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ISEAS Library Selects
Monthly Journal Articles on the
Southeast Asian Region
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Indonesia
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Why do the US, China and international community remain silent on Papua? Has the international community completely turned its back on Papua - an island with rich resources and potential but with the lowest human development index in Indonesia? Indonesia's strategic position in today's geopolitical configuration helps explain this silence.
Amelia Joan Liwe, Lecturer, International Relations, Universitas Pelita Harapan
Conversation
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The human cost of palm oil development: Palm oil now covers about 14 million hectares of land in Indonesia. Plantation companies control most of this land. The way corporations gain control over lands plays out in different ways, but tensions are common. The Consortium for Agrarian Reform (KPA) registered 1,771 land conflicts in Indonesia between 2014 and 2018, with 41 people killed, 546 assaulted and 940 farmers and activists facing criminal prosecution.
Aksel Tømte, Head of Business and Human Rights at Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo
Conversation
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Indonesia needs a digital affairs ministry. Here's why: Indonesia does not have an integrated digital strategy on internet governance. ... Indonesia has 34 ministries, but very few of them are addressing digital issues. The few initiatives that exist, such as the Ministry of Industry's Making Indonesia 4.0 and Communication and Information Technology Ministry's Digital Talent Scholarship, have no coherence. This reflects the country's unclear policy and management on digital issues.
Anisa Pratita Kirana Mantovani, Researcher & Research Manager at Research Division Center for Digital Society, Universitas Gadjah Mada; Janitra Haryanto,
Project Officer, Research Division, Center for Digital Society, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Conversation
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Let's talk more about racism in Indonesia: When people argue that it is foreign provocateurs, not Papuans, who want independence, this is racism denying Papuans the ability to know and express their desires.
Jenny Munro, Lecturer, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
Conversation
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How Long is Now? Of Indonesian Reformasi and its Belated Reclaiming of Cold War History: The title, "How long is now?," alludes to a mural along Oranienburger Strasse, Berlin-Mitte, on what was once a SS centre and Nazi prison, then a public East German building, and after the fall of the wall, a centre for dynamic artists; the building is now abandoned. The mural is a glance back at Berlin's recent creative past, in prolonged waiting for the future. To me, the mural also encapsulates the dynamism as well as the sad fate of the Indonesian students in Jakarta who, in the autumn of 1998, kept me lecturing and discussing until late at night. They were searching for ways of reclaiming a critical history of what had materialised since the late 1940s, including of why the then-largest reformist popular movement in the world could be eliminated and some 500,000 people killed by military and 'civil' militias in 1965-66. The moment of transparency faded away. The future is still not in sight. Why?
Olle Törnquist, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia
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Indonesia: Urgent Need for a Policy on Repatriation of Pro-ISIS Nationals from Syria
[26-page PDF document]
Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict
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Development for all: a better solution for Papua: Despite millions of dollars going into development, Papuans continue to feel repressed and abused. These traumas are the result of decades of human rights abuses by the military since Suharto's New Order Regime. Suharto deployed the army to tame rebellious groups in Papua and ensure his development programs worked according to plan. My recent interviews with Papua residents in August 2019 reveal this practice still exists. The military has spread its operations by working for business owners to protect their assets in Papua. My interviewees revealed some of them had been operating by threatening local people.
Asmiati Malik, Adjunct assistant professor, Universitas Bakrie
Conversation
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The internet shutdown in Papua threatens Indonesia's democracy and its people's right to free speech: The blocking of internet access in Papua sets a bad precedent for Indonesia, a democratic nation with the highest freedom index in Southeast Asia. By shutting down access to means of online communication, not only has the government disregarded the right of Papuans to freely express themselves and inform the entire country about the events happening in their region, but also the right of all Indonesian citizens to know what's happening on the ground.
Ika Karlina Idris, lecturer at the Paramadina Graduate School of Communication, Paramadina University
Conversation
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'It's okay to be poor': Why fighting poverty remains challenging in Indonesia: American anthropologist Clifford Geertz explained that poverty in Indonesia was related to the social and cultural tendency of low-income people to share. He found poor people in Java tend to share their limited assets among their relatives, a habit that makes them poorer as their families get bigger. In line with Geertz's finding, our latest research finds culture still plays a major role among Indonesia's poor, especially in Java. We find people's acceptance of poverty is the biggest obstacle to eradicating poverty in Yogyakarta and Banten, both on Indonesia's most populated Java island.
Wasisto Raharjo Jati, Junior scientist in Indonesian Politics, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
Conversation
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The Deradicalisation Programme for Indonesian Deportees: A Vacuum in Coordination
[27-page PDF document]
Chaula Rininta Anindyaa, Research Analyst, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University
Journal for Deradicalization
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Kemajuan peningkatan kapasitas Provinsi Papua tahun 2018 dalam mendukung pembangunan berkelanjutan melalui Kebijakan Satu Peta [Progress of capacity-building in Papua Province 2018 to support sustainable development through the One Map Policy]
[Contains link to 16-page brochure]
Zulkarnain M T
World Agroforestry
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Indonesia Got Schooled: 15 Years of Rising Enrolment and Flat Learning Profiles
[58-page working paper]
Amanda Beatty, Emilie Berkhout, Luhur Bima, Thomas Coen, Menno Pradhan, Daniel Suryadarma
RISE Programme
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Countering violent extremism in Indonesia: priorities, practice and the role of civil society.
[36-page PDF document]
Cameron Sumptera, Associate Research Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
Journal for Deradicalization
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Malaysia
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Penang: Becoming A Smart State
[11-page PDF document]
Tan Lii Inn
Penang Institute
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Factors Affecting Investors' Intention to Invest in a Peer-to-Peer Lending Platform in Malaysia: An Extended Technology Acceptance Model
[21-page PDF document]
Mohamed Asmy Bin Mohd Thas Thaker, Hassanudin Bin Mohd Thas Thaker, Maya Puspa Binti Rahman, Md Fouad Bin Amin, Anwar Bin Allah Pitchay, and Nafiu Oladokun Olaniyi
Asian Development Bank Institute
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SMEs' Compliance Cost in Malaysia
[24-page PDF document]
Adli Amirullah, Aiman Wan Alias, Sabrina Sabu
Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) (Malaysia)
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Belt and Road Initiative: Perspectives from Malaysia: Presented at the 5th Workshop for Asia Pacific Young Scholars, 3rd September 2019 at the China Institute of International Studies in Beijing, China.
[12-page PDF document]
Calvin Cheng
Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia
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The Cold War's Legacies in Malaysia: The Cold War left a dramatic mark on Malaysian politics and society. The anti-communist Emergency of 1948-60 demonstrated the lengths to which first British colonial, then local, elites were prepared to go to combat communism's advance domestically. But the still-pervasive threat of communism, then the specter of an all-too-convenient communist bogey, resonated across the polity well beyond the marginalization, then defeat, of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP).
Meredith L. Weiss, Professor, Department of Political Science, University at Albany, SUNY
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia
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A Sustainable Seafood Supply Chain Requires Responsible Practices at Every Link: In Malaysia, seafood plays a remarkable role as a means of employment and income generator, and in consumption. It's a double-edged sword, though - while seafood supports the lives of many people, overfishing and resource depletion; illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing; concerns about food safety; mislabelling and food fraud; inadequate regulations and oversight across the value chain; and unintended consequences of bycatch, push the industry to the brink.
Negin Vaghefi
Penang Monthly
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Editorial: The Seas 'r' Us: Penang lies at the southern end of the Andaman Sea, the eastern end of the Bay of Bengal and the northern end of the Straits of Melaka. It also marks the westernmost end of the Malay peninsula. Being so oddly placed, the island has been a concourse for economic, cultural and political flows going in all directions.
Ooi Kee Beng
Penang Monthly
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Looking Seawards: The Benefits of the Blue Economy Await Penang: Penang's economy, culture and environment are defined as much by the water that surrounds its shoreline as it is by the land on which its people live and work. Its coastal waters, rivers, lakes, wetlands, coral reefs and estuaries create jobs and provide an important source of food, creating huge economic opportunities.
Gareth Johnstone and Negin Vaghefi
Penang Monthly
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Mak Yong - A Rich Regional Tradition under Threat: But though it is an art form steep in tradition and heritage, Mak Yong surprisingly has no "real" history. Theories have been advanced to explain its origins, but none can be confirmed, says Prof. Datuk Dr Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof, who was tasked to prepare the Unesco Candidature File and author of the newly released Mak Yong: World Heritage Theatre.
Regina Hoo
Penang Monthly
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Malaysia's Refugees Are Not People in Transit: For all intents and purposes, Malaysia acts as a transit for refugees. A non-signatory to the UN's 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol, the country similarly has no legal and administrative framework in place to ensure the protection of refugees... yet. Promises 35 and 59 in the Pakatan Harapan Manifesto, which respectively details "raising the dignity of workers and creating more quality jobs" and "to lead efforts to resolve the Rohingya and Palestine crisis", are yet to see fruition.
Regina Hoo
Penang Monthly
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Penang's Fisheries Industry in Numbers
Negin Vaghefi
Penang Monthly
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Save Our Seafood through Sustainable Production and Consumption! Results from the last fish resource survey carried out by the Department of Fisheries (DoF) in 1997 indicate that demersal fish stocks have dropped by 90% since 1971. In June 2017 it was reported that Malaysia loses an estimated RM6bil annually to illegal fishing by encroachment of foreign fishing vessels.
Amierah Amer, Victor Charlie Andin, Chor Wei Kang, Chitra Devi G and Shantini Gunarajan
Penang Monthly
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Granting Refugees Permission to Work in Malaysia: This report seeks to determine whether granting refugees permission to work (through their registration in a national database) is a feasible solution. It aims to explore the risks and benefits of granting registered refugees permission to work from the perspectives of Malaysia's national interest and national security.
[38-page PDF document]
Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia
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Myanmar
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The Complex Context behind Bangladesh's Handling of the Rohingya Crisis: This week marks two years since the start of the most recent Rohingya crisis. Back in the late summer of 2017, events in Myanmar quickly spiraled out of control as the government waged a campaign of persecution against the long-oppressed ethnic group. Hundreds of thousands of those who fled the violence ended up in neighboring Bangladesh-where they still remain in overcrowded refugee camps, uncertain of their fate.
Gary Buswell
Geopolitical Monitor
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Philippines
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Tracing the Rise of Filipino Technocrats through the Cold War: The rise of Filipino technocrats is generally associated with the martial-law period (1972-1986) in the Philippines. The importance of technocracy to the United States, however, preceded that period. As early as the 1950s, the US already saw the importance of having trained economists, engineers, and experts in business administration, among others, in developing regions like Southeast Asia. These specialists could spearhead the development process in their respective societies and prevent them from falling prey to communism. This article traces the rise of the Philippine technocracy within the Cold War context, with specific attention to those technocrats recruited during President Ferdinand E. Marcos' initial, pre-martial law, administration (1965-1972) then segued into his martial law regime as the dictator's key economic policy-makers.
Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem, Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia
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Singapore
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The Evolving Singapore Agrifood Ecosystem: The Singapore agrifood ecosystem is fast changing from one focused primarily on food security to one which also addresses a new economic sub-sector for export of processed food and "disruptive technologies". Recently there has been a marked convergence of various technologies including FoodTech, AgTech, FinTech and MedTech.
[14-page PDF document]
Paul Teng, Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros, Rob Hulme, Andrew Powell
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
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Thailand
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Thailand's ASEAN Chairmanship at Midterm: Three Key Issues to Watch After the 34th ASEAN Summit: ASEAN is faced with severe internal and external tests. And considering the tremendous domestic political change as well as regional tensions and uncertainties, 2019, Thailand's ASEAN Chairmanship year, was always going to be tumultuous for the country and the association. Against this backdrop, the Thai chair concluded the 34th ASEAN Summit with some degree of success. This report assesses the Thai ASEAN Chairmanship at its mid-term, by evaluating both the domestic context of the 34th ASEAN Summit and three key issues that emerged from it. It comes to the conclusion that despite manifold challenges, the association is making some laudable progress. And yet, immediate deliverables should not detract from the need for sustainable long-term progress.
[19-page PDF document]
Frederick Kliem
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
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Black Site Thailand: Cold War Political Legacies: A striking aspect of reporting on the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) "black site" in Thailand was Human Rights Watch researcher Sunai Phasuk's comment that Thai military and police had adopted the black site's torture techniques: "We had never heard of waterboarding before - it was only after 2004 or 2005 that it's been used here" (Los Angeles Times, April 22, 2018). This is not the first time that US operations have had important "legacies" for Thailand. The Cold War alliance between the US and Thailand has had far-reaching impacts on Thailand's politics and its political institutions.
Kevin Hewison, Weldon E. Thornton Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Asian Studies at the Department of Asian Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia
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Vietnam
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Reform of State-Owned Enterprises in Viet Nam to Increase Performance and Profit
[22-page PDF document]
Kunmin Kim and Nguyen Anh Tru
Asian Development Bank Institute
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Legacies of the Cold War: Regime Security and Coercive Forces in Vietnam: Forty years after the end of the war, Dr Quế, a high-profile pro-democracy activist in today's Vietnam, offered his view on how authoritarianism, and the opposition against it, evolved in his country. His own activism for human rights and democracy started in the early 1970s, before the unification of Vietnam, when he along with other intellectuals spoke out about conditions of detention in the then-Republic of Vietnam in the south. Several of today's democracy and human rights activists trace their activism back to the time before unification, or see their lineage as in these earlier movements and groups that organized against southern dictatorships.
Eva Hansson, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia
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Vietnam: Exploring the Deep Determinants of Learning
[5-page PDF document]
Jonathan London
RISE Programme
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Well Begun, but Aiming Higher: A Review of Vietnam's Education Trends in the Past 20 Years and Emerging Challenges
[61-page working paper]
Hai-Anh H. Dang and Paul W. Glewwe
RISE Research Programme
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ASEAN/Southeast Asia
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Government at a Glance Southeast Asia 2019: This joint ADB-OECD report uses 34 indicators to assess government performance in 10 Southeast Asian countries. It explores key aspects of public management such as budget practices and procedures, strategic human resources management, digital government, and open government.
[Link to 132-page PDF document]
Asian Development Bank
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Skilled Labor Mobility and Migration: Challenges and Opportunities for the ASEAN Economic Community: One of the primary objectives of the ASEAN Economic Community is to encourage skilled labor mobility to address shortages, promote knowledge transfer, and boost productivity. This book examines the current situation, trends, challenges, and opportunities in the region. It includes analysis of the economic impact of free skilled-labor flows on specific sectors and the broader economy.
[318-page PDF document]
edited by Elisabetta Gentile
Asian Development Bank
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Asia Pacific
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Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2019
[contains link to Main Report (323-page PDF document) and Country Tables (spreadsheet)]
Asian Development Bank
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China and the U.S.: Cooperation, Competition and/or Conflict: An Experimental Assessment
[629-page PDF document]
Anthony H. Cordesman
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
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The Thickening Web of Asian Security Cooperation: Deepening Defense Ties Among U.S. Allies and Partners in the Indo-Pacific
[455-page report]
Scott W. Harold, Derek Grossman, Brian Harding, Jeffrey W. Hornung, Gregory Poling, Jeffrey Smith, Meagan L. Smith
RAND Corporation
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Environmental Performance in Asia: Overview, Drivers, and Policy Implications: Countries in Asia would benefit from a scientific approach to policy design that improves the quality of environmental governance, in addition to the continuous commitment of resources.
[17-page PDF document]
Bihong Huang and Yining Xu
Asian Development Bank Institute
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Filling the sustainable infrastructure gap in Asia: AIIB as a catalyst and orchestrator
[15-page policy memo]
Sangjung Ha, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; Thomas Hale, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford; Xiao Wang, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
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East/South China Sea
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China's Military Modernization Program: Trends and Implications: China's military modernization program has continued apace, with defense spending growing for the 24th consecutive year, making China the second-largest defense spender after the United States. China spent an estimated $175.4 billion on defense in 2019, with funds going to personnel, training, and procurement. The increase in resources and effort has resulted in more frequent, sophisticated, and multifaceted People's Liberation Army (PLA) presence and activities in the region and beyond. China's main line of effort remains centered on East Asia, and its concerns are over the East China Sea, the South China Sea, and Taiwan.
[16-page document]
Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Assistant Professor of Security Studies, Georgetown University
American Enterprise Institute
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China Vs International Law: The Vanguard Reef Incident: Professor Srikanth Kondapalli considers China's moves in the South China Sea, and the responses they have elicited from regional and extra-regional stakeholders
Srikanth Kondapalli
Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies (IPCS)
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Climate Change
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Climate Change and Land: An IPCC Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems
[1542-page report]
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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