELIN YEOH
Star, 11 December 2023
55. TikTok offers Vietnam’s workers an escape from dead-end jobs and boost their earnings
AFP
Straits Times, 8 December 2023
Others
Global South
56. Is There Such Thing as a Global South?
C. Raja Mohan
Foreign Policy, 9 December 2023
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