Thailand’s Grand Compromise Tested, or Back to Square One?
Napon Jatusripitak
Depending on one’s perspective, the grand political compromise in Thailand is either collapsing or still remains intact.
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Southeast Asia and BRICS: Fear of Missing Out
Sharon Seah
The fact that five Southeast Asian countries are seeking to join BRICS should not be seen as an affront to the West and its so-called rules-based order.
Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) in Indonesia and Vietnam: Implications for Southeast Asia
Melinda Martinus
JETP implementation in Vietnam and Indonesia faces challenges such as significant financing gaps, criticisms regarding the attractiveness of financing packages, difficulties in aligning donor and recipient countries’ expectations, the complex political-economic landscape of the coal industry, and concerns over the social impacts of energy transitions.
Neighbour to Civil War: Thailand’s Relations with Myanmar in 2024
Paul Chambers|Kridsana Chotisut
The road to Myanmar for ASEAN goes through Bangkok. This in itself might be a problem.
Nahdlatul Ulama Ventures into Mining: Threat to the ‘Green Islam’ in Indonesia?
Iim Halimatusa’diyah|Endi Aulia Garadian
Nahdlatul Ulama’s venture into the mining business might send the wrong signal for Indonesia’s emerging green Islam movement.
Promises and Setbacks on Anwar’s Path for Reform
Meredith Weiss
Fulcrum editor Lee Hwok Aun and ISEAS Malaysia Studies Programme Coordinator Francis Hutchinson discuss Malaysia's long reform journey and the hits and misses of Anwar Ibrahim's administration, with Meredith Weiss, ISEAS Visiting Senior Fellow and Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY).
Recasting Malaysia–US Relations in the Shadow of the War in Gaza
Meredith Weiss
Anwar Ibrahim can leverage American reactions to the war in Gaza to develop relations with the United States.
The Malaysian Government’s Silence on Covert Conversion: A Poor Start to Madani Harmony?
Sharifah Afra Alatas
A controversial Malaysian preacher promotes the secret conversion of non-Muslim youth to Islam and is unrepentant about going against the law of the land.
Unravelling of the Marcos-Duterte Dynastic Alliance
Aries A. Arugay
The resignation of Vice-President Sara Duterte from the Cabinet signals the end of Marcos-Duterte political alliance and portends a likely clash between two of the country’s most powerful political dynasties.
Sarawak Offers Malaysia Lessons in Managing Diversity
Norshahril Saat|Lee Poh Onn
Sarawak’s unity and harmony stands in marked contrast to the politicised race and religion on the Peninsula. The nation ought to take lessons from East Malaysia.