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27 August 2021 (pm) - 30 August 2021 (am)

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No. 19: Mr Liew Chin Tong, Visiting Senior Fellow
No. 28: Dr Francis Hutchinson, Senior Fellow, and Dr Serina Rahman, Visiting Fellow
No. 45: Dr Punchada Sirivunnabood, Visiting Fellow
No. 52: Ms Moe Thuzar, Fellow
No. 53: Ms Hoang Thi Ha, Fellow
No. 63: Dr Le Hong Hiep, Senior Fellow

Brunei Darussalam..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No. 1

No. 2-5

No. 6-31

No. 32-37

No. 38-41

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 42-46

No. 47

No. 48-49

No. 50-54

No. 55-56

No. 57-58

No. 59-63

Cambodia

1. After Oil Project Collapse, Cambodia Seeks Return of Detained Tanker

Sebastian Strangio

Diplomat, 27 August 2021

Indonesia

2. Indonesia struggling to tighten its bulging debt

John McBeth

Asia Times, 29 August 2021

3. Dari pandemi menjadi epidemi: menebak masa depan COVID di Indonesia [From pandemic to epidemic: considering the future of Covid in Indonesia]

Trevino Pakasi, Lecturer at Department of Community Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia

Conversation, 27 August 2021

4. Will Jokowi pull off a three-peat?

Johannes Nugroho

Interpreter, 27 August 2021

5. Global Health Security COVID-19 and Its Impacts – Indonesia’s Budget 2022: Too Ambitious?

Richard Borsuk

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 27 August 2021

Malaysia

6. Parliamentary reforms, PM term limit and anti party-hopping laws among top priorities for Law Minister Wan Junaidi

Keertan Ayamany

Malay Mail Online, 30 August 2021

7. UM student union raises doubts over minister's return, cites past failures

Malaysiakini, 30 August 2021

8. MP: Anti-hopping, funding, Undi18 among reform deals Harapan can pursue

Malaysiakini, 30 August 2021

9. Celebrate Merdeka without normalising racism

Benjamin YH Loh

Malaysiakini, 30 August 2021

10. PM wants cabinet to decide on confidence and supply deal with opposition, sources say

Chan Kok Leong

Malaysian Insight, 30 August 2021

11. 国内政治能否稳定？刘哲伟：球在希盟脚下 [Will domestic politics stabilise? Analyst: the ball is in PH's court]

Malaysian Insight, 30 August 2021

12. 巫统新挑战──沙比里的布局[New Challenge of UMNO - the Strategy of Sabri]

覃心靖

Oriental Daily, 30 August 2021

13. Recall elections will prevent party hopping, says Azalina

Free Malaysia Today, 29 August 2021

14. Umno must get rid of opposition mindset, says analyst

Nora Mahpar

Free Malaysia Today, 29 August 2021

15. JB set to be Southern Gateway, says Johor MB

Bernama

Free Malaysia Today, 29 August 2021

16. Pakatan must move on, groom next generation, analysts say

Radzi Razak and Danial Dzulkifly

Malay Mail Online, 29 August 2021

17. Assessing Ismail Sabri’s new, old cabinet

Kenneth Cheng Chee Kin

Malaysian Insight, 29 August 2021

18. Anwar’s DAP ties cost him GPS support for PM’s office, say analysts

Desmond Davidson

Malaysian Insight, 29 August 2021

19. Kabinet Ismail Sabri: Siapa untung, siapa rugi [Ismail Sabri's cabinet: who gains, who loses]

Liew Chin Tong ialah pengarah pendidikan politik DAP

Malaysian Insight, 29 August 2021

20. How to ensure a result-oriented cabinet? Analysts weigh in

Arfa Yunus

New Straits Times, 29 August 2021

21. PH sets up a 9-member committee to discuss details of collaboration with government

Sinchew 星洲网, 29 August 2021

22. Why Malaysia’s opposition must sacrifice Anwar Ibrahim to win the next election

James Chin is Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania, and Senior Fellow, Jeffrey Cheah Institute, Malaysia

South China Morning Post, 29 August 2021

23. Nazri to quit politics, says won’t contest in GE15

Durie Rainer Fong

Free Malaysia Today, 28 August 2021

24. Penang state assembly sitting to discuss Undi18, senator appointment, says Speaker

Malay Mail Online, 28 August 2021

25. A cabinet of political elites

Ronald Benjamin is secretary of Association for Community and Dialogue.

Malaysian Insight, 28 August 2021

26. Ismail Sabri misses opportunity to do things differently

Hafiz Hassan

Malaysian Insight, 28 August 2021

27. Ismail Sabri gunning for Umno presidency with new appointments, say analysts

Diyana Ibrahim, Raevathi Supramaniam

Malaysian Insight, 28 August 2021

28. Why the monarchy is the big winner from Malaysia’s political crisis

Bhavan Jaipragas

South China Morning Post, 28 August 2021

29. Down but not out: Malaysian opposition's election chances likely bright

Shannon Teoh

Straits Times, 28 August 2021

30. Malaysia's opposition warms to new PM Ismail Sabri who offers same deal as his predecessor

Ram Anand

Straits Times, 28 August 2021

31. Where did #Lawan come from, and where will it go?

Anandita A. is a research intern at the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS).

Malaysian Insight, 27 August 2021

Myanmar

32. The Fall of Afghanistan Echoes in Myanmar

Naw Theresa is the pseudonym of a Myanmar-based independent analyst.

Diplomat, 28 August 2021

33. Caretaker Government will not hold State power for a long period: Information Team Leader

Eleven Myanmar, 28 August 2021

34. Myanmar’s Monks, Leaders of Past Protests, Are Divided Over the Coup

Hannah Beech

New York Times, 28 August 2021

35. Resistance groups fight Myanmar junta in the light and shadows

Tan Hui Yee

Straits Times, 28 August 2021

36. Myanmar to extend COVID-19 vaccinations to Rohingya minority

Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 27 August 2021

37. China Doesn’t Want Myanmar’s NLD Dissolved: Informed Sources

Irrawaddy, 27 August 2021

Philippines

38. Will Corruption Bring Down the Philippines’ Duterte Government?

Mong Palatino

Diplomat, 30 August 2021

39. Rival faction in Philippines' ruling party tries to oust Duterte from chairman role

Channel News Asia, 29 August 2021

40. The garlic peelers of Manila: under the skin of the Philippines’ informal economy

Geela Garcia

South China Morning Post, 29 August 2021

41. Duterte, Xi reaffirm PH-China ties, friendship in phone call

Krissy Aguilar

Inquirer, 28 August 2021

Thailand

42. Majority see current Covid lockdown as unsuccessful: poll

Bangkok Post, 29 August 2021

43. When opposites attract

Bangkok Post, 28 August 2021

44. Censure debate is govt's toughest test yet

Chairith Yonpiam

Bangkok Post, 28 August 2021

45. Commentary: Why is former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra still so popular on social media?

[This commentary first appeared on the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute site Fulcrum.]

Dr Punchada Sirivunnabood is a Visiting Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

Channel News Asia, 28 August 2021

46. Labour Ministry moves to create more jobs in EEC

Nation, 27 August 2021

Timor-Leste (East Timor)

47. Is Timor-Leste Ready to Join ASEAN?

Joao da Cruz Cardoso

Diplomat, 27 August 2021

Vietnam

48. Vietnamese firms yet to fully take advantage of ASEAN markets: experts

VietNamNet, 28 August 2021

49. Vietnam struggles to keep open manufacturing hub Binh Duong as Covid-19 cases surge

Sen Nguyen

South China Morning Post, 27 August 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

50. China is knocking on Southeast Asia’s door, and Hong Kong’s trade council is offering to help open it

Cheryl Heng

South China Morning Post, 29 August 2021

51. Can NATO Counter China’s Influence In APAC?

Muhammad Faizal Abdul Rahman

ASEAN Post, 28 August 2021

52. As Asean’s foot-dragging fuels anger in Myanmar, what next for ‘special envoy’ Erywan Yusof?

Dewey Sim and and Min Ye Kyaw

South China Morning Post, 28 August 2021

53. What Were the Main Outcomes of Kamala Harris’ Trip to Southeast Asia?

Sebastian Strangio

Diplomat, 27 August 2021

54. Pedra Branca – ‘Bridge’ over troubled waters

Rahmat Mohamad is international law professor at Universiti Teknologi Mara’s Law Faculty and Mohd Hazmi Mohd Rusli is associate professor at Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia’s Syariah and Law Faculty.

Malaysian Insight, 27 August 2021

Asia Pacific

55. US-China contest: Questions about the Quad

Hugh White is emeritus professor of strategic studies at the Australian National University in Canberra.

Straits Times, 28 August 2021

56. Six years on from the Andaman Sea crisis, the Bali Process on human trafficking isn’t fit for purpose

Thomas Daniel is a Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy & Security Studies, with the Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia

South China Morning Post, 27 August 2021

East/South China Sea

57. Opening Remarks at the China-Philippine Think Tank Dialogue on Ocean Governance and Maritime Cooperation in the South China Sea

Wu Shicun

National Institute for South China Sea Studies, 28 August 2021

58. Kamala Harris in Vietnam: China takes shot at US’ bullying South China Sea claims

Shi Jiangtao

South China Morning Post, 27 August 2021

Climate Change/Environment

59. Opinion: The US, Britain and Europe ‘led’ in creating climate change. China, Japan and Australia can lead the solution

Neil Newman

South China Morning Post, 30 August 2021

60. Military rule could mean few environmental protections in Myanmar

Mizzima, 29 August 2021

61. Scorching and surrounded by water, Singapore is on climate’s front lines

[This is an edited extract from “Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia”]

Jeevan Vasagar

Financial Times, 27 August 2021

Global supply chain

62. Covid-19 Surge in Malaysia Threatens to Prolong Global Chip Shortage

Feliz Solomon

Wall Street Journal, 29 August 2021

Superpower relations and the region

63. Kamala Harris, Southeast Asia and the balancing act nations face between US and China

Laura Zhou

South China Morning Post, 28 August 2021

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