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1 April 2021 (pm) - 5 April 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 with citations and mentions of ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute and its researchers:

No. 42: Dr Malcolm Cook, Visiting Senior Fellow
No. 57: Dr Ian Storey, Senior Fellow
No. 66: Dr Ooi Kee Beng, Visiting Senior Fellow
No. 73: Prof Chan Heng Chee, Chairman, ISEAS Board of Trustees

Brunei Darussalam..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No. 1-5

No. 6

No. 7-26

No. 27-40

No. 41-42

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 43-50

No. 51-52

No. 53-57

No. 64-65

No. 58-63 and 66-73

Indonesia

1. The uncertain future of online free speech in Indonesia

Titik Puji Rahayu, Universitas Airlangga

East Asia Forum, 2 April 2021

2. Ambisi Melipattigakan Hubungan Dagang Indonesia China [Ambition to treble Indonesia-China trade relations]

Intan Pratiwi, Elba Damhuri

Republika, 3 April 2021

3. Indonesia dan G-20 Syariah [Indonesia and a Syariah G-20]

Adiwarman A Karim

Republika, 5 April 2021

4. Lima Besar Capres: Hasil Survei Vs Hipotesis Realitas 2024 [Top five presidential candidates: survey results vs hypothetical realities 2024]

Andri Saubani

Republika, 5 April 2021

5. Mengintip Progres Pemulihan Ekonomi ASEAN [A peek at ASEAN's economic recovery]

Agung P Vazza

Republika, 4 April 2021

Laos

6. Russia to Build Airport, Train Armed Forces in Sign of Strengthening Military Ties With Laos

Radio Free Asia, 2 April 2021

Malaysia

7. Warisan may contest seats in peninsula in GE15, say party’s veeps

Durie Rainer Fong

Free Malaysia Today, 3 April 2021

8. Selangor DAP rep quits state leadership

Free Malaysia Today, 2 April 2021

9. The real reason PPBM, Umno and PAS can’t agree

A. Kathirasen

Free Malaysia Today, 3 April 2021

10. Umno remains optimistic on Muafakat Nasional outlook

Muhammad Zulsyamini Sufian Suri

New Straits Times, 4 April 2021

11. Annuar: Muafakat Nasional is obliterated

Adib Povera

New Straits Times, 2 April 2021

12. Malaysia, China agree on health certs, ink MoU to enhance post-pandemic cooperation

Adib Povera

New Straits Times, 2 April 2021

13. PAS ajak kumpulan Islam bersama PN [PAS invites Muslim groups to join PN]

Ahmad Suhael Adnan

Berita Harian (Malaysia), 2 April 2021

14. Kemelut UMNO, BERSATU, PAS jejas kuasa politik Melayu [Chaos among Umno, Bersatu and PAS affects Malay political power]

Muhammad Ariff Asyrul Adnan adalah Pensyarah Sains Politik di Fakulti Sains Pentadbiran dan Pengajian Polisi, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Raub

Berita Harian (Malaysia), 3 April 2021

15. DAP vows to back Perikatan bill to change status of Sarawak, Sabah

Desmond Davidson

Malaysian Insight, 3 April 2021

16. MCA, Gerakan upbeat about GE15 chances despite grim outlook

Khoo Gek San

Malaysian Insight, 5 April 2021

17. Memperbetul pandangan Dr Mahathir tentang DAP [Correcting Dr Mahathir's view of DAP]

Izmil Amri

Malaysian Insight, 5 April 2021

18. He thinks Umno is still boss

Kuik Cheng Kang

Sinchew 星洲网, 1 April 2021

19. 巫统最弱最潦倒的时候 [When Umno is at its weakest]

黄泉安.

Sinchew 星洲网, 3 April 2021

20. ‘I’ve learnt things I wouldn’t have elsewhere’: Malaysia’s Syed Saddiq on Singapore experience

Channel News Asia, 4 April 2021

21. ECRL's Section C alignment to revert to original version

New Straits Times, 5 April 2021

22. Antagonistic moves backfire on Umno

Lim Chee Han

Malaysian Insight, 5 April 2021

23. Cooperation with DAP possible if it becomes ‘moderate’, says Tajuddin

Free Malaysia Today, 4 April 2021

24. Sabah, Sarawak no longer ‘fixed deposits’, say analysts

Free Malaysia Today, 3 April 2021

25. Umno needs new faces, but not fresh polls, says analyst

Free Malaysia Today, 4 April 2021

26. Simmering discontent could morph into movement to oust Zahid

Malaysiakini, 3 April 2021

Myanmar

27. Myanmar junta ensures loyalty of military and police

Robert Bociaga

Straits Times, 3 April 2021

28. Amid Myanmar’s post-coup violence, there is one township in Yangon that ‘scares the military’

Nadi Hlaing and Michael Haack

South China Morning Post, 4 April 2021

29. Myanmar crisis: don’t wait for UN Security Council nod to punish junta, Suu Kyi ally and experts say

Bhavan Jaipragas

South China Morning Post, 2 April 2021

30. China’s ‘laissez-faire’ approach toward Myanmar’s coup puts its own interests at risk, says analyst

CNBC, 4 April 2021

31. Myanmar Internet Shutdown Chokes News Flow, Raises Citizens Fears

Radio Free Asia, 2 April 2021

32. Silent revolution': Myanmar workers strike to force junta's hand

Channel News Asia, 4 April 2021

33. Should UN Intervention in Myanmar Be Off the Table?

David Hutt

Diplomat, 2 April 2021

34. Why India Must Provide Political Asylum to Chin Refugees Fleeing Myanmar

Angshuman Choudhury is Senior Researcher at the Southeast Asia Research Programme, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, and former GIBSA Visiting Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin.

Diplomat, 2 April 2021

35. Five Hard Truths About Myanmar

Bilahari Kausikan

Global Brief, 2 April 2021

36. Airstrikes commit the Myanmar military to a war it can’t win

ASEAN Today, 2 April 2021

37. Myanmar’s Bloodshed Reveals a World That Has Changed, and Hasn’t

Max Fisher

New York Times, 2 April 2021

38. Russia strides into diplomatic void after Myanmar coup

John Reed

Financial Times, 2 April 2021

39. 缅甸动荡考验中国企业公共外交 [Unrest in Myanmar tests Chinese corporate public diplomacy]

王子奇是中国云南大学国际关系研究院研究生

Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 5 April 2021

40. The Global Tremors of Myanmar’s Coup

Thitinan Pongsudhirak

Project Syndicate, 2 April 2021

Philippines

41. Thousands of Families Are Being Displaced by Violent Clashes in Mindanao

Nick Aspinwall

Diplomat, 2 April 2021

42. The Philippines’ vexed vaccine rollout

Malcolm Cook, Visiting Senior Fellow, at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore

Asialink, 1 April 2021

Thailand

43. “Thank you for seeing our worth”: amid a pandemic, Redshirts joined Thailand’s youth-led protests

Saowanee T. Alexander

New Mandala, 2 April 2021

44. Death-trap in waiting?

Draft referendum legislation, if it meets the same fate as the charter amendment bill, could spell doom for the government | UDD chairman Jatuporn admits his campaign to oust the PM won’t be easy, but he’s pressing ahead anyway

Bangkok Post, 3 April 2021

45. Hoping for a miracle

Bangkok Post, 5 April 2021

46. Prawit backs Chakthip's bid to be Bangkok governor

Bangkok Post, 5 April 2021

47. Many still undecided over choice for Bangkok governor: poll

Bangkok Post, 4 April 2021

48. Jatuporn looks for allies

Bangkok Post, 4 April 2021

49. Yingluck fine axed in surprise ruling

Bangkok Post, 3 April 2021

50. EV outlook more than just numbers

Bangkok Post, 3 April 2021

Vietnam

51. Vietnam Fights Climate Change With COVID Strategy

James Borton

ASEAN Post, 3 April 2021

52. Steadying the economic ship

VietNamNet, 4 April 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

53. Thailand must lend a hand to the Karen

Paritta Wangkiat

Bangkok Post, 5 April 2021

54. Downhill for Asean if it cannot act on Myanmar: Former Thai foreign minister

Nirmal Ghosh

Straits Times, 4 April 2021

55. Cambodia, ASEAN likely to teeter off balance with RCEP

Sangeetha Amarthalingam

Phnom Penh Post, 1 April 2021

56. Will Vietnam compete with Thailand, Indonesia to manufacture electric cars?

VietNamNet, 4 April 2021

57. Russia in Southeast Asia: Falling influence despite being largest arms seller

Ian Storey, Senior Fellow, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute

Think China, 31 March 2021

ASEAN-China

58. Retno’s diplomatic journey to Tokyo and Fujian

Kornelius Purba, Senior editor at The Jakarta Post

Jakarta Post, 5 April 2021

59. PH, China renew vaccine cooperation pact, commitment to Sea Code

Manila Bulletin, 3 April 2021

Asia Pacific

60. Can fintech open new doors for infrastructure financing in Asia?

Kensuke Tanaka, OECD

East Asia Forum, 2 April 2021

61. The Great Game 2.0 In Asia

Yuri M Yarmolinsky

Observer Research Foundation, 3 April 2021

62. India joins French-led naval exercise, revealing clues about Quad’s plans to contain China in Indo-Pacific

Kunal Purohit

South China Morning Post, 4 April 2021

63. Is the Asian Century Really Here?

Lee Jong-Wha, Professor of Economics at Korea University, was chief economist at the Asian Development Bank and a senior adviser for international economic affairs to former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.

Project Syndicate, 1 April 2021

East/South China Sea

64. South China Sea: will the Whitsun Reef dispute come between Beijing and Manila?

Alan Robles

and Raissa Robles

South China Morning Post, 3 April 2021

65. With Swarms of Ships, Beijing Tightens Its Grip on South China Sea

Steven Lee Myers and Jason Gutierrez

South China Morning Post, 3 April 2021

Globalisation

66. MySay: Pandemic or not, there is no such thing as ‘de-globalisation’

Datuk Dr Ooi Kee Beng is the executive director of Penang Institute, senior fellow at Jeffrey Cheah Institute for Southeast Asia, and senior visiting fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Edge Markets, 1 April 2021

Islamic militancy

67. Rise of South-east Asia's female extremists: Cases in Malaysia, Philippines and S'pore

Arlina Arshad

Straits Times, 2 April 2021

68. Rise of female militants in South-east Asia poses challenge for war on terror

Arlina Arshad

Straits Times, 2 April 2021

69. Indonesia needs more women in counterterrorism, like Malaysia’s Normah Ishak

Lynn Lee

South China Morning Post, 2 April 2021

70. Why Do al-Qaida and the Islamic State Continue to Target Indonesia?

Bilveer Singh, PhD, is the deputy head of the Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore.

Diplomat, 1 April 2021

Superpower relations and the region

71. Spratly Islands, Diaoyu, Bay of Bengal: is a storm brewing in Asia-Pacific waters?

Maria Siow

South China Morning Post, 4 April 2021

72. Are U.S. and Chinese Interests Really Opposed in Iran and Myanmar?

Emma Ashford is a senior fellow in the New American Engagement Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.

Matthew Kroenig is deputy director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council a

Foreign Policy, 2 April 2021

73. Between China and U.S.: Are ASEAN countries making a choice

Chan Heng Chee

China Global Television Network, 2 April 2021

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