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- No. 27: The State of Southeast Asia: 2024 Survey Report
- No. 28: The State of Southeast Asia: 2024 Survey Report
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. Matter of principle: Cambodia willing, but not obliged to share info on Funan Techo Canal
Taing Rinith
Khmer Times, 19 April 2024
2. Chinese warships at Cambodian base for months, CSIS analysis shows
[Link to AMTI report]
Shaun Turton & Bopha Phorn
Nikkei Asia, 18 April 2024
Indonesia
3. Indonesia’s next finance minister has big shoes to fill
Priyanka Kishore
Nikkei Asia, 19 April 2024
4. Politik Tengah Jadi Alasan Kemenangan Prabowo dan Peningkatan Suara Partai Golkar [Centrist Politics is the Reason for Prabowo’s Victory and the Increase in Votes for Golkar Party]
Republika, 19 April 2024
5. China deepens engagement with new Indonesian president as top diplomat visits Jakarta
Tria Dianti and Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata
Benar News, 18 April 2024
6. From Jakarta to Nusantara: Indonesia’s new capital set to welcome first batch of over 10,000 civil servants
CNA, 18 April 2024
7. Trust in Constitutional Court rises ahead of ruling on election disputes: LSI survey
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 18 April 2024
8. Demographic dividend and the welfare of the elderly
Jonathan Manullang
Jakarta Post, 18 April 2024
9. Indonesia’s Joko Widodo urges China to ‘use its influence’ to prevent rise in conflict in Middle East
Resty Woro Yuniar
South China Morning Post, 18 April 2024
10. Plan to let religious groups operate coal mines in Indonesia criticised by observers, ministers
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja
Straits Times, 18 April 2024
11. Reviving Indonesia’s Small Businesses through ‘Plug-and-Play’ Technology Solutions
Priasto Aji, Jiro Tominaga
Asian Development Bank, 17 April 2024
Malaysia
12. Different ways of thinking: Malaysia and Australia
Nushirwan Zainal Abidin
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 19 April 2024
13. Malaysia’s billion-dollar 5G roll-out stumbles as deal breaks down between powerful telcos, state-owned operator
Leslie Lopez
CNA, 19 April 2024
14. Special Economic Zone with Singapore will transform Johor and unleash its economic potential, says Maybank IB
Ben Tan
Malay Mail Online, 19 April 2024
15. Citing vote-buying, Bersih calls out Kor Ming’s RM5.21m allocation for infrastructure upgrade in KKB ahead of by-election
John Bunyan
Malay Mail Online, 19 April 2024
16. Najib’s future returns to haunt Anwar govt, and Zahid, as questions abound over ‘royal addendum’
Malaysia Now, 19 April 2024
17. Najib house arrest pressure puts many in a bind
K. Kabilan
The Malaysian Insight, 19 April 2024
18. Govt urged to rein in living costs before cutting fuel subsidies
The Vibes, 19 April 2024
19. Jelaskan pencapaian agenda reformasi PKR [Explain the achievements of PKR’s reform agenda]
Aiman Ali
Utusan Malaysia, 19 April 2024
20. PBS, Sabah STAR sign MOU towards political unity for Sabah’s native communities
Muguntan Vanar & Sandra Sokial
Star, 18 April 2024
Myanmar
21. Myanmar Military Releases Over 3,000 Prisoners in Thingyan Amnesty
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 18 April 2024
22. Myanmar: Why was Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest?
Tommy Walker
DW, 18 April 2024
23. Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Remains in Prison: Informed Sources
Irrawaddy, 18 April 2024
Philippines
24. First Lady trains guns on Sara
Catherine S. Valente
Manila Times, 19 April 2024
25. China claims South China Sea deal with Philippines’ Duterte
Yukio Tajima
Nikkei Asia, 19 April 2024
26. ‘Ridiculous’: why do Philippine communist rebels keep rejecting Marcos Jnr’s amnesty offers?
Michael Beltran
South China Morning Post, 19 April 2024
27. 美国“堤丰”中导系统部署菲律宾 [U.S. “Typhon” intermediate-range missile system deployed in Philippines]
[Link to The State of Southeast Asia: 2024 Survey Report]
韩咏红
联合早报, 19 April 2024
Singapore
28. Singapore Is Facing a Dangerous World Without Lee
[Link to The State of Southeast Asia: 2024 Survey Report]
Karishma Vaswani
Bloomberg, 19 April 2024
Thailand
29. New push to punish MPs, officials who avoid summonses
Bangkok Post, 19 April 2024
30. MFP outlines handout risks
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 19 April 2024
31. Handle Myanmar influxes with care
Vitit Muntarbhorn
Bangkok Post, 19 April 2024
32. DPM stands by call for 3 referenda
Mongkol Bangprapa & Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 19 April 2024
33. Pheu Thai ‘plots taking over role’
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 19 April 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
34. Visits to all ASEAN member nations show the region matters to India
Gurjit Singh
Jakarta Post, 19 April 2024
35. ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Statement on The Escalation of Conflicts in Myanmar
ASEAN Secretariat News, 18 April 2024
36. U.S. and China Perceptions in ASEAN with Andreyka Natalegawa
[Link to 31-minute podcast]
Lauren Mai
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 18 April 2024
37. China and ASEAN need to work together on Myanmar crisis: Observers
Darrelle Ng
CNA, 18 April 2024
38. Revitalising US relations with Southeast Asia through public diplomacy
Luke C. Hahn, Independent
East Asia Forum, 18 April 2024
39. How more Asean-China agricultural trade could reshape regional, global markets
Genevieve Donnellon-May
South China Morning Post, 18 April 2024
Asia Pacific
40. Asia to drive 60% of global GDP growth in 2024, led by India: IMF
[Link to the Transcript of Asia Pacific Department April 2024 Press Briefing]
Jack Stone Truitt
Nikkei Asia, 19 April 2024
41. The fog of measuring military balance in Asia
Rahman Yaacob
Interpreter, 18 April 2024
42. In Indonesia, China’s foreign minister warns against ‘bloc confrontation’ in Indo-Pacific
Kawala Xie
South China Morning Post, 18 April 2024
43. Why Asian Allies Are Wary of the U.S. Election—and Why Experts Say They Don’t Need to Be
Chad De Guzman
Time, 18 April 2024
East/South China Sea
44. Warning To China! US, Philippines To SINK Chinese-Origin Naval Vessel In South China Sea Military Drills
Sakshi Tiwari
Eurasian Times, 18 April 2024
45. Beijing denies its South China Sea deal with former Philippine leader Duterte was a ‘secret’
Liu Zhen
South China Morning Post, 18 April 2024
Climate Change/Environment
46. Asian wind power development faces growing storm with local communities
Liang Lei
Eco-Business, 19 April 2024
47. My Say: Deploying solar power for the low-carbon economy
Evan Ng Chee Yang
Edge Markets, 19 April 2024
48. NST Leader: SE-Asia’s slow dance to climate disaster
New Straits Times, 19 April 2024
49. Asean could save up to US$800 billion on decarbonisation costs through fully interconnected grid, study shows
Samantha Ho
Eco-Business, 18 April 2024
50. Chinese-linked nickel miners in Indonesia accelerating deforestation, threatening indigenous Bajau people: report
[Link to 82-page PDF document “From Forest to Electric Vehicles”]
[Link to 129-page document “Nickel Unearthed The Human and Climate Costs of Indonesia’s Nickel Industry”]
Resty Woro Yuniar
South China Morning Post, 18 April 2024
Media, Technology & Society
51. Israeli forces display power of AI, but it’s a double-edged sword
Michael Raska
Straits Times, 18 April 2024
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