Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

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18 January 2021 (pm) - 19 January 2021 (am)

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This alert service contains articles focusing on Southeast Asia and special topics in-line with the research interests of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

Today’s issue includes the following articles attributed to the Institute and its researchers. You can click on their names to go to these articles directly.

Brunei Darussalam..

Cambodia ...............

Indonesia ................

Laos .........................

Malaysia ..................

Myanmar .................

Philippines ..............

Singapore ................

No. 1-3

No. 4-8

No. 9

No. 10-24

No. 25-26

No. 27-28

No. 29

Thailand .................

Timor-Leste.............

Vietnam ..................

ASEAN/SEA ..........

Asia Pacific ............

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 30-33

No. 34

No. 35-40

No. 41-44

No. 45-47

No. 48-52

Cambodia

1. Cambodia’s oil dreams offer development, independence but risk corruption

ASEAN Today, 19 January 2021

2. Economic diplomacy strategies prioritised

Phnom Penh Post, 18 January 2021

3. Gov’t: Kingdom’s sovereign debt manageable

Phnom Penh Post, 18 January 2021

Indonesia

4. [COMMENTARY] Listyo’s appointment shows how Jokowi wants to run the show

Jakarta Post, 19 January 2021

5. Exports from Indonesia surge in November

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), 18 January 2021

6. COVID-19 crisis severely disrupts 2020 electrification plans, investments

Jakarta Post, 18 January 2021

7. Empat Faktor Penyebab Kasus Covid-19 di Jakarta Masih Tinggi [Four reasons why Covid-19 caseload in Jakarta remains high ]

Republika, 18 January 2021

8. Reformasi (Substansial) Subsidi Energi [(Substantial) reform of energy subsidies ]

Sunarsip

Republika, 18 January 2021

Laos

9. In Laos, Reform Hopes Peter Out Into Business as Usual

Diplomat, 18 January 2021

Malaysia

10. The PH dilemma - Mahathir or Anwar?

Minderjeet Kaur

Free Malaysia Today, 19 January 2021

11. Umno wants MPs to support special Parliament session on emergency

Malaysiakini, 19 January 2021

12. New development formula vital for achieving high-income nation status

Tan Sri Dr Sulaiman Mahbob is Adjunct Professor at INPUMA of the University of Malaya, and UNIRAZAK and USM

New Straits Times, 19 January 2021

13. Umno polls to go on this year

Star, 19 January 2021

14. Puad says Annuar Musa is PPBM’s dagger within Umno

Free Malaysia Today, 18 January 2021

15. Stimulus package is just old stuff in a new bottle, says Najib

Free Malaysia Today, 18 January 2021

16. Would MCO 2.0 work again?

Esther Sinirisan Chong

Malaysian Insight, 18 January 2021

17. Khairuddin sues Muhyiddin, govt over legitimacy of emergency

Malaysian Insight, 18 January 2021

18. Comment: Does the M'sian Emergency have a political benefit for Muhyiddin?

Mothership, 18 January 2021

19. Alternatif untuk pertimbangan PM [An alternative to the PM's consideration ]

Wong Chin Huat

Sinar Harian, 18 January 2021

20. Permai boleh rangsang pertumbuhan KDNK: Penganalisis [Permai can stimulate GDP growth: Analysts ]

Sinar Harian, 18 January 2021

21. Set aside our differences to focus on education development

Sinchew 星洲网, 18 January 2021

22. Darurat bukan ubat ‘krisis tiga serangkai’ [Em ergency is not a cure for 'triple crisis']

Sinar Harian, 17 January 2021

23. Muhyiddin perlu akur hilang majoriti, kata Mujahid [Muhyiddin must accept the lost of majority, said Mujahid ]

Mohammad Khairil Ashraf Mohd Khalid

Sinar Harian, 17 January 2021

24. Will Anwar Ibrahim finally get his break?

Joseph Chinyong Liow

Straits Times, 16 January 2021

Myanmar

25. Kayin State BGF members urged to reconsider their resignations, but two top leaders still under pressure

Eleven Myanmar, 18 January 2021

26. Analysis: Venue Squabbles Complicate NLD’s Outreach Efforts to Myanmar’s Ethnic Parties

Irrawaddy, 16 January 2021

Philippines

27. Chinese-Funded Railway to Link Former US Bases in the Philippines

Diplomat, 18 January 2021

28. Lifestyle check on officials

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 18 January 2021

Singapore

29. Impact of post-pandemic global trends on Singapore

Straits Times, 19 January 2021

Thailand

30. Govt denies rift with Mor Chana creators

Bangkok Post, 19 January 2021

31. Minister unveils plans to merge 12,000 small schools

Bangkok Post, 19 January 2021

32. Opposition skips first national unity panel meeting

Bangkok Post, 19 January 2021

33. Tour firm exits peak last month

Bangkok Post, 19 January 2021

Vietnam

34. Vietnam seeks to avoid middle-income trap before time runs out and population ages

VietNamNet, 18 January 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

35. ASEAN needs to enhance cross-border cooperation on cybercrime

Eugenio Benincasa

Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 19 January 2021

36. Key issues in post-pandemic ASEAN economic recovery

Rashesh Shrestha is an economist at Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).

Jakarta Post, 19 January 2021

37. Can ASEAN maintain its growth trajectory in a post-COVID-19 world?

McKinsey & Company, 15 January 2021

ASEAN-China

38. Beijing Hails Regional Integration, US Seen Sidelined

Robert G. Sutter is professor of practice of international affairs at the Elliott School of George Washington University. Chin-Hao Huang is assistant professor of political science at Yale-NUS College.

Pacific Forum, 16 January 2021

ASEAN-US

39. Multilateralism (Still) Matters in/to Asia

Ralph A. Cossa is former president and Worldwide Support for Development-Handa Chair at the Pacific Forum. Brad Glosserman is deputy director of and visiting professor at the Tama University Center for Rule Making Strategies and senior advisor for Pacific

Pacific Forum, 16 January 2021

40. Waiting on Washington: Hopes for a Post-Election Boost in Us Relations

Catharin Dalpino is professor emeritus at Georgetown University

Pacific Forum, 16 January 2021

Asia Pacific

41. Australia’s Pacific Step-up and the Quad

Eerishika Pankaj

Interpreter, 19 January 2021

42. Japan and Britain schedule security talks, aiming to counter China in Indo-Pacific

South China Morning Post, 18 January 2021

43. India-East Asia Relations: Acting Across the Indo-Pacific, Actually and Virtually

Dr. Satu Limaye is Director, East West Center in Washington and Senior Advisor, Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) and Senior Fellow on Asia History and Policy at the Foreign Policy Institute at Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

Pacific Forum, 16 January 2021

44. Trump's fraught legacy in Asia

Straits Times, 16 January 2021

East/South China Sea

45. Can the South China Sea Return to Stability in 2021?

Wu Shicun

National Institute for South China Sea Studies, 18 January 2021

46. South China Sea: focus on oil and gas, not maritime dispute, Beijing urges Philippines

South China Morning Post, 18 January 2021

47. Undeterred by US Sanctions, China Expected to Continue Development in Disputed Asian Sea

Voice of America, 18 January 2021

Belt and Road Initiative

48. China’s Belt and Road Initiative: smooth as Silk Road or endless controversy?

South China Morning Post, 16 January 2021

Climate change/Environment

49. Why effective marine protected areas matter

Agus Dermawan is a senior technical expert for marine and coastal ecosystem management at the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries and Alan White is chief of party of the USAID SEA Project.

Jakarta Post, 19 January 2021

50. Nations Failing To Fund Climate Adaptation: UN

ASEAN Post, 18 January 2021

51. Indonesia misses green energy mix target in 2020

Jakarta Post, 18 January 2021

US-China

52. America’s disarray is China’s opportunity

Financial Times, 18 January 2021

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