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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. 2: The State of Southeast Asia: 2024 Survey Report
- No. 8: Made Supriatma, Visiting Fellow
- No. 51: Nguyen Khac Giang, Visiting Fellow
- No. 58: Fulcrum Commentary, 2024/275
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. No agenda behind China’s donation of two warships to Cambodia
Taing Rinith
Khmer Times, 11 September 2024
Indonesia
2. A step, not a leap: Assessing the Indonesia- Australia Defence Cooperation Agreement
Yohanes Sulaiman
Interpreter, 11 September 2024
3. Star power: Parties, regional head candidates pick celebrities as campaign manager
News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta Post, 11 September 2024
4. MPR reaffirms nullification of 1967 decree against Sukarno MPR
News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta Post, 11 September 2024
5. Analysis: Anies’ game plan: The rise of a new political party?
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 11 September 2024
6. A Faustian bargain? Indonesia’s choice between morality and military might
Karl Gading Sayudha
Jakarta Post, 11 September 2024
7. Indonesia to reopen sea sand exports in October
Ruth Dea Juwita
Jakarta Post, 11 September 2024
8. Jokeri Sudah Tersudut! [Jokeri has been cornered!]
Made Supriatma
Porostimur, 11 September 2024
9. DPR to Hold Another Election in 2025 in Regions Where ‘Empty Box’ Wins
Tempo, 11 September 2024
10. US may block Indonesia nickel on forced labor issues
Joseph Rachman
Asia Times, 10 September 2024
11. Indonesia puts moratorium on new Bali hotels amid overtourism fears
Rebecca Ratcliffe
Guardian, 10 September 2024
12. Evaluating PKS’s strategy: Pragmatism vs idealism
Okza Hendrian
Jakarta Post, 10 September 2024
13. Prabowo-Megawati ties continue to warm ahead of inauguration
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 10 September 2024
14. Gig economy threatens RI’s human capital growth
Ruth Dea Juwita
Jakarta Post, 10 September 2024
15. Understanding PKB – PBNU Conflict: Power Struggle and Identity Crisis
Alexander Raymond Arifianto, Virdika Rizky Utama
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 10 September 2024
Malaysia
16. Effective port policy delivers strong results, benefits
Rosli Khan
Free Malaysia Today, 11 September 2024
17. PAS sec-gen: Non-Muslim eateries without halal cert should avoid serving Muslims or being ‘Muslim-friendly’
Malay Mail Online, 11 September 2024
18. Sarawak govt aims for high integrity status by 2030, focuses on rural leadership, says state deputy minister
Malay Mail Online, 11 September 2024
19. Johor Harapan leaders worry Akmal will deter Mahkota’s non-Malay voters
Zarrah Morden
Malaysiakini, 11 September 2024
20. COMMENT | M’sian child-free choices challenge Islamic norms
Hazman Baharom
Malaysiakini, 11 September 2024
21. Sabah Barisan to team up with Pakatan
Star, 11 September 2024
22. Despite Malaysia’s U-turn on web traffic rerouting, the ‘damage has already been done’
Shannon Teoh
Straits Times, 11 September 2024
23. Outlook for an economically independent Sarawak
Tan Kee Hian
The Malaysian Insight, 11 September 2024
24. Penang DAP announces 32 candidates for upcoming internal polls
The Malaysian Insight, 11 September 2024
25. Has Malaysia become a police state?
Kua Kia Soong, former MP and Suaram director
The Vibes, 11 September 2024
26. Sektor pertanian bakal dikuasai warga asing lima tahun lagi [Agricultural sector to be controlled by foreigners in five years]
Mohd Hafiz Abd Mutalib
Utusan Malaysia, 11 September 2024
27. Halal cert shouldn’t be for non-Muslim operators only, says KJ
[link to 1 hour 30 mins podcast ‘”Strategi Geopolitik PMX, Penghalaan Sistem Nama Domain (DNS), Kewajipan Pensijilan Halal“]
Ainin Wan Salleh
Free Malaysia Today, 10 September 2024
28. Wan Fayhsal to contest for Bersatu supreme council post
Haspaizi Zain
Malaysiakini, 10 September 2024
29. Taiwan’s PSA opens Malaysian PCB plant to tap server, auto demand
Lauly Li
Nikkei Asia, 10 September 2024
30. Mahkota Polls: Former Johor FA footballer Mohamad Haizan Jaafar named as Perikatan’s candidate
Yee Xiang Yun
Star, 10 September 2024
31. 普京的“友岸外包” [Putin’s “friendly country outsourcing”]
作者是马来亚大学安全与外交事务分析员张优杰
The Malaysian Insight, 10 September 2024
32. Difficult for Perikatan to sustain 4 states without federal support, say analysts
Alfian Z.M. Tahir
The Vibes, 10 September 2024
Myanmar
33. Anarchy in Anyar: A Messy Revolution in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone
Naw Theresa
Diplomat, 10 September 2024
34. Manipur Escalation Draws Attention To Myanmar – OpEd
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Eurasia Review, 10 September 2024
35. AA Chief Dismisses ‘Lies’ About Crimes Against Rohingya
[Link to the 29-min video of the interview]
Irrawaddy, 10 September 2024
36. After Rakhine, the Deluge: Myanmar’s Junta Facing Existential Threat on Western Front
Aye Chan Hsu
Irrawaddy, 10 September 2024
37. UN investigators warn of widespread abuses in Myanmar conflict
Vibhu Mishra
UN News, 9 September 2024
Philippines
38. Sara Duterte OK with zero OVP budget
Zacarian Sarao
Inquirer, 11 September 2024
39. PH still ‘most dangerous’ in Asia for green activists
Inquirer, 11 September 2024
40. Research group warns of Chinese investment risks in PH
Joseph Pedrajas
Manila Bulletin, 11 September 2024
Thailand
41. Thai household debt at record high
Bangkok Post, 10 September 2024
42. Introducing the two ‘brain trusts’ of Prime Minister Paetongtarn
The Nation, 10 September 2024
43. PPRP will investigate, not expel Thamanat’s faction, says new sec-gen
The Nation, 10 September 2024
44. No economic typhoon can be expected from digital wallet scheme: MP
The Nation, 10 September 2024
45. Betrayed’ rural Thais no longer guarantee votes for Shinawatra clan
Vijitra Duangdee
VOA, 10 September 2024
Vietnam
46. Vietnam defense minister Phan Van Giang visits US to boost ties
Radio Free Asia, 10 September 2024
47. The paradoxes in Vietnam’s economy
VietNamNet, 10 September 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
48. Asean knows a voice that gets Harris’ ear
Ravi Velloor
Straits Times, 11 September 2024
49. Chinese investment in Southeast Asia: Threat to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan?
Guanie Lim and Chengwei Xu
ThinkChina, 10 September 2024
Asia Pacific
50. Kishore Mahbubani Says More…
Project Syndicate, 10 September 2024
East/South China Sea
51. South China Sea: Philippines, Vietnam deepen defense ties
Tommy Walker
DW, 11 September 2024
52. The scary new map of the South China Sea
Economist, 10 September 2024
53. South China Sea: Malaysia shadows Chinese research ship, asserting energy rights
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 10 September 2024
Climate Change/Environment
54. ‘He is malnourished’: Why Indonesia’s Papua suffers from food insecurity in spite of government intervention
[Link to 5-minute video – The food security problem in Papua, Indonesia’s far east]
Kiki Siregar
CNA, 11 September 2024
55. ‘What makes Sarawak believe that it is practical or sustainable?’ Pending rep casts doubt on state’s RM6b ART project after hydrogen tram suspension in China
Malay Mail Online, 11 September 2024
56. Kuching to receive first ART hydrogen vehicles by year-end as ‘whole world is paying attention to what we’re doing’, says Sarawak minister
Malay Mail Online, 11 September 2024
57. Environmental, Social, and Governance Performance and Financial Impacts: Comparative Analysis of Companies in Asia
Kenichi Yoshida, Jun Xie, Shunsuke Managi, and Satoru Yamadera
Asian Development Bank, 10 September 2024
58. Flooding and waste management in the Philippines: stop blaming the poor
[This article was first published by ISEAS – Yusof Ishak’s commentary website fulcrum.sg 2024/275.] Veronica Gregorio
Eco-Business, 10 September 2024
59. Southeast Asia expected to boost coal trade as China approaches peak
Sudarshan Varadhan
Reuters, 10 September 2024
Others
US Foreign Policy
60. Why the World Should Stop Worrying About a Second Trump Term
Matthew Kroenig
Foreign Policy, 10 September 2024
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