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Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

27 September 2021 (pm) - 28 September (am)

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No . 2: Dr Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow
No.43: Dr Le Hong Hiep, Senior Fellow

Brunei Darussalam..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No. 1

No. 1-6

No. 7-24

No. 25-29

No. 30-33

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 34-37

No. 38-41

No. 42-45

No. 46-51

No. 52

No. 53-62

Indonesia

1. Indonesia faces scrutiny over Papua

Dian Septiari and Nur Janti

Jakarta Post, 28 September 2021

2. 印尼共产党幽灵挥之不去 [Spectre of communism continues to haunt Indonesia]

廖建裕是新加坡尤索夫伊萨东南亚研究院资深访问研究员、南洋理工大学拉惹勒南国际研究院兼任教授

Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 28 September 2021

3. Indonesia expedite recovery of tourism, creative economy sectors

Antara, 27 September 2021

4. At a Crossroads: Indonesia’s Navy Modernization

Felix K. Chang is a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

Foreign Policy Research Institute, 27 September 2021

5. Benahi Partai Politik [Fix political parties]

Republika, 27 September 2021

6. Investing in data and innovation ecosystem to transform Indonesia’s agriculture

Lesly Goh & Kelsey Wu

World Bank Blog, 24 September 2021

Malaysia

7. Langkah ke hadapan selesaikan isu MA63 - Jeniri [A step forward to solving MA63 issue - Jeniri]

Berita Harian (Malaysia), 28 September 2021

8. RMK-12 pastikan Sabah kekal dalam arus perdana [12th MP ensures Sabah stays in the mainstream]

Izwan Abdullah

Berita Harian (Malaysia), 28 September 2021

9. My Say: Budget 2022 and emergency room economics

Woo Wing Thye

Edge Markets, 28 September 2021

10. High-income status meaningless if inequality persists, say economists

Imran Ariff

Free Malaysia Today, 28 September 2021

11. Lim Kit Siang’s never ending struggle

Lim Teck Ghee

Free Malaysia Today, 28 September 2021

12. Bumi equity policy will cause ‘big problems’, warns Muda

Free Malaysia Today, 28 September 2021

13. RM10,000 household target not realistic, says Anwar

Sean Augustin

Free Malaysia Today, 28 September 2021

14. Johor religious council opts out of appeal in ‘Allah’ case

Free Malaysia Today, 28 September 2021

15. World Bank revises Malaysia’s GDP growth down to 3.3%

Free Malaysia Today, 28 September 2021

16. Economists: New taxes possible to enable RM400b budget for 2021-2025 development while keeping deficits low

Ida Lim

Malay Mail Online, 28 September 2021

17. 12MP: Devil is not in the details, but lack of political will

P Ramasamy

Malaysiakini, 28 September 2021

18. We helped create terrorists, top counter-terrorism official says

Alfian Z.M. Tahir

Malaysian Insight, 28 September 2021

19. Political MoU steering committee holds first meeting

Predeep Nambiar

Free Malaysia Today, 27 September 2021

20. Malaysia needs foreign workers urgently, says MEF

Free Malaysia Today, 27 September 2021

21. Azmin: Foreign investment in Malaysia up to RM107.5b in H1 2021

Malay Mail Online, 27 September 2021

22. Sabah has 8 of country’s poorest districts, 12MP report says

Chan Kok Leong, Noel Achariam, Diyana Ibrahim

Malaysian Insight, 27 September 2021

23. It’s all in the execution, economists say of 12MP

Ragananthini Vethasalam

Malaysian Insight, 27 September 2021

24. The need for a Parti Melayu Progresif

Professor Dr. Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi

Sinchew 星洲网, 27 September 2021

Myanmar

25. Myanmar on a military-made road to disaster

Bertil Lintner

Asia Times, 27 September 2021

26. Rebel Fighters From India Cooperating With Myanmar Military Regime

Irrawaddy, 27 September 2021

27. ‘No Future’ for Myanmar People Unless Spring Revolution Succeeds

Irrawaddy, 27 September 2021

28. Young People Discouraged by Life in Myanmar Queue For Passports to Leave the Country

Radio Free Asia, 27 September 2021

29. The International Community Is Failing Myanmar

Prachi Vidwans

World Politics Review, 27 September 2021

Philippines

John Nery

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 28 September 2021

31. 2022: A Robredo-Marcos rematch?

Richard Heydarian

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 28 September 2021

32. Gov’t cyberattacks

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 28 September 2021

33. Majority in Philippines agree Rodrigo Duterte’s vice-president bid violates constitution: survey

DPA

South China Morning Post, 28 September 2021

Thailand

34. Find ways to manage water

Bangkok Post, 28 September 2021

35. Thailand's 'Next Normal' vision at UN

Kavi Chongkittavorn

Bangkok Post, 28 September 2021

36. Call for concrete reopening plan

Dusida Worrachchaddejchai

Bangkok Post, 28 September 2021

37. Thailand’s Constitutional Dictatorship Weathers the Storm

Zachary Abuza is a professor at the National War College.

Diplomat, 27 September 2021

Vietnam

38. Inflation arises after stagnation – difficult choice in pandemic

VietNamNet, 28 September 2021

39. Vietnam set to ratify RCEP by November

VietNamNet, 27 September 2021

40. Vietnam-US trade ties enjoy spectacular growth over two-decade period

Voice of Vietnam, 27 September 2021

41. Vietnam develops indicators for digital economy statistics

VietNamNet, 25 September 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

42. 东南亚的汽车零部件供应危机 [Southeast Asia's auto parts supply crisis]

助川成也是日本国士馆大学政经学部教授

Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 28 September 2021

43. Vietnam bids to woo Cambodia, Laos from China

David Hutt

Asia Times, 27 September 2021

44. Asean and South Korea to deepen trade ties

Nation, 27 September 2021

45. Other ways of remembering

Lye Tuck-Po

New Mandala, 27 September 2021

Asia Pacific

46. Integrating AUKUS into the Indo-Pacific

Ramesh Thakur

Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 28 September 2021

47. More continuity than change in Biden’s Asia strategy

Nick Bisley, La Trobe University

East Asia Forum, 28 September 2021

48. The Quad countries pledge to promote an Indo-Pacific region that is ‘undaunted by coercion’

CNBC, 27 September 2021

49. Timeline: The Downward Spiral of China-Australia Relations

Geopolitical Monitor, 27 September 2021

50. What does the AUKUS deal mean for Asia?

Andrew Sheng

Nation, 27 September 2021

51. PacNet #43 – The Quad’s Growing Unity in Rhetoric and Goals

Rob York, Director for Regional Affairs, Pacific Forum

Akhil Ramesh, Non-Resident Lloyd and Lilian Vasey Fellow, Pacific Forum

Pacific Forum, 27 September 2021

East/South China Sea

52. Changing Realities for Malaysia in the South China Sea Dispute

Thomas Daniel

Stratsea, 27 September 2021

BRICS

53. Why BRICS Still Matters

Manjari Chatterjee Miller, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Foreign Policy, 27 September 2021

China-US relations

54. As the US focuses on ‘extreme competition’ with China, conflict is just a step away

Zhou Bo

South China Morning Post, 28 September 2021

55. China Is a Declining Power—and That’s the Problem

Hal Brands is the Henry Kissinger distinguished professor of global affairs at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. He is also a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a Bloomberg Opinion columnist.

Micha

Foreign Policy, 24 September 2021

Climate Change/Environment

56. 12th Malaysia Plan: What you need to know about the 2050 carbon neutral goal and other green measures

Channel News Asia, 28 September 2021

57. REDD+ in partnership has greater reach

Warief Djajanto Basorie

Jakarta Post, 28 September 2021

58. World News Day: Surviving sea-level rise

Benjamin P. Horton is Director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University.

Straits Times, 28 September 2021

59. Climate education still a ‘peripheral topic’ in Southeast Asia’s syllabus amid calls to make it compulsory

Jack Board

Channel News Asia, 26 September 2021

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) / Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

60. China will likely fail in its CPTPP bid — but it’s a ‘smart’ move against the U.S., say analysts

CNBC, 27 September 2021

Superpower relations and the region

61. Indonesia has legitimate reasons to worry about Aussie nuke subs

Abdul Kadir Jailani

Jakarta Post, 28 September 2021

62. China Has Only Itself to Blame for AUKUS

Charles Edel

Foreign Policy, 24 September 2021

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