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

No.17: Dr Norshahril Saat, Senior Fellow
No.62: Dr Tan Siah Yeow, Kevin, Visiting Senior Fellow
No.64: Ms Melinda Martinus, Lead Researcher
No.65: Mr Khairulanwar Zaini, Research Officer
No.73: Ms Melinda Martinus, Lead Researcher and Ms Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow

Brunei Darussalam..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No. 1-2

No. 3-9

No. 10-28

No. 29-36

No. 37-46

No. 47

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 48-53

No. 54-59

No. 60-66

No. 67-69

No. 70

No. 71-77

Cambodia

1. Cambodia to chair ASEAN in choppy waters

Kimkong Heng, UQ

East Asia Forum, 17 July 2021

2. Cambodia to ‘Negotiate With China’ For COVID-19 Jabs in Bid to End Outbreak

Radio Free Asia, 16 July 2021

Indonesia

3. Indonesia's manufactured goods exports soar in first half of 2021

Antara, 19 July 2021

4. Nearly half of Jakartans may have had COVID-19, serosurvey suggests

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil

Jakarta Post, 18 July 2021

5. Papua, West Papua welcome revised special autonomy law

Antara, 17 July 2021

6. Officials slammed for ‘tone-deaf’ remarks amid COVID-19 crisis

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil

Jakarta Post, 16 July 2021

7. Analogi Darurat Militer dan Perpanjangan PPKM Darurat [Analogy of a military emergency and an extension of the public activity restriction]

Republika, 16 July 2021

8. Membenahi Pelibatan Militer di Penanganan Pandemi [Fixing Military Involvement in Handling the Pandemic]

Republika, 16 July 2021

9. Vonis Edhy, Cermin Perilaku Korupsi Makin Ditoleransi? [Edhy's verdict, a reflection that corrupt practices are increasingly tolerated?]

Dian Fath Risalah, Rizkyan Adiyudha

Republika, 16 July 2021

Malaysia

10. Muhyiddin keeps Malaysian politics in lockdown

East Asia Forum, 19 July 2021

11. Not a failed state, but certainly not doing well

Adzhar Ibrahim

Free Malaysia Today, 19 July 2021

12. Malaysia reaches the new Covid-19 plateau but for how long?

JUSTIN ONG

Malay Mail Online, 19 July 2021

13. Can anyone trust what the PN government says?

S Thayaparan

Malaysiakini, 19 July 2021

14. Is Muhyiddin's new vaccination target achievable?

Lim Kit Siang

Malaysiakini, 19 July 2021

15. Malaysia’s Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul on the ‘Bendera Putih’ campaign, job losses and standing for election

Bhavan Jaipragas

South China Morning Post, 19 July 2021

16. Malaysia’s road map for reopening to include opposition input, finance minister says

Bhavan Jaipragas

South China Morning Post, 19 July 2021

17. Commentary: Malaysia’s Parliament reopening may not fix country's current woes; much depends on how MPs behave

Dr Norshahril Saat is a Senior Fellow at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and Coordinator at the Regional Social and Cultural Studies Programme.

Channel News Asia, 18 July 2021

18. Pandemic failures will transform Malaysian politics

Bridget Welsh, University of Nottingham Malaysia

East Asia Forum, 18 July 2021

19. Deputy Speaker: Parliament’s July-August sittings may be limited to just 80 MPs, no hybrid sessions for now

IDA LIM

Malay Mail Online, 18 July 2021

20. Economic Action Council executive director: Full shutdown of manufacturing sector will have adverse effect on economy

Malay Mail Online, 18 July 2021

21. Malaysia’s Covid-19 stimulus packages on par with those in developed countries, says Finance Ministry report

SOO WERN JUN

Malay Mail Online, 18 July 2021

22. Puad Zakarshi: Umno should not compromise with members in Cabinet who voiced support for PM

KENNETH TEE

Malay Mail Online, 18 July 2021

23. The shadow play goes on

PHILIP GOLINGAI

Star, 18 July 2021

24. Report on freedom of expression finds nearly 40pc of cisgender women in Malaysia feel constrained while transgender women face ‘widespread’ restrictions

Malay Mail Online, 17 July 2021

25. Commentary: Covid-19, political crises ravage Malaysia while emperors big and small fiddle

Shannon Teoh

Straits Times, 17 July 2021

26. A real recovery plan for Malaysia

Dr Paolo Casadio and Dr Geoffrey Williams are economists based in Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysian Insight, 16 July 2021

27. 油棕业和经济转型 [The oil palm industry and economic transformation]

唐南发

Malaysian Insight, 16 July 2021

28. Malaysian MP Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor cleared of corruption after appeal court overturns conviction

Bhavan Jaipragas

South China Morning Post, 16 July 2021

Myanmar

29. NLD patron Win Htein charged under Section 124 (a)

Eleven Myanmar, 17 July 2021

30. Military slow Myanmar’s response to COVID-19

Thet Htar Mya Yee San is former second secretary at Myanmar Embassy in Washington DC, who, following the military coup in Myanmar, joined the Civil Disobedience Movement and has refused to represent the military regime.

Jakarta Post, 17 July 2021

31. Myanmar: Sanctions Are the Key to a Democratic Future

Tin Tun Naing is the Minister of Planning, Finance, and Investment for Myanmar’s National Unity Government.

Diplomat, 16 July 2021

32. Banning the NLD Won’t End Resistance to Military Rule

BERTIL LINTNER

Irrawaddy, 16 July 2021

33. Editorial: Amid COVID’s Third Wave, Myanmar Descends Into State Failure

Irrawaddy, 16 July 2021

34. Myanmar: An International Orphan

David Camroux & Alex Aung Khant

New Mandala, 16 July 2021

35. Opinion: Myanmar’s Covid-19 and human rights crisis is growing. UN, Asean must act now to save lives

Aung Myo Min

South China Morning Post, 16 July 2021

36. Half of Journalists Arrested Since Myanmar Coup Remain in Detention

Radio Free Asia, 15 July 2021

Philippines

37. BOI cites big Chinese projects, PH investors in China returning

Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat

Manila Bulletin, 19 July 2021

38. Of bells and bills: More on Duterte’s Sona targets

Kathleen de Villa

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 19 July 2021

39. We are PDP-Laban, Pimentel insists

DJ Yap

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 19 July 2021

40. Governance Opportunities Under Five Years of Dutertismo

[This issue of Politika (2^nd quarter of 2021) contains three sections:1) Governance opportunities under five years of Dutertismo; 2) The President who challenged China’s aggression; 3) Legislative Accomplishments and updates.]

Stratbase ADRi, 19 July 2021

41. Duterte widens split in PDP-Laban by swearing in new officers

Leila B. Salaverria, Melvin Gascon

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 18 July 2021

42. Marawi ‘land grab’

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 18 July 2021

43. Economic suffering stays intense

Mahar Mangahas

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 17 July 2021

44. Pacquiao out, Cusi in as PDP-Laban president

Neil Arwin Mercado

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 17 July 2021

45. Pimentel, other ‘original’ PDP-Laban members say party elections ‘illegal’

Neil Arwin Mercad

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 17 July 2021

46. The costs of appeasement

Solita Collas-Monsod

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 17 July 2021

Singapore

47. IMF Executive Board Concludes 2021 Article IV Consultation with Singapore

IMF News, 16 July 2021

Thailand

48. B22.5bn subs buy put on ice

WASSANA NANUAM

Bangkok Post, 19 July 2021

49. Leaked letter a blow to govt

Bangkok Post, 19 July 2021

50. Rooting out graft in the force

Bangkok Post, 19 July 2021

51. Thailand: Feminism And The Pro-Democracy Cause

Wichuta Teeratanabodee

Eurasia Review, 18 July 2021

52. Protests feared to be losing steam

Bangkok Post, 17 July 2021

53. Thai king’s firm at heart of AstraZeneca’s Asia supply saga

Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 16 July 2021

Vietnam

54. Foreign tech corporations come to Vietnam

VietNamNet, 19 July 2021

55. Making public investment a driving force of Vietnam’s economy

VietNamNet, 19 July 2021

56. The key to growth and the danger of the low-value trap

VietNamNet, 18 July 2021

57. Vietnam moving out of the epidemic more slowly than others, needs new policies

VietNamNet, 18 July 2021

58. Bittersweet: Vietnam’s Mixed Progress on E-Government During COVID-19

Truong Thuy Quynh and Pham Thi Thuy Duong

Diplomat, 16 July 2021

59. Vietnam’s Battle to Market Its Prized Rice

Akhilesh Pillalamarri

Diplomat, 16 July 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

60. Covid: Is China's vaccine success waning in Asia?

BBC, 19 July 2021

61. Countering the threat of Islamist extremism in South-east Asia

Kumar Ramakrishna is Associate Professor and head of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Asia Research Institute, 19 July 2021

62. Will Covid-19 transform our cultural events in the future?

Steve K.L. Chan is assistant professor at the Department of Sociology, Keimyung University, South Korea. Kevin S.Y. Tan is a visiting senior fellow at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore.

Star, 18 July 2021

63. The Threat of a Dam Disaster in Luang Prabang

Tom Fawthrop

Diplomat, 17 July 2021

ASEAN-China

64. Stumbling blocks to ASEAN-China smart city cooperation

Melinda Martinus, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

East Asia Forum, 17 July 2021

65. Malaysia to Phase Out China’s Sinovac Vaccine

Sebastian Strangio

Diplomat, 16 July 2021

ASEAN-US

66. U.S. Policy in Southeast Asia Disappoints

Liu Chang, Assistant Research Fellow, Department for American Studies, China Institute of International Studies

China-US Focus, 16 July 2021

Asia Pacific

67. From Singapore to Hong Kong and Australia, Asia’s Covid-19 reopening is as much about politics as it is about science

Kok Xinghui and Dewey Sim

South China Morning Post, 17 July 2021

68. APEC Economic Leaders’ Statement: Overcoming COVID-19 and Accelerating Economic Recovery

APEC, 16 July 2021

69. Is non-alignment making a comeback in Asia?

Shalabh Chopra, Delhi

East Asia Forum, 16 July 2021

East/South China Sea

70. South China Sea code of conduct talks ‘may end in stalemate’ as tensions rise

Laura Zhou

South China Morning Post, 17 July 2021

Climate Change/Environment

71. Clearer skies

Southeast Asian citizens accustomed to holding their breath in anticipation of toxic haze generated annually by forest fires in Indonesia can expect clearer skies and breezy days this year, say experts who have been monitoring the region's chronic transboundary haze.

Bangkok Post, 19 July 2021

72. As China moves towards net zero emissions, is the world ready for the economic impact?

Karin Costa Vazquez

South China Morning Post, 19 July 2021

73. How Asean’s Covid-19 recovery measures are missing opportunities for a green future

[This is an edited excerpt of a piece published in ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Perspective 2021/92 as “ASEAN’s COVID-19 Recovery Measures: Missing Opportunities for a Green Future”.]

Melinda Martinus and Sharon Seah

South China Morning Post, 19 July 2021

74. Greenland Bans All Future Oil Exploration Citing Climate Concerns

Time, 16 July 2021

75. After Decades of Offering Climate Carrots, Europe Adds a Stick In Its 'Fit for 55' Policy Roadmap

Time, 15 July 2021

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

76. DEPA and the Path Back to TPP

Matthew P. Goodman

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 15 July 2021

G-20 Summit

77. Indonesia to Host G20 Summit Next Year: What Will be on the Agenda?

Noto Suoneto

Diplomat, 16 July 2021

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