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- No. 6: Siwage Dharma Negara, Senior Fellow
- No.10: Made Supriatma, Visiting Fellow
- No.11: Kevin Zhang, Associate Senior Research Officer
- No.19: James Chai, Visiting Fellow
- No.30: Fulcrum Commentary, 2024/85
- No.37: Termsak Chalermpalanupap, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No.41: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
- No.44: Nguyen Khac Giang, Visiting Fellow
- No.46: Nguyen Khac Giang, Visiting Fellow
- No.63: Jayant Menon, 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
Indonesia
1. Analysis: Consolation prize for PDI-P: House speakership
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 25 March 2024
2. Top court set for electoral dispute hearings
Nur Janti
Jakarta Post, 24 March 2024
3. Demokrat Dukung Rencana Perbesar Koalisi Pendukung Prabowo-Gibran [Democrats Support Plan to Enlarge Coalition Supporting Prabowo-Gibran]
Republika, 24 March 2024
4. China’s construction for Indonesia’s new capital Nusantara to lead growing overseas city-building portfolio
Ralph Jennings
South China Morning Post, 24 March 2024
5. Why fewer Indonesians voted for Islamic parties in the Feb polls
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja
Straits Times, 24 March 2024
6. Biden Talks About IPEF in Congratulatory Call to Prabowo
Jayanty Nada Shofa
Jakarta Globe, 23 March 2024
7. Prabowo lays foundations for big-tent ruling coalition
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 23 March 2024
8. Carry-on import restrictions and the public outcry
Doriani Lingga and Damiana Simanjuntak
Jakarta Post, 23 March 2024
9. Will a Prabowo presidency spell the end of Indonesian democracy? (Part 1)
Satish Mishra
Jakarta Post, 23 March 2024
10. Election challenges could taint legitimacy of Indonesia’s Prabowo presidency: Analysts
Hariz Baharudin
Straits Times, 22 March 2024
Malaysia
11. Malaysia’s progressive wage policy
[Link to 24-page report] Calvin Cheng and Kevin Zhang
ISIS, 25 March 2024
12. Penang Development Corporation unveils RM5b strategic plan
Opalyn Mok
Malay Mail Online, 25 March 2024
13. Lasimbang rejoins Upko, ends political hiatus
Durie Rainer Fong
Star, 25 March 2024
14. Why Johor can be the Shenzhen of South-east Asia
Suan Teck Kin
Straits Times, 25 March 2024
15. Equal funds could stop more Bersatu MPs backing govt, say analysts
Ainin Wan Salleh
Free Malaysia Today, 24 March 2024
16. Deputy premier: Sarawak govt studying proposal to build railway linking Bintulu Port to Nusantara
Malay Mail Online, 24 March 2024
17. Harmful political bargains: Citizenship and socks
Bridget Welsh
Malaysiakini, 24 March 2024
18. Upholding Islamic principles: The role of Royalty and the Council of Rulers in Malaysia
Jahaberdeen M. Yunoos
Star, 24 March 2024
19. “风波袜”事件揭露了行动党和巫统的关系 [“Sock-gate” reveals the relationship between DAP and UMNO]
蔡镇燊
星洲网, 24 March 2024
20. 安华改革国企的艰巨任务 [Anwar’s arduous task of reforming state-owned enterprises]
黄大志教授
星洲网, 24 March 2024
21. Warisan, Umno discuss possible collaboration in next Sabah election
Bernama, 23 March 2024
22. Two ambitious men eyeing Bersatu presidency
Joceline Tan
Star, 23 March 2024
23. Malaysia school canteens usually shut for Ramadan, but Anwar’s govt pushes back against conservatives
Azril Annuar
Straits Times, 23 March 2024
24. Malaysia govt backs down after MPs and civil society condemn planned citizenship law changes
Shannon Teoh
Straits Times, 22 March 2024
Myanmar
25. Matriculating amid Myanmar’s conflict
Sa Phan
New Mandala, 25 March 2024
26. Myanmar Junta ‘Orchestrating Rohingya Protests’ Against Arakan Army in Rakhine
Hein Htoo Zan
Irrawaddy, 22 March 2024
27. Myanmar’s failed auction of Suu Kyi’s home creates conundrum
Dominic Faulder
Nikkei Asia, 22 March 2024
Philippines
28. Ex-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Leads ‘Prayer Rallies’ Against Charter Change
Mong Palatino
Diplomat, 25 March 2024
29. The Philippines seeks out old friends and new
Rahul Mishra Peter Brian M. Wang
Interpreter, 25 March 2024
30. Philippines-Australia strategic partnership in an era of geopolitical realignment
[Originally published here on Fulcrum]
Lowell Bautista
ThinkChina, 22 March 2024
Thailand
31. Senate poll ‘prone to manipulation’
Bangkok Post, 25 March 2024
32. Pita strongly favoured for PM, Srettha’s popularity slips in Nida poll
Bangkok Post, 24 March 2024
33. Thanakorn sees Move Forward dissolution, tells MPs to prepare for shift: source
The Nation, 24 March 2024
34. Economic and social concerns open doors of growth for Thai spiritual market
Jarupong Krisanaraj
The Nation, 24 March 2024
35. NESDC flags challenges for manufacturing as Thai labour force shrinks by 3 million
The Nation, 24 March 2024
36. Progressive Movement, iLaw seek place in Senate to block ‘old power faction’
The Nation, 24 March 2024
37. 泰拟禁休闲大麻 料不会冲击旅游业 [Thailand plans to ban recreational marijuana, unlikely to impact tourism]
廖慧婷
联合早报, 24 March 2024
38. The power behind the PM
Bangkok Post, 23 March 2024
39. Srettha vows 2024 budget will boost economy, as Pita questions its real objectives
The Nation, 23 March 2024
40. Thailand’s PM Misses the Forest for the Trees on the Country’s Pollution Problem
Mark S. Cogan
Diplomat, 22 March 2024
Vietnam
41. Vietnam Is in Danger of Losing Its China +1 Appeal
Karishma Vaswani
Bloomberg, 25 March 2024
42. What exactly happened to Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong?
Zachary Abuza
Radio Free Asia, 24 March 2024
43. As Vietnam’s Russian arms supplies dry up, who will it turn to for weapons?
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 24 March 2024
44. Analysts: Resignation of Vietnam’s President Shows Party Infighting
VOA, 24 March 2024
45. Wealth in Vietnam growing fast, but low productivity tests high-income goal
Jamille Tran
Business Times, 23 March 2024
46. ‘Political Earthquake’ Shakes Up Succession Fight in Vietnam
Philip Heijmans
Bloomberg, 21 March 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
47. Southeast Asian Police, Prosecutors Join Forces to Fight ‘Scamdemic’
Zsombor Peter
VOA, 24 March 2024
48. Why ASEAN is watching the Philippines’ strategy in South China Sea
[17 min podcast]
Nirmal Ghosh
Straits Times, 22 March 2024
Asia Pacific
49. The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework’s uncertain future
Erin Murphy
East Asia Forum, 24 March 2024
50. Bridging the security-economic divide in Asia
Jennifer Kavanagh, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
East Asia Forum, 23 March 2024
51. The U.S.-China Rivalry Was Never Going to Spare TikTok
Paul Poast
World Politics Review, 22 March 2024
East/South China Sea
52. Envoys call out China’s ‘dangerous’ actions
Bernadette E. Tamayo
Manila Times, 25 March 2024
53. Philippines accuses China of water cannon attack on supply vessel
Channel News Asia, 23 March 2024
54. China Coast Guard expells intruding Philippine vessels in S.China Sea; Manila urged to stop provocations
Zhang Yuying
Global Times, 23 March 2024
55. China causes ‘heavy damage’ on Philippine resupply ship in Ayungin Shoal – AFP
Bea Cupin
Rappler, 23 March 2024
56. South China Sea: Philippines debates boosting war readiness through mandatory military training for students
Sam Beltran
South China Morning Post, 23 March 2024
57. Philippines to build new islands port near Taiwan without U.S. help, governor says
Karen Lema
Reuters, 22 March 2024
Climate Change/Environment
58. Greenflation causes Indonesia and Vietnam to backtrack on renewables
Erwida Maulia, Norman Goh And Lien Hoang
Nikkei Asia, 25 March 2024
Media, Technology & Society
59. Commentary: Deepfakes are still new, but 2024 could be the year they have an impact on elections
Eileen Culloty
Channel News Asia, 24 March 2024
60. The US TikTok “Ban”: Larger Yards and Higher Fences?
Adrian Ang U-Jin
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 22 March 2024
61. Malaysia eyes censorship powers over Netflix, other streaming content amid creeping conservatism
Hadi Azmi
South China Morning Post, 22 March 2024
62. The U.N. Gets the World to Agree on AI Safety
Rishi Iyengar
Foreign Policy, 21 March 2024
Others
Global Economy
63. The export-led model is evolving, not dying
Jayant Menon, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
East Asia Forum, 23 March 2024
64. Mismeasuring Corruption Lets Rich Countries Off the Hook
Yuen Yuen Ang
Project Syndicate, 22 March 2024
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