Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

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15 February 2021 (pm) - 16 February 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 one article with a citation attributed to Dr Oh Su-Ann, Visiting Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. You can click on her name to go to the article directly.

Brunei Darussalam..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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No. 2

No. 3-15

No. 16-30

No. 31-39

No. 40-45

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 46

No. 47-50

No. 51-54

No. 55

No. 56-58

Brunei Darussalam

1. Temburong Ecotown Development Phase 4

Shigeru Kimura, Alloysius Joko Purwanto, Keisuke Ueda, Leong Siew Meng, Kazuhisa Fujioka

Economic Research Institute for ASEAN & East Asia (ERIA), 5 February 2021

Cambodia

2. What’s Behind Cambodia’s Cancellation of Military Exercises with China?

Diplomat, 15 February 2021

Indonesia

3. Economic recovery program rescued five million people from poverty

Antara, 16 February 2021

4. Indonesia economic contraction moderate: Finance Minister

Antara, 16 February 2021

5. Papua's Morning Star flag flies amid divisive Australia Day

Abigail Rose McCall

Jakarta Post, 16 February 2021

6. Literasi dan PPKM Mikro [Literacy and micro-PPKM]

RAHMA SUGIHARTATI, Dosen S3 Ilmu Sosial FISIP Universitas Airlangga

Republika, 16 February 2021

7. Research: Indonesian female academics bear the brunt of the pandemic

Inaya Rakhmani, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, Universitas Indonesia; Evi Eliyanah, Lecturer, Universitas Negeri Malang; Zulfa Sakhiyya, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Conversation, 15 February 2021

8. Khomeini in the Archipelago: Iranian Interests and Influence in Indonesia

Diplomat, 15 February 2021

9. Indonesia’s Fight Against EU Palm Oil Ban

Try Ananto Wicaksono

Geopolitical Monitor, 15 February 2021

10. Australia Seeks to Bolster Agricultural Trade to Indonesia

Jakarta Globe, 15 February 2021

11. Back-door diplomacy 'underway' as ASEAN seeks inroads into post-coup Myanmar

Dian Septiari

Jakarta Post, 15 February 2021

12. Get vaccinated or lose your social aid, Indonesian government says

Ardila Syakriah

Jakarta Post, 15 February 2021

13. Indonesia books trade surplus again amid ‘concerning’ import decline

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman

Jakarta Post, 15 February 2021

14. Membaca Dampak Luar Biasa Covid dalam Statistik Kemiskinan [Reading the Extraordinary Impact of Covid in Poverty Statistics]

Adinda Pryanka, Amri Amrullah

Republika, 15 February 2021

15. Indonesia lifts economic recovery budget again to over US$49bil

Star, 15 February 2021

Malaysia

16. 2-party idea a pipe dream in racially charged system, says Daim

K. Parkaran

Free Malaysia Today, 16 February 2021

17. 90 MPs from 6 countries call for M'sian Parliament to convene

Malaysiakini, 16 February 2021

18. Decade after 'Malay first', Kit Siang asks if PM is now 'Malaysian first'

Malaysiakini, 16 February 2021

19. Emergency powers not invoked yet due to good cooperation - PM

Annabelle Lee

Malaysiakini, 16 February 2021

20. Islam and the state - individual freedoms or imposition of rules?

Rozana Isa

Malaysiakini, 16 February 2021

21. Malay parties to benefit but doubts remain on Undi18 rollout

Diyana Ibrahim, Aminah Farid

Malaysian Insight, 16 February 2021

22. Should we have a constitutional court?

Salleh Buang, a former federal counsel at the Attorney-General's Chambers, is deputy chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War

New Straits Times, 16 February 2021

23. A Malaysian wish list for MCA

Sinchew 星洲网, 16 February 2021

24. Pejuang top leadership must perform bai'ah - Mukhriz

Bernama, 15 February 2021

25. 3 aspirations, 12 strategies in national unity blueprint

Robin Augustin

Free Malaysia Today, 15 February 2021

26. A month on, Dr M claims Muhyiddin’s ‘real reason’ invoking Emergency rule laid bare

DANIAL DZULKIFLY

Malay Mail Online, 15 February 2021

27. Malaysia says no refugees among 1,200 Myanmar nationals to be deported

Malay Mail Online, 15 February 2021

28. Potential travel bubbles with regional countries after M'sia-Indonesia deal'

Malaysian Insight, 15 February 2021

29. The unfriendly memoir

Chan Yit Fei

Malaysian Insight, 15 February 2021

30. Pas: Gerakan a 'kindergartener' in Perikatan Nasional

Sharifah Mahsinah Abdullah

New Straits Times, 15 February 2021

Myanmar

31. More protests after Myanmar military government cuts Internet, deploys troops

Channel News Asia, 16 February 2021

32. What does military rule mean for foreign investments in Myanmar?

Channel News Asia, 16 February 2021

33. 缅甸民主漫漫长路 [ A long road to Myanmar's Democracy]

余澎毅

Oriental Daily, 16 February 2021

34. Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi to face court this week: Lawyer

Channel News Asia, 15 February 2021

35. Myanmar Junta Arms Itself With Repressive New Laws

Diplomat, 15 February 2021

36. After Failing to Condemn Coup, China Faces Daily Opposition in Myanmar

Irrawaddy, 15 February 2021

37. Is Civil Disobedience Myanmar’s New Normal?

MON MON MYAT

Irrawaddy, 15 February 2021

38. Two weeks after the coup, Myanmar’s protesters are undaunted – but how far can the military be pushed?

South China Morning Post, 15 February 2021

39. Chinese Economic Influence: One Critical Lesson from the Myanmar Military Coup

Ty Chea

Cambodianess, 14 February 2021

Philippines

40. United States converting Subic into a military base — Duterte

Genalyn Kabiling

Manila Bulletin, 16 February 2021

41. Duterte demands $16 billion for hosting US troops

Leila B. Salaverria

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 16 February 2021

42. How will small businesses recover in the Philippines?

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 16 February 2021

43. Vaccination: Not a choice but a necessity

Moira G. Gallaga

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 16 February 2021

44. Rise Of Populism In Philippines: Antecedence And Consequence

Rizal G. Buendia

Eurasia Review, 15 February 2021

45. P1.64-billion anticommunist fund for Davao City questioned

Nestor Corrales

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 February 2021

Thailand

46. Thailand economy shrinks most since 1997 on tourism collapse

Agence France-Presse

Jakarta Post, 15 February 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

47. 东盟应该支持缅甸军政的“民主发展”吗 [Should ASEAN support the Myanmar military junta's "democratic development"]？

黄婉玮.

Sinchew 星洲网, 16 February 2021

48. South-east Asia's two coups and one-party regimes

Thitinan Pongsudhirak

Straits Times, 16 February 2021

49. Migrant Workers in ASEAN: ‘COVID-19 Brings Us to Zero’

Cambodianess, 15 February 2021

50. The Future of Work in the Mekong Subregion

Daniel F. Runde, Romina Bandura, Janina Staguhn

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 12 February 2021

Asia Pacific

51. How Biden will shape the US–China relationship

Editorial Board, ANU

East Asia Forum, 15 February 2021

52. Can America Restore Its Credibility in Asia?

Michael Green and Evan Medeiros

Foreign Affairs, 15 February 2021

53. Moving Beyond “China, China, China” in the Indo-Pacific

John Schaus

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 12 February 2021

54. A Post-Covid U.S. Development Strategy for the Indo-Pacific

[20-minute pod cast]

Daniel F. Runde

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 10 February 2021

East/South China Sea

55. Japan’s ground troops to get transport ships amid concerns over China’s military build-up in Indo-Pacific

South China Morning Post, 15 February 2021

China-US relations

56. US Defense Department to Create Big Picture China Task Force

Diplomat, 13 February 2021

Superpower relations and the region

57. Against Great Power Competition

Daniel H. Nexon

Foreign Affairs, 15 February 2021

The Quad

58. Why the Quad should focus on collaborative not collective defence

Charlie Lyons Jones

Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 16 February 2021

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