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- No. 34: Jayant Menon, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 39: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
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. Is Cambodia’s real estate bubble finally bursting?
Fiona Kelliher
Radio Free Asia, 6 August 2024
Indonesia
2. Indonesia’s Starlink expansion must balance connectivity and security
Karl Gading Sayudha
East Asia Forum, 6 August 2024
3. Muhaimin Says Prabowo Coalition No Longer Relevant in Gubernatorial Elections
Jakarta Globe, 6 August 2024
4. Rift with Jokowi may cost PDI-P House leadership
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 6 August 2024
5. What Indonesia should consider in China’s sub offer
Jakarta Post, 6 August 2024
6. KPU to require reports on supporters’ contributions
Jakarta Post, 5 August 2024
Malaysia
7. Nenggiri hydropower project: Orang Asli in Pos Pulat hope new settlement will be ready on time
The Star, 7 August 2024
8. Commentary: Sarawak’s rising autonomy is hard to stop
James Chai
CNA, 7 August 2024
9. Analyst doubts PAS-Gerakan peace pact will last
Nicholas Chung
Free Malaysia Today, 7 August 2024
10. Part 3: PM salary lower than six state MBs or CMs
[Link to “Part 1: How much pension can MPs receive?” and “Part 2: Allowances and perks: How much do MPs, speakers and deputy speakers get?”]
Ooi Choon Nam
Malaysiakini, 7 August 2024
11. Economists suggest end to monopolies to help reduce cost of living ahead of 2025 Budget
Asila Jalil, Diyana Isamudin
New Straits Times, 7 August 2024
12. [UPDATED] Eight Bersatu branches in Jeli dissolved as 1,000 members leave party
New Straits Times, 7 August 2024
13. Why The Heartland Malays Will Never Support UMNO And Pakatan Harapan – Analysis
Murray Hunter
Eurasia Review, 6 August 2024
14. Respect majority’s rights, DAP told over ban on women singers at temple
Free Malaysia Today, 6 August 2024
15. Hajiji: Sabah set to become technology hub as it targets tech-driven economy
Julia Chan
Malay Mail Online, 6 August 2024
16. Malaysia moves up value chain with first semiconductor park
Norman Goh
Nikkei Asia, 6 August 2024
Myanmar
17. Sources of financial and technical support for arms factories in some EAO areas along Myanmar-China border must be investigated: SAC chairman
Eleven Myanmar, 6 August 2024
18. Cat and mouse: Myanmar netizens find cracks in draconian VPN ban
Allegra Mendelson
Frontier Myanmar, 6 August 2024
19. Myanmar military withdrew from positions close to China’s border ‘for safety of people’
AFP
Straits Times, 6 August 2024
Philippines
20. More people back Marcos than Duterte
Red Mendoza
Manila Times, 7 August 2024
Thailand
21. Supplementary budget bill sails through Senate
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 7 August 2024
22. ‘No interference’ in Move Forward case
Mongkol Bangprapa & Poramet Tangsathaporn
Bangkok Post, 6 August 2024
23. Senate panel selection vote gets heated
Bangkok Post, 6 August 2024
24. Narumon takes helm of new Kla Dharma Party
Bangkok Post, 6 August 2024
25. Cabinet gives top Interior position to PAD chief
Nation, 6 August 2024
26. Opinion: MFP Dissolution Could Jeopardize Fighter Jet Acquisition
Arun Saronchai
Thai Enquirer, 6 August 2024
27. Tesla scraps plan for EV factory in Thailand
The Nation, 6 August 2024
Timor-Leste
28. Australia’s Role in the Economic Diversification of Timor-Leste
Jade Kingston
Australian Institute of International Affairs, 6 August 2024
Vietnam
29. Why Vietnam Mourns: Understanding the National Grief for Nguyen Phu Trong
Mai Truong
Diplomat, 6 August 2024
30. No pause in Vietnam elite political jockeying for Nguyen Phu Trong’s funeral
Zachary Abuza
Radio Free Asia, 6 August 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
31. Trilateral highway is the road to regional economic connectivity
Soumya Bhowmick
East Asia Forum, 7 August 2024
32. NGO calls on ASEAN to engage with Myanmar’s resistance government
Mizzima, 6 August 2024
Asia Pacific
33. China’s ‘coercive behaviour’ scrutinised at US-Australia talks as global tensions cited
Bochen Han
South China Morning Post, 7 August 2024
34. Creditor China ‘closely monitors’ conditions in post-Hasina, debt-heavy Bangladesh
Kawala Xie
South China Morning Post, 6 August 2024
35. Possibility of Trump 2.0 should push China to recalibrate foreign policy
Wang Xiangwei
South China Morning Post, 5 August 2024
East/South China Sea
36. Vietnamese CG Ship Arrives In Manila For 1st Ever Vietnam-Philippines Naval Drills Amid Chinese Aggression
EurAsian Times, 7 August 2024
37. South China Sea: Sabina Shoal may be new hotspot as Philippines, Beijing spar over sovereignty
Jeoffrey Maitem
South China Morning Post, 7 August 2024
Climate Change/Environment
38. The twin challenges of ‘climate finance’
Sarinee Achavanuntakul
Bangkok Post, 7 August 2024
39. The battle for Indonesia’s environmental future: Youth movements against systemic challenges
[Originally published here on Fulcrum]
Aninda Dewayanti and Muhammad Fajar
Eco-Business, 6 August 2024
40. China’s push into deep-sea mining gathers speed
Regina Lam
Eco-Business, 6 August 2024
41. Washington Needs to Up Its Power Game
Katie Auth, the policy director at the Energy for Growth Hub, and Todd Moss, the executive director of the Energy for Growth Hub.
Foreign Policy, 6 August 2024
42. Why relying on technology to keep ASEAN’s coal plants running is risky
Lay Monica, Researcher, Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS); Panji Kusumo, Environmental Economics Researcher, Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS)
The Conversation, 6 August 2024
Media, Technology & Society
43. A Far-Right Elite Stirred Britain’s Race Riots
James Bloodworth
Foreign Policy, 6 August 2024
44. The New U.S. Digital Development Policy Is Missing Something
Gordon LaForge
World Politics Review, 6 August 2024
Others
US Foreign Policy
45. What would a Harris presidency mean for US foreign policy and Australia?
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 6 August 2024
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