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Today’s issue includes the following commentaries and citations attributed to ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and its researchers. You can click on the links to go to the articles directly.
- No. 9: Afra Alatas, Research Officer and Norshahril Saat, Senior Fellow
- No. 22: Termsak Chalermpalanupap, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 25: Napon Jatusripitak, Visiting Fellow
- No. 32: Manoj Kewalramani, former Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 34: Sharon Seah, 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
Brunei
1. Brunei’s stagnant economy is ripe for change
Wee Chian Koh
East Asia Forum, 14 February 2024
Indonesia
2. Indonesia Police to Charge 2 Chinese Nationals in Furnace Explosion at Nickel Plant on Sulawesi
Mohammad Taufan
Diplomat, 13 February 2024
3. Indonesia Has Grand Ambitions for Its Nickel Industry
Christina Lu
Foreign Policy, 13 February 2024
4. Why has it been so difficult to create smoke-free areas in Indonesia? The answer lies in the way laws are made
Elisabeth Kramer, Anastasia Maria Sri Redjeki, Eni Maryani, Lestari Nurhajati, Masduki, Rizanna Rosemary
The Conversation, 13 February 2024
5. RI to produce tiny sliver of world’s EV batteries this year: Report
Divya Karyza
Jakarta Post, 12 February 2024
Malaysia
6. CNA Correspondent – Malaysia’s fishing industry faces dire future with declining catch [12-min podcast]
Channel News Asia, 14 February 2024
7. PAS spiritual leader ‘confident’ over informal talks to revive Muafakat Nasional
Free Malaysia Today, 14 February 2024
8. What if Kelantan people reject Federal Constitution?
S Thayaparan
Malaysiakini, 14 February 2024
9. Siapa jahat, bodoh dan sombong (jadong) dalam politik Malaysia? [Who is evil, stupid and arrogant (jadong) in Malaysian politics?]
[Originally published here on Fulcrum]
Afra Alatas and Norshahril Saat
Berita Harian, 13 February 2024
10. Malaysia must take bold economic action
Shankaran Nambiar, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research
East Asia Forum, 13 February 2024
11. PKR grassroots unhappy with party’s handling of Najib’s commuted sentence
Elill Easwaran
Free Malaysia Today, 13 February 2024
12. Chinese New Villages as heritage sites insults those who fought colonial power
Kua Kia Soong
Free Malaysia Today, 13 February 2024
13. Will PSB be dissolved at its emergency conference on Feb 17? This is what Baru Bian says
Sulok Tawie
Malay Mail Online, 13 February 2024
14. PAS steps up efforts to consolidate federal and state syariah laws
Zakiah Koya
Star, 13 February 2024
Myanmar
15. ‘I would either run away or join with revolution forces’: Myanmar youth worry over conscription law
Tan Hui Yee
Straits Times, 14 February 2024
16. A New Era is Dawning For the People of Myanmar’s Rakhine State
Kyaw Hsan Hlaing
Diplomat, 13 February 2024
17. Myanmar’s shadow government pressures overseas job agencies
Nikkei Asia, 13 February 2024
18. Emboldened by draft law, pro-junta militias press civilians into taking up arms
Radio Free Asia, 13 February 2024
Philippines
19. Is economic Cha-cha urgent?
Cielito F. Habito
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 February 2024
20. Cha-cha: No for framers, yes for foreign chambers
Marlon Ramos & Tina G. Santos
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 February 2024
21. Could Duterte’s Mindanao bid spark tensions in Philippines that ‘suit Beijing’s agenda’ in South China Sea?
Raissa Robles
South China Morning Post, 13 February 2024
Thailand
22. Thailand’s pitching US$28 billion land bridge to the world, but foreign investors not ready to bite
Goh Ruoxue
Business Times, 14 February 2024
23. Journalism, criminality, and Thailand’s troubling history
Arun Saronchai
Thai Enquirer, 13 February 2024
24. Thailand’s Thaksin Set for Parole as Old Rivalries End, New Ones Begin
Vijitra Duangdee
VOA, 13 February 2024
25. Move Forward Stands at the Brink of Dissolution
[Originally published here on Fulcrum]
Napon Jatusripitak and Ken Mathis Lohatepanont
Thai Enquirer, 12 February 2024
26. Budget hurdles may prevent creation of halal industry department this year
The Nation, 11 February 2024
Vietnam
27. Vietnam’s workers cash out pensions early ahead of new law
Lien Hoang
Nikkei Asia, 13 February 2024
28. After a Major Upgrade, the US Military Wants to Take Things Further With Vietnam
Christopher Woody
Diplomat, 9 February 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
29. In the Golden Triangle, long-dead drug warlords hold visitors in thrall
William Mellor
Nikkei Asia, 14 February 2024
Asia Pacific
30. Global order faces systemic breakdown two years after Ukraine invasion
Andrew Hammond
Business Times, 14 February 2024
31. China preparing for ‘protracted’ war, says think tank
Rhyannon Bartlett-Imadegawa
Nikkei Asia, 14 February 2024
32. India and China’s volatile new status quo
[Originally published here on Fulcrum]
Manoj Kewalramani
ThinkChina, 13 February 2024
East/South China Sea
33. Japan to help improve maritime capabilities of 4 Asean states amid South China Sea row
Julian Ryall
South China Morning Post, 13 February 2024
Climate Change/Environment
34. International Energy Agency to open first regional office in Singapore
Firdaus Hamzah
Channel News Asia, 13 February 2024
35. Commentary: Are carbon credits a growing ‘lemon’ problem?
Ben Chester Cheong
Channel News Asia, 13 February 2024
36. Troubling Waters: Understanding Global Water Security
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 12 February 2024
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