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ISEAS Library Selects
Monthly Journal Articles on the
Southeast Asian Region
Extracted from Internet Sources
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This issue of Monthly Article Alert includes the following articles attributed to researchers at ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute. You can click on their names to go to these articles directly.
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Country Studies
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Myanmar
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Southeast Asia Countries
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Brunei Darussalam
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Cambodia
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Laos
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Timor-Leste (East Timor)
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Region
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Indonesia
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Maritime Safety in Indonesia: Mapping the Challenges and Opportunities: This is a report of a study conducted by Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Indonesia to map the various aspects surrounding the conduct of maritime safety in Indonesia, including its key stakeholders, institutional and regulatory frameworks, and the main challenges regularly faced in providing and managing maritime safety. There are several significant findings.
[contains link to 50-page PDF document]
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (Indonesia)
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'Naturalizing' Indonesian formal education: The new education minister is bringing much needed change to the way we educate our children
SAFENDRRI KOMARA RAGAMUSTARI, PHD
Strategic Review
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Why Indonesia keeps sending mixed signals on the Natuna sea dispute with China: Since Indonesia believes its gravest threat comes from inside, internal stability is a priority for both its military and policymakers. To maintain internal stability, the Indonesian government believes it needs to focus on economic growth and to deal with foreign-influenced domestic threats.
Yohanes Sulaiman, Associate lecturer, Universitas Jendral Achmad Yani
Conversation
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Do Indonesians trust their police? Numerous studies in recent years have shown that public trust in the INP has increased - in some cases even doubled, from 40 percent in 2015 to 80 percent in 2019. But a lingering question remains: was this increased trust caused by increasing threats or internal reforms?
LENNY HIDAYAT
Strategic Review
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Indonesia: Democratic hopes, institutional woes: The recent presidential election sadly turned violent, but Indonesia has a myriad of other problems, showing that its democratic reforms hang in the balance.
By KEVIN O'ROURKE
Strategic Review
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Stunting 101: Indonesia's least-known health catastrophe: For a country bountiful in natural resources and food, Indonesia has a major health crisis. Can it tackle it?
By SAM O'BRIEN
Strategic Review
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Economic democracy and spirit of 'gotong royong': Globalization, market forces and individual greed leave marginalized communities on the brink. The solution for Indonesia? Mutual cooperation
GUNARDI ENDRO, ASTRID MEILASARI- SUGIANA
Strategic Review
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Gender matters in coastal livelihood programs in Indonesia: ...we found most projects applied either a "gender reinforcing" approach - reinforcing the existing gender norms and relations that underlie social and economic inequalities between men and women - or a "gender accommodating" approach - recognising these norms and relations but making no attempt to challenge them.
Emily Gibson, PhD Candidate, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University; Natasha Stacey, Associate Professor, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, College of Engineering, IT and Environment, Charles Darwin University
Conversation
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Carbon Dioxide-Enhanced Oil Recovery in Indonesia: An Assessment of its Role in a Carbon Capture and Storage Pathway
[58-page PDF document]
Asian Development Bank
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Malaysia
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Liveability Lies in Public Spaces being Properly Planned and Maintained: The transition from having a rural sense of natural space to acquiring an urban sense of shared social space is not an easy one. It does not happen naturally, and time, training and coercion are required for an emergent urban population to behave in ways that maximises the functional value of shared space, and that minimises disagreements over patterns of behaviour in that essentially contested space.
Ooi Kee Beng
Penang Monthly
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Making Affordable Housing an Economic Enabler: According to the National Property Information Centre (NAPIC), the median house price in Penang is RM280,000 as of Q2 2019, while the median monthly household income, based on the Household Income Survey 2016, is RM5,409. This means that half the households, especially first-home buyers, are unable to afford a home with a price tag of more than RM194,724.
Timothy Choy and Ng Kar Yong
Penang Monthly
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Old Buildings, New Life: Buildings of great heritage value are found scattered across the state of Penang. But beyond the borders of the George Town UNESCO heritage core and buffer zones, pre-war edifices run the risk of being bulldozed in the name of development or of anything else. Quite a few of them are restored though, albeit often repurposed for contemporary uses. Here are some exciting examples.
Enzo Sim and Julia Tan
Penang Monthly
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Penang's Key Economic Indicators
Ng Kar Yong
Penang Monthly
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Stable Local Indicators amid Challenging Global Economic Outlook: The focus of the global economy is largely on the US-China trade war, and Malaysia (and Penang) as an open, trade-oriented economy is impacted by the developments of this trade war.... Meanwhile, Malaysia continued to show steady growth in 2019. According to Bank Negara Malaysia, the country recorded an average of 4.6% growth in the first three quarters of 2019.
Lee Siu Ming
Penang Monthly
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The Complex Task of Being Chinese Peranakan: Much has been debated about the different nomenclatures - Peranakan, Straits Chinese, Straits-born Chinese and King's Chinese - but the narrative of this Sino-Malay culture is never far from the popular image of a Nyonya in her embroidered sarong kebaya and her resplendent jewellery. Such a gendered narrative has "frozen Peranakan culture and identity to a specific past", and has led to the Peranakan identity being perceived as nothing more than the clothes she wears.
Peter Soh
Penang Monthly
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Globalisation and Economic Development: Malaysia's Experience
[42-page PDF document]
Cassey Lee
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
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Philippines
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The Growing Influence of Salafism in Muslim Mindanao
[30-page PDF document]
Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict
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Singapore
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Is Singapore's New Naval Addition A Threat to China? ...while Singapore considers itself a neutral actor, it is sometimes perceived as tilting more towards Washington to counterbalance China's growing military power. Not incidentally, Beijing has explored bypassing Singapore through construction of the Kra canal through Thailand.
Sebastien Roblin
National Interest
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Thailand
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Economic Consequences of Globalisation: Case Study of Thailand: The paper reviews empirical works examining the effect of globalisation in Thailand, beginning with a discussion of its integration into the economy. Three drivers of economic globalisation are emphasised: international trade, foreign direct investment, and cross-border labour mobility.
[39-page PDF document]
Archanun Kohpaiboon, Juthathip Jongwanich
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
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Vietnam
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Vietnam's ASEAN and UN Leadership: Difficult Days Ahead: ... with Vietnam's dual roles, expect to see enhanced dialogue on global security issues of common concern in the wider Asia-Pacific region and elsewhere, which will have an impact on international peace and security. This may translate into confidence-building measures that promote maritime security and safety, freedom of navigation and overflight, and unimpeded lawful commerce.
James Borton
Geopolitical Monitor
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Trump-Trọng Summit Remains in Limbo: Domestically, Vietnam is hard pressed to give up its outdated "socialist orientation" that facilitates corrupt and failed state-owned enterprises and prevents efficient functioning of its fledgling market economy. ... Internationally, Vietnam might become a victim of the US-China trade war as other nations use the country as a transshipment center to avoid US tariffs.
Nguyen Quang Dy, a retired Vietnamese diplomat and Harvard Nieman Fellow 1993, is an independent researcher and freelance journalist based in Hanoi.
YaleGlobal Online
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ASEAN/Southeast Asia
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A View from South Korea: The NSP is unique in many ways compared to previous ASEAN policies that Seoul implemented, taking policy scope, diplomatic level, and policy connectivity a step further.
Sungil Kwak, Chair of Strategic Committee, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
Asan Forum
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A View from Southeast Asia: We contend that the importance of the ROK-ASEAN partnership is mutual, and that the bilateral-multilateral nexus is the key to understanding the partnership and unleashing the potential of the NSP. By the bilateralism-multilateralism nexus, we refer to the reciprocal connections between the bilateral and multilateral linkages, where an enhancement (or a downgrade) in one link would have a corresponding, often mutually reinforcing effect on the other.
Kuik Cheng-Chwee*, Head of the Center for Asian Studies, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, National University of Malaysia; Chiew-Ping Hoo, Senior Lecturer, Strategic Studies and International Relations Program, National University of Malaysia
Asan Forum
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Asan Forum-EWC Special Series: South Korea's New Southern Policy - A View from India: The New Southern Policy (NSP) introduced by Moon Jae-in in the year 2017 marked a change, factoring India for the first time in Seoul's regional diplomacy along with ASEAN. A policy to connect ASEAN and India under one framework was designed to promote a regional mode of contact to augment Seoul's economic diplomacy.
Jagannath Panda
ASAN Institute for Policy Studies
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Asan Forum-EWC Special Series: South Korea's New Southern Policy - A View from South Korea: Understanding the background of the NSP helps to foresee its direction as it moves forward. Many analysts have explained why the NSP was proposed by pointing to push and pull factors in economic aspects...
Sungil Kwak
ASAN Institute for Policy Studies
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Asan Forum-EWC Special Series: South Korea's New Southern Policy - A View from Southeast Asia: These accomplishments notwithstanding, the summit is not without limitations. Some critics are quick to point out that despite the bilateral summits and MOUs, there is no signature project that signifies the concrete enhancement of the ROK-ASEAN partnership to another level. While the inaugural ROK-Mekong Summit is a notable development, there is no parallel mechanism involving the maritime Southeast Asian countries.
Kuik Cheng-Chwee and Chiew-Ping Hoo
ASAN Institute for Policy Studies
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America 2020: Why Asean matters: Much has been made of the fact that President Donald J Trump did not attend the last two Asean summits in Singapore and Thailand. Showing up is critical, and it was a strategic misstep that Trump did not see this as a priority. In the long run, however, and especially as it relates to the next American administration, Asean will continue to play an important and central role in how America thinks about Asia
Alexander Feldman is president and chief executive officer of the US-Asean Business Council.
Strategic Review
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The future of Asean: David L Carden is a pioneer. He was the first-ever American ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010, Carden served from 2011 until 2013.
Strategic Review
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Augmenting maritime domain awareness in southeast Asia: Boosting national capabilities in the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia
[28-page PDF document]
Peter Chalk
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
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Towards a Resilient ASEAN Volume 1: Disasters, Climate Change, and Food Security: Supporting ASEAN Resilience
[429-page PDF document]
Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Meinhard Breiling, Vangimalla Reddy
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
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Towards a Resilient ASEAN Volume 2: Advancing Disaster Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation: Roadmap and Options for Implementation
[324-page PDF document]
Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Jeremy Gross, Stefan Wesiak
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
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Asia Pacific
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Anchoring the Indo-Pacific: The Case for Deeper Australia-India-Indonesia Trilateral Cooperation: The Indo-Pacific is marked by regional uncertainty and the existing multilateral institutions and bilateral partnerships are facing a variety of limitations. Deeper trilateral cooperation and more robust strategic conversations between Australia, India and Indonesia could boost regional stability and benefit all three. While these nations do engage in preliminary trilateral dialogues and cooperative initiatives, the activities thus far have neither been designed strategically nor been part of a broader trilateral framework. This report, published by Observer Research Foundation (ORF) New Delhi, addresses this gap and offers a policy framework to elevate the trilateral relationship between India, Australia and Indonesia.
[contains link to 42-page PDF document]
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (Indonesia)
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Singapore Trade Policy Forum: This summary report of a rich discussion underlines the urgency and complexity of the problems. While participants approached these from a range of positions, they all converged on the imperative need to maintain and strengthen the multilateral trading system, and also the important role that regional and plurilateral initiatives can play in this scenario. Leadership from Asia-Pacific economies is more important than ever before. The forum also highlighted the need for policymakers to keep up with the rapid pace of technological development and to deepen the dialogue with business.
[41-page PDF document]
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
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Asia's Journey to Prosperity: Policy, Market, and Technology Over 50 Years
Asian Development Bank
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Democracy under Siege: Advancing Cooperation and Common Values in the Indo-Pacific
[16-page PDF document]
Kharis Templeman
Atlantic Council
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INTERNATIONAL GRID INTEGRATION: Efficiencies, Vulnerabilities, and Strategic Implications in Asia
[36-page PDF document]
Phillip Cornell
Atlantic Council
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Vulnerability of Agriculture Production Networks and Global Food Value Chains Due to Natural Disaster
[291-page PDF document]
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
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Green Infrastructure Design for Transport Projects: A Road Map to Protecting Asia's Wildlife Biodiversity
[107-page PDF document]
Asian Development Bank
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Different Paths to Economic Integration in Europe and Asia: By 2000, an economic union with free movement of goods and factors of production and a common currency linked much of Europe. Meanwhile, effective economic integration agreements were absent from Asia, although countries in East and Southeast Asia were becoming linked in global value chains (GVCs).
[20-page PDF document]
Richard Pomfret
Asian Development Bank Institute
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Why Is There No Asian Monetary Fund? We describe the development of regional financial arrangements in Asia and Europe, assess the effects on financial stability, and draw lessons for Asia from European experience. One of our main conclusions is that Asia needs to develop a more institutionalized multilateral structure as part of a regional financial safety net that also includes foreign exchange reserves and bilateral swap arrangements.
[25-page PDF document]
Suk Hyun and James F. Paradise
Asian Development Bank Institute
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East/South China Sea
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China's Naval Strategy in the East China Sea: ...both China's naval modernization as well as its assertiveness over the disputed Senkaku island chain are part a broader maritime strategy, and should be seen within the context of the maritime geopolitics of East Asia. That is, China's recent maritime moves are a natural outgrowth of the geographic situation China finds itself in, and reflective of its overall naval strategy.
James MacHaffie
Geopolitical Monitor
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The Importance of Being China: Beijing has flexed is military and political muscles in its neighborhood of distrust again and again and again. But now, one of those neighbors has leverage over Xi Jinping's kingdom thanks to a precedent set by the Philippines.
Richard Javad Heydarian is a Manila-based academic and author.
National Interest
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Global Social Mobility Index
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Global Social Mobility Index 2020: why economies benefit from fixing inequality: The World Economic Forum has created a new index to measure social mobility, providing a much-needed assessment of the current state of social mobility worldwide.
[218-page PDF document]
World Economic Forum
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