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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.

This issue of Daily News Alert includes the following articles with mentions of and citations attributed to ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and its researchers. You can click on their names to go to these articles directly.

No. 2: Jayant Menon, Visiting Senior Fellow
No. 38: Regional Outlook Forum 2022
No. 41: Regional Outlook Forum 2022
No. 49: Jayant Menon, Visiting Senior Fellow
No. 50: Regional Outlook Forum 2022
No. 51: Regional Outlook Forum 2022
No. 56: Regional Outlook Forum 2022

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Brunei Darussalam..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No. 1-2

No. 3-8

No. 9

No. 10-22

No. 23-25

No. 26-31

No. 32-33

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 34-37

No. 38-40

No. 41-48

No. 49-60

No. 61-65

Cambodia

1. Cambodian economy estimated to grow at 5% in 2022, Omicron or not: NBC

Khmer Times, 7 January 2022

2. RCEP and the Kingdom – is it good... and bad?

Sangeetha Amarthalingam

Phnom Penh Post, 6 January 2022

Indonesia

3. 17 border negotiations held in 2021: Minister Marsudi

Antara, 7 January 2022

4. Taking benefits from the RCEP

Editorial board

Jakarta Post, 7 January 2022

5. Coal export ban – another “blackeye” for Indonesia

Bill Sullivan

Jakarta Post, 7 January 2022

6. New capital development dominated 2022 state budget design: minister

Antara, 6 January 2022

7. Health Diplomacy Remains a Priority for Indonesia in 2022: Minister

Jayanty Nada Shofa

Jakarta Globe, 6 January 2022

8. Indonesia revokes more than 2,000 mining and plantation permits

Reuters, 6 January 2022

Laos

9. Going under? Belt and Road megaprojects and sovereign debt in Laos

Keith Barney and Kanya Souksakoun

New Mandala, 6 January 2022

Malaysia

10. UMNO strikes back after Malaysia’s year of political melee

William Case, Nottingham University Malaysia

East Asia Forum, 7 January 2022

11. Azam Baki controversy: A question of integrity

A. Kathirasen

Free Malaysia Today, 7 January 2022

12. MACC panels have done more harm than good

R Nadeswaran

Malaysiakini, 7 January 2022

13. Education groups doubt official school dropout figures

Aminah Farid

Malaysian Insight, 7 January 2022

14. PAS split over Azam controversy

Malaysian Insight, 7 January 2022

15. Managing success may be Abang Johari's biggest challenge

John Teo

New Straits Times, 7 January 2022

16. Federal government makes counter offer on Sabah's proposal for annual grants

Olivia Miwil

New Straits Times, 7 January 2022

17. Committee to study Sabah’s proposal for increase in annual grants

Stephanie Lee

Star, 7 January 2022

18. More Warisan members quit party

Star, 7 January 2022

19. Economist calls for new pension scheme for low-income group

Nicholas Chung

Free Malaysia Today, 6 January 2022

20. MACC advisory board has no power to probe or clear Azam, say MPs

Jason Thomas

Free Malaysia Today, 6 January 2022

21. I never endorsed Forest City, says Dr M

Free Malaysia Today, 6 January 2022

22. Johor Pakatan reps call for state anti-hopping law

Ben Tan

Malay Mail Online, 6 January 2022

Myanmar

23. Myanmar coup: The doctors and nurses defying the military

BBC, 7 January 2022

24. A growing number of soldiers are deserting the Burmese army

Economist, 7 January 2022

25. Myanmar Military Accuse News Outlet of Sowing Distrust

May Kha

VOA, 6 January 2022

Philippines

26. What is Rodrigo Duterte’s legacy?

Economist, 7 January 2022

27. Shaping Of Political Structures And Institutions Of Philippines: Can It Be Redesigned Beyond 2022 Elections For Better Governance?

Rizal G. Buendia

Eurasia Review, 7 January 2022

28. Bongbong Marcos’ camp hails decision to drop 2 namesakes from list of presidential aspirants

John Eric Mendoza

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 7 January 2022

29. 4 post-election scenarios

Segundo Eclar Romero

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 7 January 2022

30. Gov’t eases entry rules for foreign retailers

Leila B. Salaverria

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 7 January 2022

31. 11 presidential aspirants on Comelec's tentative list of candidates

Leslie Ann Aquino

Manila Bulletin, 6 January 2022

Singapore

32. Singapore’s early history captured in Chinese merchant’s ‘A Brief Account of the Barbarians of the Islands’ is closest we have to a reliable historical record

Wee Kek Koon

South China Morning Post, 7 January 2022

33. The digital realm - next step in EU-S'pore partnership

S. Iswaran and Valdis Dombrovskis

Straits Times, 7 January 2022

Thailand

34. Test & Go freeze could cost B7bn

Dusida Worrachaddejchai

Bangkok Post, 7 January 2022

35. Thai politics' murky tunnel to nowhere

Thitinan Pongsudhirak

Bangkok Post, 7 January 2022

36. Over 80,000 state contracts 'prone to abuse': ACT

Bangkok Post, 7 January 2022

37. Phuket tweaks sandbox rules

Achadthaya Chuenniran

Bangkok Post, 7 January 2022

Vietnam

38. 经济师预料越南今年经济增长有望达6.5%到7% [Economist expects Vietnam's economic growth to reach 6.5% to 7% this year]

Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 7 January 2022

39. Fiscal, monetary solutions proposed to aid socio-economic recovery

VietNamNet, 5 January 2022

40. The Limits of Vietnam’s Labor Reforms

Joe Buckley

Diplomat, 1 January 2022

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

41. 邝云峰教授：核心地位渐被美国印太战略削弱亚细安在经济能发挥超过体量角色 [Professor Khong Yuen Foong: ASEAN's core position gradually weakened by the US Indo-Pacific strategy; ASEAN can play an outsized role in the economy]

Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 7 January 2022

42. Can Cambodia’s ‘win-win policy’ work for crisis-hit Myanmar?

Hnin Htet Htet Aung

Mizzima, 7 January 2022

43. Cambodia PM visit to Myanmar sparks protests from coup opponents

Prak Chan Thul

Reuters, 7 January 2022

44. Cambodia’s Hun Sen accused of undermining Asean with ‘cowboy diplomacy’ on Myanmar trip

Maria Siow

South China Morning Post, 7 January 2022

45. ASEAN’S DILEMMA: Hun Sen‘s meet with Min Aung Hlaing unlikely to halt the ‘Killing Fields’ of Myanmar

Tom Fawthrop

Mizzima, 6 January 2022

46. Can Thai separatists and Bangkok agree on peace in talks brokered by Malaysia?

Hadi Azmi

South China Morning Post, 6 January 2022

47. Myanmar's shadow govt official tells Asean to stop Hun Sen's visit

Tan Hui Yee

Straits Times, 6 January 2022

48. Laos PM's Vietnam visit to add fresh impetus to all-around cooperation in 2022

Voice of Vietnam, 6 January 2022

Asia Pacific

49. Omicron exposes East-West divide on living with COVID

John Power

Al- Jazeera, 7 January 2022

50. ASEAN has been a source of stability and strength that allowed nations to grow

Khmer Times, 7 January 2022

51. 张志贤：保护主义使“中间立场”变窄各方更难达共识 [Teo Chee Hean: Protectionism narrows the "middle position" and makes it more difficult for all parties to reach a consensus]

Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 7 January 2022

52. The limits of a securitized Japanese FOIP Vision

Stephen Nagy

Pacific Forum, 7 January 2022

53. U.S. aims to step up economic ties in Indo-Pacific in year ahead

Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom

Reuters, 7 January 2022

54. Is China decoupling from the global economy? Evidence shows otherwise

Nicholas Spiro

South China Morning Post, 7 January 2022

55. China: Is it burdening poor countries with unsustainable debt?

Kai Wang

BBC, 6 January 2022

56. US-China relations to settle into 'mutually tolerable friction' zone in 2022: Forum

Goh Yan Han

Straits Times, 6 January 2022

57. Japan, Australia sign defence treaty with eyes on China

AFP

Straits Times, 6 January 2022

58. The Asia-Pacific in 2022: what to expect

Ankit Panda, Thisanka Siripala, Mitch Shin, Shannon Tiezzi, Sudha Ramachandran, Umair Jamal, Catherine Putz, Sebastian Strangio, Prashanth Parameswaran and Joshua Mcdonald

Diplomat, 1 January 2022

59. America’s Militarist Drift in the Indo-Pacific

Van Jackson

Diplomat, 1 January 2022

60. China’s Growing Dominance in Maritime Shipping

Matthew Rochat

Diplomat, 18 December 2021

Climate Change/Environment

61. A credit to the community

With carbon credit trading getting off the ground in Thailand, the community responsible for Ban Ton Phueng community forest in Tambon Mae Pong, Chiang Mai province, is hoping its efforts to manage carbon emissions will help generate income.

Chatrudee Theparat

Bangkok Post, 7 January 2022

62. Climate change can inflict Rp544 trillion in losses on Indonesia

Antara, 6 January 2022

63. There's a Way to End Energy Poverty—And It Has the Side Effect of Making Fossil Fuels Obsolete

Nicole Poindexter

Time, 6 January 2022

64. Fossil Fuel Companies Say They Want to Help Fight Climate Change. Here's What They Should Do

John Browne

Time, 4 January 2022

65. China’s Vision for Environmental Leadership

Marina Kaneti

Diplomat, 13 December 2021

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