Geopolitics of Southeast Asia, Part 2: Malay Archipelago

[@007mrwho]

From paris to kabul.... Never knew our country is that big

[@CreamyNality]

Season Leaves | its because of mercarter projection on most flat maps. Europe is much smaller than it look like on maps

[@bonitamacan688]

Yup, our country is soo huge. Indonesia stretches thousands miles, likewise from London to Istanbul. In Europe, that area is occupied by 7 different countries and cultures. So we need to bear in mind that maintaining the unity in diversity (Bhinneka Tunggal Ika) is not an easy task, need lot of commitment and efforts from all of us Indonesians to keep it intact.

[@patricktsai2303]

True, Malaysia and Singapore have it way easier.

[@marpagapal3312]

@@patricktsai2303 Singapore has it easy? It's a miniscule bit of mud turned into a healthy country. The existence of Singapore as a country in such an important geographic position is almost a miracle.

[@sketchye5943]

Margapa L Singapore is a miracle but don’t forget how the that tiny bit of mud was made into a city because it was developed by the number one empire in history

[@rov214]

I’m from the Philippines I believe that you Forgot the South East Asian Country of East Timor

[@stateservant]

And you forgot New Guinea Papua.. Also Vanuatu and their neighbors if they also categorized as south east asians.

[@meimei9848]

@@stateservant no, png, vanuatu etc are ocenania

[@houstonholford8073]

He didn’t forget. East Timor is not apart of ASEAN, or Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Which includes what he has been talking about on this installment.

[@someguyontheinternet7]

Mei mei And so is West Papua!

[@someguyontheinternet7]

Noah Smith Yeah but this just Part 2 of a larger series called “The Geopolitics of Southeast Asia,” which is why PNG, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands etc. are left out

[@culturedmonkey6395]

I've been here from the very early days man, and I gotta say you are the reason I have gotten so interested in geopolitics and I love all of your videos on any topic, keep doing what you're doing man great work.

[@robertm5969]

Disagree with your assessment of the Philippines. The political elite don't care about political unity, but rather, self-enrichment. Everything else is just a diversion. Look at the current push for greater regional power through a federalist system. Every province is run by a clan, or extended family. Manila is just a collection of powerful clans working together, an oligarchy rather than a democracy. I'm not sure if you can blame it's problems on colonialism, as other regional countries like Japan were also colonized, and seem to be doing fine. The 900lb elephant in the room is corruption. Filipinos are highly adaptable and successful given the right environment. Filipino Americans have the 5th highest household income as an ethnic group-- higher than British, Israeli, Swiss, Norwegian, and Japanese Americans. The enormous overseas foreign worker community sends back billions of dollars in remittances every year, and provides an economic lifeline for a country that's otherwise struggling to stay afloat. In their home country, little opportunities exist because the economy is monopolized and controlled by a small group of oligarch clans. Over 70% of all economic gains in the country go to a group of 40 families. Progress is elusive, as the funds for every project must pass through endless hands, and approval gained from a multitude of bureaucracies before anything is started. The country has enormous potential. As I've said above, Filipinos are successful when given the right environment. It also has a great deal of natural resources, a young and largely English-speaking population, beautiful tourist destinations, access to an enormous coastline, a temperate climate, and is positioned as a gateway between East and West. But before major progress can arrive, the old system of oligarch monopolization and corruption must disappear.

[@whatslavender]

Japan doesn't have a destroyd culture. Morale is high.

[@michaeldohndelara2240]

Truer words have never been said.

[@Migssato]

pinoy master race lmao

[@bottomtext]

Japan was never colonized.

[@robertm5969]

Fair enough. In that case, consider Singapore, Taiwan, and Korea as examples of countries which were colonized, yet are doing fine.

[@samalenioboy6627]

As asean i would say that this region will be a big player in the world stage both economically and in military power. With Indonesia now a trillion economy, four other asean namely thailand,malaysia,Philippines and vietnam will follow suit by 2030. As our country grows bigger so as our military capabilities. 20th century is ASEAN century.

[@Lawi_Jake]

21st

[@carlorjustcarl3675]

But only problem that ASEAN are so diverse

[@zjzr08]

We really need to unite first how to self-manage our parts of the South China Sea - Chinese influence is growing and we need non-US ways to defend the sea.

[@Fylnnn]

@@carlorjustcarl3675 yesn't bcuz biggest problem is corruption

[@arkcliref]

@@Fylnnn not really, given that corruption happens even in the cleanest countries like New Zealand I think the big problem alongside corruption is Colonization (the colonizers of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines are brutal to the natives) Foreign powers (USA specifically, but China, yeah, he's a d*ck as well)

[@kirstinstrand6292]

Such an incredibly complex region. Many thanks for this comprehensive report No one does it better.

[@garudheaiwangga6010]

As an Indonesian,this video is interesting.Keep up the good work.

[@knifepony]

Indonesia has Six main religions, Sunni Islam (Although Shia is technically included as per "Islam", just with few followers) Catholicism Protestantism Buddhism Confuscianism Hinduism

[@jansenjunaedi4926]

He could be muslim. In indonesia a persons name doesn't constitute his religion, it mostly constitute its ethnic background.

[@ifanismail6564]

The paradise island of Bali is one of the last Hindu bastions in maritime SEAsia.

[@mohamadhafidal-ahyar2253]

HoiNam Superior Southern Chinese not really.. Many people in bali also use arabic name such us : rizky, ilham etc. Even though they are hindus... Also in other part they use sanscrits name but they are muslim such as : aditya, surya, etc.

[@vanviccardi7553]

@Mohammad Hafid Al - Ahyar If that is so then the culture is already that FAR being in the process of hybridisation, what a sad thing to see that the indigenous culture being replaced with the middle-eastern elements :(

[@yurusei-eth]

Malaysian here. Some clarification may be in order: 1) When Shirvan mentions 'frictions between territories', it's a little more complicated than that, because it's more political friction than ideological or cultural frictions of say, Indonesia. Much of the West Coast Peninsula supports 'pro-liberal' parties, whereas our East Coast brothers may be more supportive of 'pro-Islamic' parties. Sabah and Sarawak on the other hand, have independent political parties that ally themselves with the ones in the Peninsula heartland, and so allegiances change according to political needs. 2) China's involvement is designed indeed to suit their needs, but it's hardly a divide and conquer strategy. AFAIK, a proposed trainline that runs across both shorelines of the Peninsula aim to shorten the freight times from East Coast Peninsula (nearer to Beijing) to the West Coast (closer to Europe) and has the express objective of circumventing Singapore's part in the ASEAN maritime trade routes, while another trainline runs down the Peninsula spine, and aims primarily to ship goods to and fro the industrialised West Coast. 3) Malaysia just underwent an election a few months ago that ended up with a total upset for the past government: the Opposition Party winning for the first time, effectively ending the 100 rule of the incumbent party. One of the first things our new PM (which is a returning PM, and one that was in initial incumbent party - stuff is complicated this side of the world) is to go tell China to go screw themselves lol: www.apnews.com/27dd8af785214660b29cbb917161b47e/AP-Interview:-Malaysia's-Mahathir-aims-to-scrap-China-deals So in conclusion, the situation here is developing. Like many things, it is layered, and would require an in-depth look to properly dig out the details. So take whatever is said here with a grain of salt, our country isn't too bad, and if you want a closer look at Malaysia, support CaspianReport on Patreon lol

[@Flazerie]

your word are too big for my small brain so just take my like

[@Shreekumarji]

lol. didnt work too well now did it, that Old "New" PM.

[@slaire7799]

@@Shreekumarji malay dude guy Malaysian here (idk), please just end this charade of bullshittery. The economy’s stagnating, yet all the boomers up there keep bickering

[@renesarabia6442]

You did a special of maritime Southeast Asia! I have been requesting for this! Thanks!

[@mbrp5107]

What made all (or most) ethnicity in Indonesia to be unified were the presence of common enemies, not the 'unity in diversity' thing. It wasn't Majapahit or Sriwijaya that unified all modern-day Indonesia. It was the Dutch.

[@martinbanks7194]

gifari i hasyim most ethnicities in Indonesia are unified by the religion of Islam.Although sometimes thats not really the case because acehnese who are Muslim wanted to become a separate state.From my observation the other ethnicities who are Muslim(madurese,bugis,minang etc) seem to be comfortable with the idea of being part of Indonesia.About the Dutch well the minahasan supported the Dutch in the past if I'm not mistaken.Papuans aren't very happy being part of Indonesia.

[@martinbanks7194]

The other ethnicities who are non Muslims (dayaks,batak,Flores,chinese) from my observation seem to be quite uncomfortable with the rising conservatism in Indonesia .Since Indonesia is about 88 percent Muslim well yes it's a rather united nation unlike Malaysia and Singapore

[@marvinbanzuela6336]

It sucks to hear but kinda true... same as the British made Malaysia and the Spanish made the Philippines. Your typical by-product of colonialism, look at how the borders of African countries are made too.

[@mbrp5107]

Martin Banks actually I talk about how Indonesia was unified in the past but as an Indonesian I agree with you about today's situation. You have to secure Muslims support in order to be elected as president.

[@erickchandra3771]

Can't agree more

[@pete2389]

You're videos are always soooo well researched it's insane 👏

[@unfig3034]

Good video. One thing I might add is that Indonesia'geography makes it very difficult for mobility and logistics, prices in Papua can be twice more than Java because of this and it's probably why most of the population is on Java. Unlike say the United States where people and goods may move between states through simple roads and rails, Indonesia relies on planes and ships. This makes personal mobility very limited, I bet most Indonesians have never been to more than 2 major islands. This means that other islands besides Java have a hard time developing on the pace of Java and Java itself is overpopulated because unless it's a government program, it's extremely unlikely for a Javanese person to permanently move to another island. In my opinion, statistics on the Indonesian economy are deceiving, as much of its wealth is in Java alone. It's interesting that China is not capitalizing on this by offering much improved and, more importantly, cheaper air and sea travel infrastructure. I'm pretty sure Jakarta would more likely bite.

[@jansenjunaedi4926]

Phillipines is like Japan, the islands are close to each other. However when you see Palawan island in the far west it is an Al-Qaeda nest. Another problem is the high waves in Indonesia.

[@jansenjunaedi4926]

Well I may stand corrected for this. I just remembered watching a group of Christian missionary got kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf in the Palawan island.

[@MisaNeruru]

Indonesia will always have problems because their diversity, besides more and more uneducated people are very vulnerable to hoaxes and false report about ethnicity and race disparity, thanks to the Internet being so easy to access there but lack of wise from their people.

[@jansenjunaedi4926]

From all three I think Philipines fare well, It only needs an equal development and they are set to go. Indonesia and Malaysia both has fears that if their far away territories are equally developed it will be harder for the central to control them, especially when the former has nearly the same wealth.

[@kuyaleinad4195]

All in all, it really depends on how the colonial powers treated their colonies. The British seem to have taken large amounts of Chinese and Indians to Malaysia fairly recently and so those people kept their culture whilst on Malaysia. The Dutch only loosely controlled the whole of Indonesia and for a smaller amount of time. From what I know, the Dutch was only heavily involved in Batavia (Jakarta). They tend to just trade with local rulers in other parts of Indonesia. The Spanish held the Philippines for a long time and projected power both from Cebu and Manila so the Territory as a whole was controlled better (Mindanao was the only controlled relatively recently hence the separatists there). There also wasn’t any mass migrations of other people like what happened to Malaysia under the British.

[@rodigoduterte9192]

So, we need more ship?

[@blazingfire_0712]

Rodigo Duterte Basically, its rather expensive and unnecessary to connect all islands with bridges (or tunnels) so ships are more efficient.

[@PugadBavboy]

railways and ships even cargo planes and bridge to connect regions

[@CaspianReport]

And lots of it.

[@ImRezaF]

BlazingFire_07 B-b-b-but bridges are crucial for military

[@koninkrijkdernederlanden8711]

Rodigo Duterte The Danish way of connecting each island by each other by very expensive toll bridges probably won't work for you. Hydrofoils as mass vehicles can be a solution, but that can make the waters pretty dangerous.

[@joherreira4108]

Excellent video, as always. I was surprised, however, to hear that East Timor's independent territory was portrayed as a part of Indonesia that seceded, when the reality is that it was invaded (violently) days after earning its independence from Portugal and it took a large toll on the population and international effort to recover its independence. This is an important distinction as in this case it is not a case of internal dissent of yet another part of Indonesia, but of resistance to a recent invasion.

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

Technically, we let East Timor go. President Suharto annexed the nation, but he got removed in 1998. By the next year, we gave them referendum to secede by President Habibie. Legally, Indonesia is to inherit all former territories of the Dutch East Indies. That is why we had operation Trikora to annex West Papua. East Timor is Portugese, but we invade because Suharto (a pro-West) doesn't want communism in East Timor. BTW, USA consented to the invasion.

[@marpagapal3312]

Invasion is when you enter a region or a country to take the power, when you kill a third of the population is a genocide.

[@anekareka7551]

Theres no invaded in timor, Portugal left east timor in poor condition.

[@romaniangamer1]

This channel and the comments are by far the most intelligent thing in this site, no place for education on politics like Caspian Report.

[@wenderis]

Like so many of your videos, you touched on many excellent points despite one or two errors in some fact. Take the inward looking Indonesian policies, it has so many different factors and reasons but you touched on one of the most important on this subject. Kudos.

[@andreixperience]

This channel is amazingly informative. I love the format of the videos and the quality of the information. Hope they don't stop making video. Good job guys, keep it up!

[@VanaeCavae]

Despite being Chinese majority, Singapore is on the U.S side. The Chinese in South East Asia while proud of the recent achievements of China, their ancestral homeland, they are also wary of China's rather aggressive policies in the South China Sea.

[@SuperVladamere]

I think that has to do with the fact that America is the lesser of the two evils. Their politicians have to respond to human rights violations and anything that seems immoral when central government in Beijing don't have to answer to anyone. There's at least a layer of checks and balances to the Americans.

[@jimmychoo6341]

Singaporeans are terrified of USA. So is Malaysia. Nobody is afraid of China.

[@limcharles9730]

Nope, singkieland is neutral and only biased towards $$$ it is hosting the pacific fleet because there's $$$ to be made and if the prc wants to do it, it is welcomed... Singkie has consistently been the top 3 foreign investor in prc

[@ck260594]

Learn Sewing not all Chinese are mix.... peranakan and Chindian ratio to Chinese are very low. U say until like all Chinese is mix blood. Lol

[@lvjinbin28]

80% ships transfered in Singapore would go to China..but Singapore is US military ally for containing China..it means if US China war breaks out, Malacca strait would be cut off..that's why China makes many new ports in Malaysia Myanmar Lanka to replace Singapore...then Singapore would make closer relation to US against China...we will see soon overseas Chinese fight with mainland Chinese in 10 years.

[@leewenhao5964]

Hello Caspian Report. I really appreciate your analysis on Southeast Asia. If you may, please do an analysis on the Bamboo Network too, analysing the important roles played by Lukchins/Thai Chinese, Peranakans/Chinese Nusantarans, Sangleys, Sino-Vietnamese, Sino-Burmese, Sino-Cambodians, Sino-Laotians and Sino-Bruneians. I think this analysis will be timely and important. Thank you.

[@logacoolxtreme]

malaysian here. i am unaware of any separatist rebellions here. the only place i know is in parts of Philippines wich are muslim majority are sepratist but that's it.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

logacoolxtreme Chinese economic subversion my friend.

[@lio123mombach]

And Malaysian borneo also, like the region around kuching

[@jonseilim4321]

broderick kurtz Of course. Chinese and Indians are always at fault. Not like it's the first time we've been blamed for poor Malays.

[@duartecorreia8602]

Are you kidding? We get those news in Europe. They say the Malaysian rebels strike boldly at the central government. Of course your rulers would hide that from you... or, bloody Reuters and CIA are changing reality as they see fit.

[@meis]

@broderick kurtz --- "Chinese economic subversion" Yea, that is so wrong. And WESTERN economic subversion is absolutely legit and right. Yea, Asia needs more Western Imperialism like the good old colonial period, says the pink boy.

[@lol-xs9wz]

It's actually really remarkable how Indonesia manages to hold itself together (most of the time)

[@jrhprs]

Philippines: So how do you hold yourself together Indonesia: Malay Ko

[@bossbon5407]

@@jrhprs hahaha

[@fasha7747]

"History book" which is actually propaganda book to grow nationalism and pluralism from young age keep us together.

[@shadybanana6553]

@@fasha7747 same as Malaysia from early on we are though to unite as one even if it's all propaganda. As the saying goes "bersatu teguh, bercerai roboh".

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

@@fasha7747 but its a good propaganda. indonesia's unity is better for everyone involved. just look at what Timor Timor has become.

[@fnorgen]

That is some impressive border gore.

[@mrbrainbob5320]

Ian Taylor true you guys fucked up the world.

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

lol europe and africa has more border gore. in maritime southeast asia, its simply just the sea thats the border except of course for the border between malaysia and indonesia and the border between malaysia and brunei. besides those two, the sea is just the border.

[@fzzy5739]

Ian Taylor not always, although terrible to the people there, the straight lines u draw looks good

[@MM-vs2et]

@Ian Taylor At least you guys don't draw your borders in boxes *ahem* colorado *ahem*

[@meneither3834]

@Ian Taylor we didn't really draw those ones.

[@xXNavStt]

Another excellent piece by Shirvan. Makes me want to do my own geopolitics youtube channel but the idea of competing against CR makes me sweat haha.

[@SamIAmSXE]

Satsuma Red Go for it!

[@hussainpainter52]

Same, this dude is inspiring me to make such a channel but competing with him is very difficult

[@katarishigusimokirochepona6611]

Content isn't a zero-sum game. It's like saying you can't or won't make movies because Steven Spielberg exists. Or you won't write horror novels because Stephen King exists. Or that you won't tell jokes because Dave Chappelle exists. It's not a competition. You do you. Shirvan does CP. People will watch them all as long as they don't suck.

[@liant89]

This report is the most amazing one so far. Well done..

[@duartecorreia8602]

Marveously made and a big thank you for you to tell us (Portugal) Western Europeans about an area we don't hear anything about. Our various governments might have deals (good or bad) with you, but the peoples know nothing about it. Portugal was on the verge of a war with Indonesia because of Timor, glad to know it subsided.

[@martinbanks7194]

We even have Portuguese descendants in malaysia.they still converse in a Portuguese creole and are Catholics and some of your vocabulary even made its way into the malay language eg garfu(fork),meja(table),sekolah(school)

[@duartecorreia8602]

Well, since everyone complains about colonial times, I don't dare touch the subject. But yes, we are aware of our deeds, good and bad around SEA. What I'm saying is that we don't check on nowadays news coming from SEA, as we barely have dealings (if any) over there. Timor had been asking for portuguese intervention, but Indonesia was backed by USA, and United Nations was directly forbidding our intervention. We actually went against UN on this... anyway, glad it didn't escalate, as we almost went on skirmishes with New Zealand and Australia army. They didn't like to see our warships in SEA xD

[@mohamadhafidal-ahyar2253]

Same with me I only heard portugal in history book. And I know what portugal is like because in elementary school we were taught to memorize almost all the countries arround the world : their name, capital city, national language, currency etc.. But I never heard of portuguese in daily life except for football XD

[@wzwzwz]

With all due respect, why did you left Timor Leste out? Poor little country

[@wzwzwz]

K B haha dont know of you're joking or you dont know where Timor Leste is on the map 🤣

[@wzwzwz]

K B then Indonesia is also in Africa? Because Timor-Leste gained independence from Indonesia you dumbass hahahahahahaha

[@ramond.f4u212]

Timor leste is melanesia ethnic like papua

[@Joshua123N]

Timor Leste is part of the Malay archipelago and not Borneo and Phillippines, the facial features of the Timur and olden days Malays have many similarity, snub nosed and curly hairs are their distinguished features, while the Dayak of Borneo and the Filipinos share the same facial features, they've lighter skin color and almond shaped eyes...that's why the people of Borneo and Filipinos are better looking and unlike Negrito...

[@marpagapal3312]

@@wzwzwz saying Timor Leste gain independence from Indonesia is somewhat of a statement! Timor Leste had its independence given by Portugal in 1975. Indonesia invaded them and killed a third of the inhabitants. They fought the invaders and eventually gain their independence back from genocidal Indonesia. The only thing Indonesia has ever given to Timor is crime and death.

[@lenam5555]

Why call it East Indies? We're not in the 15th Century... I've studied the area in classes and I've never heard this being used unless talking about the colonial context. It's really an inappropriate and offensive term here.

[@ierondarklord6024]

snowflake

[@lorenzdaks2213]

Feelings compromised. Switching to "assert privilege" mode

[@irsyadiskandar6785]

Ah yes thank u white woman's burden we cannot protect ourselves we are too weak and brown

[@MM-vs2et]

@@lorenzdaks2213 This isn't about privilege. It's not the same as not calling a trans woman by their specified pronouns. That is just mocking the history. The 300 years of colonialism heavily impacts todays society in the region, and using that to call the archipelago is like saying that the region is still under European colonial control.

[@subscribeofficial7134]

this video is poorly researched and utterly bullshit

[@johnalexander651]

Poor East Timur, they didn't even get their own part. You had so much potential; to show the world that decentralization and self-determination works until it didn't for you.

[@leftlazy7488]

@LagiNaLangAko23 they already member of ASEAN

[@leftlazy7488]

@LagiNaLangAko23 you are right, they are still being observed, I researched it.

[@Senshidayo]

So will Papua New Guinea and East Timor be covered when you do Oceania?

[@ecxploreratlazcrew2779]

Senshidayo technically, PNG and East Timor (after separation from Indonesia) are located in the Oceania region.

[@Senshidayo]

That was my point... but Oceania has such a small population he could’ve included East Timor and Papua New Guinea as under Southeast Asia’s sphere of influence. If he covers Australia-New Zealand-Oceania then he could include them there because of geography but I’m unsure if he is going to cover every region of the globe in this series.

[@EAFSQ9]

I would suggest reading "The New Global Politics of the Asia Pacific" by Michael K. Connors, Remy Davison and Jorn Dosch; and the book "Globalisation in the Asian Region: Impacts and Consequences" by Gloria Davies and Chris Nyland if you want to have a real understanding. These are books I have to refer to everyday in my "Power in Asia"-focused university subjects. I would say that PNG and East Timor will be hard to cover in that one; East Timor is being pressured by both Australia and Indonesia (mainly for their natural resources reserves in the Timor sea) and that PNG is hopeless to do anything because Indonesia won't budge on West Papua because there's considerable natural resources reserves (and it was annexed by Sukarno in 1962 following the "Agreement signed by the Netherlands and Indonesia regarding the administration of the territory of West New Guinea").

[@sovietroll7880]

Poor Papua and East Timor. ASEAN nations dont even want them to be part of ASEAN. lol

[@Zestyclose-Big3127]

erick meyer The east Timorese don't have Muslim neighbours

[@johnw4653]

Indonesian people are more united than you can ever imagine. The only thing that could trigger a war in the region is if any country hits Indonesia then it will go boom. Indonesia has proven its strength and endurance fighting the Allies in 1945, soon after USA defeated Japan. USA, UK, AUST and Dutch attacked Surabaya Indonesia, Indonesian people swarmed the allies and fought back using sharpen bamboos, the allies had to back off overwhelmed in a bloody war, Indonesia defended its territory successfully. Since that time no other country ever threatened Indonesia again. In 1965 Communism tried to occupy Indonesia, the consequence? Hundred thousands of communists were killed / executed; Indonesia is the only country in the world that can wipe out communism 100%.

[@bilajoin]

This is not true at all. The Dutch where winning the war for Indonesia but they were forced by the US to stop and leave.

[@johnw4653]

Read your history book dude.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Surabaya

[@lymbers]

I learned that exact narrative back in the elementary school. But you know, just like all other school history book. those are full of propaganda pushed by the government either to “reinforced patriotism“ or to justify a genocide of innocents men, women and children by labeling them “communists”. You shouldn’t take it as 100% truth. And please read an actual history book, my friend. Indonesian force are indeed weak and losing the war militarily (including in the battle of surabaya - read your own wikipedia link). But we end up winning the war through diplomatic means, which is more impressive in my opinion then the legend of “sharpen bamboo” defeating guns. In a way, we are more nation of diplomat than warrior.

[@enjoyerofyourmother1739]

@@lymbers Of course it's all propaganda. Besides, Indonesia is fragile as heck so the govt. must reinforce patriotism onto it's people (mainly through education). Otherwise the entire country will just fall apart. I mean... There's a reason why Bahasa Indonesia exists. Edit: spacing

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

@@lymbers why would someone kill innocent people "just because"? thats ridiculous.

[@Kallikukurinn]

"Lost control of East Timor" I think someone is skipping quite some history there. It was not Indonesia's to begin with. Indonesia broke away from the Dutch. East Timor belonged to the Portuguese. Indonesia unlawfully invaded East Timor and occupied it, but it was able to break from their yoke.

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

We gave a referendum to East Timor. Choices are: Stay in Indonesia, be independent, or return to Portugal. Guess where they go?

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

BTW, even though it was Indonesian aggression, bear in mind that Portugal was basically losing control of the island to FREITLIN, a communist rebel group. The invasion was even approved by the US government because of it's anti-communist nature.

[@Si_nengatcha]

Indonesia invade East Timor on the support of Australia, who after so many years, turn their way around and support East Timor independence (all of this to get more control on oil and gas in Timor Gap). Indonesia gave referendum for ET people, and they chose independence.

[@MultiDivebomber]

Australia and US encouraged Indonesia to invade East Timor for fear of communist resurgence in East Timor. After Cold War ended, Australia stabbed us in the back and then stabbed East Timor by stealing their oil. But, it's always Indonesia that's seen as the evil invader and Australia seen as the glorious liberator...

[@akhsinilhami2418]

@Weebooism west Papua are more valuable than Mindanao in term of natural resources

[@HK-vu7wf]

Make a video about the Great Lake regions of africa

[@billyb6001]

H Kar then the great lakes region of north america.

[@GeorgeVajagich]

Yes also great Lakes of USA both would be cool

[@vsmk8747]

I'd love to see an in-depth video made on the internal politics of india. especially on the coastal states

[@skreyao4898]

you have correct pronunciation with every island. Good job 👍

[@blazingfire_0712]

Philippines will no longer have the difficulty of governing the whole country by decentralisation of government, thus every Filipinos from Luzon to Mindanao can develop economically without relying to Manila. That being the major cause of overcrowding in Manila because everything is centralised only in that metropolis.

[@kuyaleinad4195]

Hopefully that’s the case, I find that generally, the Philippines is already unified as a state judging from the fact that many overseas Filipinos are proud to be Filipino irrespective of which part of the island they’re from. The only problem seems to be western Mindanao around the Muslim Mindanao region. As for the other regions, Tensions seem to rise due to Manila’s overprojection of power. An example of this is the push for the ‘Filipino Language’ which is just Tagalog with a few differences. This infuriated the Visayans who see that any Filipino Language should be based on Visayan as it’s the most spoken language in the Philippines. Hopefully Duterte, as a former Mayor of Davao and a Visayan himself, change the current political landscape and set up a Parliamentary system or a decentralised federation. He should be aware that other regions of the Philippines want to be treated as equals to Manila instead of development primarily focused on the Tagalog Heartland.

[@mamferry17]

I fully agree on the utilization of Bisaya as another national language and lingua franca, but contrary to popular belief (and according to 2010 surveys) 26M speak Tagalog while 21M speak Bisaya, so it still makes sense to say Tagalog is the primary language of the country. It's more about "Bisaya should be sociopolitically treated equal to Tagalog." I also fully agree on the decentralization of the Philippine economy and stopping Manila from its overprojection of power over Visayas and Mindanao, but I am not sold on the idea that federalism would do better either. Assuming it will be the federal states of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, given the economic power of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao might become client states which would worsen the relations between the 3 regions.

[@kuyaleinad4195]

Flying Scout Yeah now Tagalog is the most spoken language but Bisayan was the most spoken back when the Filipino language was made into law. Also, the 2010 census is kinda misleading since Tagalog is most spoken now due to the law that made it the national language back in the 1950’s. So the census now includes me who speaks Tagalog as the primary language but would probably be speaking Ilocano if Tagalog wasn’t pushed as the primary language of communication. Oh well, past is past and I can see why the Government would want to make a national language as it’s important into making a nation state. As for Federalism, I’m not sure if it would work either as I’ve never lived under Federalism before. And you do have a point as Russia is a federal state but Moscow still exercise most of the power over the other places. But if it was to work, The states would probably be smaller. I think perhaps each region will become a state? Since Northern Luzon and Southern Luzon have completely different needs that it doesn’t really make sense to put them in one federal state.

[@kuyaleinad4195]

Roy Pinas You do have a point about the overseas people tend to be united. Perhaps I’m just not very aware of my own country but despite ethnic differences, the Philippines still don’t really have any other regions that want to become independent (excluding Western Mindanao). Even Mindanao island doesn’t really want to become independent. It’s mostly the Muslim areas of Mindanao where development has been stagnant and so they feel excluded from the primarily Catholic country. Other than that, we don’t really have a Scotland or Catalonia or Quebec that really want to and can become independent.

[@mamferry17]

Kuya Leinad that's a good idea. My concern then is what is the optimal size of a federal state for the Philippines? I think too big and it will be ineffective to address province-specific needs. Too small and the bureaucracy of running small (and numerous) states would slow things down. Regional identities would also be a factor. There's also the question of how much does each state get. Sercives are cheaper in bulk, which is why for better or for worse urban centers get a bigger chunk of the funding.

[@evantottv6006]

Philippines indonesia malysia is one race share cultural and language trade then invaders come and rule us seperate us from our unity and now hating each other lets unite and move forward together

[@combatseawolf]

Speaking of cultural and language trade, the Filipino phrase "salamat pagi" has a very different meaning compared to "selamat pagi", which is shared by Malaysians and Indonesians. Salamat pagi literally means "thank you, stingray" lol

[@ColoniaMurder20]

@@combatseawolf I never heard entire life about salamat pagi in our sentence.. Salamat= thank you, Pagi=Stingray.. at least our sounding is right like what we call island as "Pulo" just look at ancient map of champa kingdom.

[@michaelguzman4136]

American mindset video????

[@babylonian_death1861]

All you have to do is understand the interest of the Federal Reserve Bank and the Saudi Monarch.

[@kafon6368]

Black male-white female couples.

[@jmrdefender510]

Nobody knows what the fuck Trump is thinking

[@knackiechan4011]

"black male-white female couples" what the hell are you talking about ?

[@rotopope]

He’d have to study schizophrenia first. Probably doesn’t have time for that.

[@rusair]

Another great video! Great content! I'd love to see your potential 'Geopolitics of Central Asia' video.

[@germanthon9761]

big up yourself shirvan straight from jamaica

[@elijah24567]

Couple of episodes back i requested you make about the Philippines but i am surprised you are generous by making 2 separate videos about ASEAN. We Filipino are really in a hard place we don't have the luxury of time. We neither have money to buy and spend on our defense. But our economy is growing though.

[@pizaclatonddd3081]

Francis We need to buy time i don't agree with any of Duterte's core but if he can juggle these two SUPERFUCKERS China and the USA maybe we can have that time to strengthen our defences and not rely on the mercy of any of the two I

[@pizaclatonddd3081]

Fernandez Martinez That would require a lot of compromises and i don't think the countries would accept that

[@pizaclatonddd3081]

Fernandez Martinez The Sulu King can definitely speak Malay bahasa malaysia or indonesia i believe he can speak both but that's just it he can't back a claim to the whole philippine archipelago w/o an army he can't be the king of the Philippines cause our ancestors made sure of that they thought about a monarchy but it was scrapped.in favor of a republic modeled after the americans in which the sultan accepted provided that we the philippine republic back his claim for sabah or else the former sultanate can secede

[@frostycreeper1055]

Fernandez Martinez The Sulu Sultan never controlled everything that is the Philippines now, so he isn’t “our” king. He also has not been kicked out of the Philippines, he’s still here

[@kwazooplayingguardsman5615]

Fernandez Martinez just a ruler of a small piece of Mindanao. Sulu is not the Philippines.

[@566467]

Malaysia is everyone's friend. We don't choose sides as we are a member of Non-align movement (NAM). For defense against any external military incursion, Malaysia has a defense pact with Singapore, UK, Australia and New Zealand. Economically, we are not doing so well right now due to the current trade wars between US & China. Currently, the South East Asia community in ASEAN plus China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand are finalising the former trans pacific treaty TPP now called Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in Singapore to improve on trade and expand the market, not relying solely on US as they have lots of shenanigans these days.

[@martinbanks7194]

NM6467 wrong.malaysia is not friends with Israel😂

[@566467]

Martin Banks of course we don't since Israel is pursuing a bloody apartheid path to 'protect' itself just like South Africa before Mandela rise to power. We are not friends with an aggressor, sorry.

[@Zestyclose-Big3127]

define "everyone"

[@limcharles9730]

while msia is against apartheid in africa and israel, it is practicing it at home... the irony... and for a developing country, msia is doing well economically..

[@566467]

Lima Charlie I see you are making the same comparison about the apartheid practiced in Israel and supposed racial discrimination in Malaysia. Please do enlightened me and everyone else here about the practice you deemed 'apartheid' practiced in Malaysia that compels you to make such comparison with Israel's treatment towards Palestine Arabs.

[@TeunisD]

I was looking for this!

[@AstraFleur]

08:40 Philippines

[@tophergonzales6778]

hahahaha skip to the good parts

[@mehmedv3865]

Imagine the United States but being ruled by the Iroquois, that's Indonesia

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

We are way better than the Iroquois. Majapahit empire in the 1300s ruled from Malaysia to Papua New Guinea and some parts of Philippines. Iroquois? I heard only the areas around the Great Lakes?

[@mehmedv3865]

Alexander Christopher so, Aztecs then

[@lymbers]

Well, actually iroquois ruled US might not be such a bad idea. Its probably not as strong, nor wealty. But surely more peaceful and wiser nation than it is now.

@@lymbers Iroquois were hardly peaceful or wise. They were just another state in a long list of states that had to balance their own needs with the stronger powers around them. In this case; the British Empire and the United States. Before either became major actors, the Iroquois were just as imperialistic as either the US or the UK.

[@maulcoal]

I thought Indonesia is being ruled by “Iroquois” since its independence, just look at them now

[@papakojir4825]

yeay finally SEA video again you should do more in-depth analysis with indonesian mindset shirvan :))

[@juanramos297]

when the usa succeeds with diversity with a background of immigrants, i think indonesia can succeed with a more definite background. I am always optimistic by unifying with diversity.

[@leandrobaluyotjr5181]

Very good video ! Informative ,factual and unbiased in its analyses of current geopolitical situations of each country in the ASEAN REGION.Thank you and more success to your endeavor and group !

[@aaronseet2738]

Malaysia "Borneo" - never heard anybody here ever say that. It's more commonly referred to as East Malaysia. Also Indonesians don't like the international name Borneo; to them the whole island is Kalimantan.

[@Alexhuang14]

Imagine borneo is a independent country

[@odyseehasdislikesyoutubesu1892]

philippines also claims it as sabah , to you malaysians its east malaysia , to others its not.

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

Malaysian Borneo used to be just British Borneo in the past. Semenanjung Malaysia or in the past British Malaya and Straits Settlements used to be governed separately. Likewise, British Borneo were governed separately before.

[@tomasf247]

Great video Thanks for your hard work Learning many things watching this channel.

[@sovietroll7880]

China divided and conquer in Malaysia never really happened. Either they failed or it just an investment for One Belt, One Road. We are more friendlier to China and other Asian nation than Western such as US.

[@Zim___]

Learn Sewing as a Malay History lover I amaze how much you know about our history. Applaud to you my fellow Malaysian 😊

[@ellashy6539]

that's mostly racist politics practised by the old government

[@sovietroll7880]

LagiNaLangAko23 Thats the policy of previous Malaysian political party, UMNO. Its not China's.

[@limcharles9730]

This channel is biased and always have been trumpeting the washington-tel aviv agenda... Sounds independent but filled with propaganda..

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

Soviet Roll as a Malaysian, I think it would be best that Malaysia would be equally friendly to both Western and Eastern countries. If Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia can do it, why can't Malaysia do the same thing?

[@marshall9doom]

In terms of Malaysia, we do have seperatist elements - though largely contained in Sabah and Sarawak (Bornean Malaysia). Sentiments here ranges from regionalism to extremism, although the latter view is limited to small groups of people in the political fringes. Kuala Lumpur definitely managed to properly project authority onto its borderlands through political maneuverings and social engineering. One of the ways the capital is doing this is by strategically awarding pro-Kuala Lumpur politicians and bureaucrats to higher positions of power; same goes for pro-Kuala Lumpur big businesses. Although the recent election last May this year ousted the long rulling National Front, Malaysia is still at a crossroad - and with the growing friction between Beijing and Washington as well as the still heavilly disputed areas at the South China Sea - time will tell if Malaysia has domestic stability in the long term.

[@greatwolf5372]

Please do understanding the American mindset. Second time asking.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

Great Wolf I feel that's complicated to do. The two prevailing mindsets are the federalists and anti federalists. Those on the coastal urban centers and those in the rest of the country. (Generalization). But that divided mindset has been the defining aspect of America since it's inception.

[@liamcolvin5875]

Has complication ever stopped him from making a video? lol all of his posts are about complex issues/topics.

[@alpacacomentadora413]

@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 and imperialist mindset too

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

Please do understanding Yo!

[@greatwolf5372]

Hicham Nad Spotted an idiot

[@Torus2112]

Okay this is a very well made and informative video and I feel guilty that this is all I can think to comment about but 2:15 THAT IS THE COOLEST LOOKING BOAT I'VE EVER SEEN! Does anybody know what kind it is?

[@jansenjunaedi4926]

That's called the Pinisi. An ecsotic ship of Makassars that became a pride in Indonesia. Fun fact it was the ship that made them discovered Australia first before the Europeans. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinisi

[@hobog]

I thought shirvan was opening with southeast Asia is a clusterfocque

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

nah. europe and africa are the clusterfucks

[@bigboizism]

Great video. Well done.

[@kaptenhiu5623]

the video make it clear that being neglected by regional or super power is the interest of SEA nations. We want you to not mind us because we're so important economically for you and because we're too fragile as nation. If there is any instability in this region, we could pop into a mess of independent city states, guerrilla warlords, pirate bases, terrorist havens and who in the right mind wants that??

[@TreiHutchinson]

I am not too sure if Papua can be considered as part of the Malay Archipelago. Yes modern geography part of Papua is in Indonesian, but ethnically I am not too sure if they belong to the same.

[@ericthegreat7805]

Fun fact: Indonesian nationalists declared independence against the Dutch as soon as Japan was hit with the atomic bomb on August 15th, 1945. They established the Federal Republic of Indonesia and began a four year long guerilla war against the Dutch, but what is remarkable is the speed at which the Dutch gave into the demands of the rebels, compared to other largely violent colonial wars in Africa and Asia at the time. This can be attributed to Soekarno gaining favour with the American government when his Republican forces crushed an insurgency led by a Communist and Islamist group of rebels. The American Secretary of State threatened to withdraw the planned Marshall Aid that was to be given to the Dutch in 1949 if they did not immediately make peace with Soekarno's Republican forces, so as to prevent a Communist insurgency from picking off a weakened Indonesian federal government. As an aside, given the severe lack of naval power on the part of Indonesia and other countries in the region, I think it may be feasible for ASEAN's long term security needs to form a Southeast Asian version of NATO where each country pitches in in proportion to their ability and budget to form a collective navy that can defend the Straits.

[@hijodelsoldeoriente]

I agree regarding the NATO, specially in maritime southeast asia.

[@ericvulgate]

i learn so much from this channel.

[@ulrichamper4768]

im seeing in the future indonesia as the Asean Protector to our archipelago if they can do it cause my country philippines fell down when the aquinos got into power so here we go again repairing the ladder

[@TheJbcoching]

indonesia cant even protect its own coast line. and who the fuck is in their right mind to waste its military power?

[@TheJbcoching]

and dont listen to the media. Philippines is already fucked up even before the aquinos. the marcos and aquino conflict is being stir up by the media to divide the Filipino people. dont believe what you heard or saw. do your own research. Wag po tayo magpabulag!

[@GB-nn2cx]

Massive information beautifully expressed in a very short span of time. Thanks CaspianReports

[@cerw1n_]

EAST TIMOR is still part of Maritine SEA, but just not part of the ASEAN, so why not include them?

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

East Timor basically is nothing more than an Aussie puppet.

[@r.juankhafilah7448]

@@alexanderchristopher6237 agree

[@malaya1950]

@@alexanderchristopher6237 Sad

[@juanramos297]

@@alexanderchristopher6237 true

[@ajedogawa1916]

this is a spot on assessment of the region

[@mypersonalchannel12]

You forgot to mention the silent struggle by the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia over Borneo. The Philippines has never relinquished its claims over Sabah and Indonesia still wants Western Borneo.

[@LexDomo]

Vince Fabi I think they should stop. I mean the people over there clearly doesn't want either of them

[@sovietroll7880]

Sabah people themselves voted to be Malaysian. Philippine should just stop already. The southern Philippine are already poor as hell, even the people from there migrated to Sabah. What would really happen if Sabah under Philippine?

[@ellashy6539]

no sabahans want to join Philipines lol

[@Zim___]

Well maybe they keep their claimant because there is "Pasar Filipina" in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah? Who knows? 😂

[@andeezaima319]

As a Sabahan, I object. If being destined to be separated from Malaysia Federation, just let us be independent. But we Sabahan are happier and blessed to be part of Malaysia

[@juandiegoprado]

Fantastic video once again. I would love to see a video about the lesser known emerging economies of Africa such as Rwanda and Botswana.

[@mamadandi5235]

Rwanda and Botswana aren't emerging economies. They're developing countries but not the emerging cathegory. Emerging economy generally used to describe Brazil, China, Russia, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Mexico, South Africa, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, The Philippines, Poland, Nigeria, Argentina, and countries that have big economies but less developed than G7.

[@ernestoguevara8599]

Southern Thailand will be free soon!. bring back Malay land.

[@redzyrezali2587]

Pertama kali jumpa komen saudara di sini. Selalu nampak di Facebook sahaja.

[@dansky03]

Bring back the land to Sulu Sultanate heir! Bring back eastern Sabah. Stop the leasing!!! Stop modern squatting. #EasternSabahForSuluSultanateHeir

[@plasticksampah]

YATOGAMI : don't even bother , Sabahan especially people of lahad datu vote for Malaysian Government !.

[@iqbalmuhammad2920]

+YATOGAMI Bye bye. Sabah = Malaysia

[@ernestoguevara8599]

@@redzyrezali2587 Dulu acc youtube pakai nama lain. Pastu kena disable. Buat yg baru 🤣

[@TheHelmsD]

you are awesome dude! from california usa

[@commentator4650]

I think the most logical about singapore flag is combination between indonesia (red white), malaysia (moon), and china(stars) flag., also they located in indonesia-malaysia, while people inside dominated by chinese mainland who moving there., each of the sign presenting GOLD, GOSPEL, AND GLORY as their vision., gold refer to importance and prestige like indonesia that rich of natural resources, gospel refer to peace and social like malayans faith, and glory refer success and economic like china who dominated the world..., conclusion, they wanna be important country who living in the peaceful life and rich, and am i right?

[@bonaventure9013]

nice onee

[@ShotaxNinja]

Fuck china

[@aaronseet2738]

Actually the original flag designer discouraged red/white to avoid confusion with Indonesia and Poland. www.nhb.gov.sg/what-we-do/our-work/community-engagement/education/resources/national-symbols/national-flag Also, Singapore's origin is kind of special - we were supposed to be a state of Malaysia (since we were all part of the previous British colonial establishment). But due to disagreements Malaysia kicked Singapore out, and we were thus forced to become an independent country; not by choice but by circumstance.

[@muhammadnoorbinrohani6711]

You are right ✅.

[@virtualdrudgery]

Very good geopolitic analysis

[@editorizal]

2:30 Hindu Malaysia right?

[@akinadik07]

Editorizal ???

[@oriza3027]

Bang, kok gak bikin video KZbin lagi?

[@IEMONTeacher14]

It's quite false this vid. Majority of southeast Asia in the past is Hinduism and animisme. Majority of Malaysia is animisme and Indonesia is Hinduism.

[@viperzcorp]

Indonesia. Malaysia. Singapore. Philipina. Thailand.brunei once are united till European people come invaded this region.

[@rov214]

The Bruneian-Tondo Empire

[@berliannahaz423]

Are you sure?

[@pram0385]

it never was united

[@satanggukie3456]

Philippines*

[@AlohaKorean]

If European never come to Nusantara so many kingdom here and become separated small country and there is no unity for all kingdom.

[@suciretnowati8219]

American mindset, it is not east indies, it is ‘malay archipelago’ or ‘nusantara’, why not also called america as ‘new world’ ? Or scandinavia as ‘viking land’?

[@aidanalejandro5724]

east indies is an acceptable term but not usually used now because east indies is not longer the name of the region.

[@hauntologicalwittgensteini2542]

Imagine being this butthurt

[@medviation]

Philippines is in an excellent geopolitical position. They hold two superpowers by the balls. Philippines should act wisely and take advantage of this opportunity. Indonesia has the potential to be one of the world's political and economic heavyweights, and even maybe a superpower. Indonesia needs to invest heavily on infrastructure to have great connectivity for their islands. While the BRICS are struggling, Europe is being infiltrated, USA is divided, these two brother countries are a shining light to the world.

[@combatseawolf]

Sadly, Philippines is still focused on necropolitics and the events of the past, especially the EDSA Revolution of 1986

[@legendsareborninmarch4799]

Thank the Philippines for your weather. We filter your typhoons

[@RYULISTIC]

Thank Indonesia for protecting the middle of the Nusatara from the tsunami

[@themalayaunion1019]

thank u both, my brothers..we are safe here, greeting frm malaysia😁

[@legendsareborninmarch4799]

😅👍

[@arvarc2294]

@@themalayaunion1019 Sorry but we will send smoke every year to you.

[@Pfyzer]

@@arvarc2294 lmaooooo

[@CivReborn]

Keep up the wood work.

[@alaskanbullworm5500]

If the Philippines was one large island instead of an archipelago, would they have unified and become a great naval power, akin to the Great Britain of Southeast Asia?

[@alaskanbullworm5500]

HoiNam Superior Southern Chinese thank you for that well thought out and intelligent reply.(sarcasm)

[@eatshit6361]

@HoiNam Superior Southern Chinese you should add most, never generalize.

[@jonathan4554]

This is what happens when you eat too much noodles. You get Hoinam Superior Souther Chinese and Chinese supremacists, China seems to be on it's way to be the 2nd Nazi Germany if people over there actually thinks this way.

[@murilomotta6040]

You're awesome!!!

[@joseph_wei]

The part about Chinese investment in Malaysia is to create instability sounds quite biased and also ridiculous. There is no way Chinese government or any government could control investments in this way and on that kind of scale. There is always this misconception that the Chinese government is all seeing and all knowing and controls every behaviour of all Chinese businesses, I think it is starting to become paranoia.

[@Zim___]

It's merely a propaganda that've been spread wildly since 2 years if I'm not mistaken

[@joseph_wei]

Muhammad Azim, I am also wondering whether this channel is losing it's independence.

[@aymericdekerdanet9318]

Actually, it is possible. Most banks in China are state-owned banks, such as the China Construction Bank (CCB), the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). All of the top management is part of the communist party, and report directly to the central authority.

[@joseph_wei]

Aymeric Dekerdanet, Chinese banks do not have a strong presence or even a presence at all in Malaysia. The banks matter in Malaysia are banks like Maybank, Public bank, etc. I don't even remember seeing a branch of any Chinese bank in Malaysia, the closest thing to a Chinese bank is HSBC. And also please tell me, how do you invest to create inequality and causing instability as a result in a country? The video was vague on details, maybe deliberately so, but you seem to have a handle on this.

[@joseph_wei]

array s, That is why I called it "biased". It is China, so it must be bad, even we don't exactly know why it is bad. The thing is US invaded so many countries, CIA arranged so many coups (A CIA official saying on TV Iran coup in 1953 only costed $60K US even he was given $1 million dollar budget), at this very moment US is funding terrorist groups like ISIS and Al-Qaeda in Syria (US politicians talked about "why are we funding terrorists?" on C-SPAN, it is not even a secret), but somehow that is all OK. So if it was not propaganda then what created this image and narrative of China evil (even China did not do anything) but US OK?

[@samburdge9948]

need a part three...oceania...and keep us updating on all three

[@SlugSage]

I'm never this early. 💪

[@MM-vs2et]

I agree with your points on Indonesia, but to my knowledge, separatists groups are not a threat down here. They are not dust on your shoe, they're just minor distractions. They have no power, now, or the near future, and they are always kept down with local enforcement. Their propaganda is even worse, they have nothing going for them. My point is, the separatists groups in Indonesia, have no political backing.

[@jhamkhalifa4631]

they are the greatest nations in the future... the great malay rise

[@fid.firdhaus]

For thousands of years, the Asean has always been squeazed by India and China. These two superpower has inserted big influence to the region and the steam has only been tightened when the european came in. Im really excited to see how the future of Asean country would look like in the future.

[@ghostoperationswithcheukgu9844]

nusantara the most haunted archipelago in Asia how do some of the land's most malevolent spirits Among them the aswang and kuntilanak/pontianak

[@Emsyaz]

Because this region is separated by the sea. Iblis (Father of all demons) and his "men" love residing in seas and oceans.

[@raymondnolasco7453]

ASEAN is the future. China and the west fear a true “United” ASEAN. Mabuhay to our brothers from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Brunei & Laos. Respeto mula sa Pilipinas

[@savespalestine9982]

#TakakanMelayuHilangDidunia #SatuRumpun #WeareOneFamliy #OneNusantara #NoclaimClaimCult #MalaySea 🌊 #MalayisMAlay #JawaIsjawa not the same #MelaccaEmpire #MajapahitEmpire #SrivijayaEmpire #MalayEmpire ❤❤❤

[@wongijen9167]

Love form Singapore 🇸🇬 And Frick the CCP, they should stop infringing on our southeast-Asian brothers’ liberty

[@b.boulevard5933]

Greatest Kingdom : Srivijaya and Majapahit

[@dasigkatama029]

MADYAAS AND SULTANATE of Philippines and also kingdom of Manila and Ifugao society

[@youtubefollower3609]

Sultanate Of Johor Riau is next

[@ZZ-ug2bp]

Aiman Safwan Brunei

[@justdoit3928]

@@dasigkatama029 end up converting to Christian while the rest still have they own empire and culture...

[@rohana7788]

@@justdoit3928 Indonesians converted to islam, its not like they have their own culture or empire anymore either

[@mexmas93]

You should do the Caribbean and Latin America next.

[@aszkanfederation28]

In the context of Malaysia, you are very true to the racial and religous sentiments . Especially of the Chinese, Indian and some Indegenous borneans loyalty towards the federal government, these minority had failed to integrate thus will be a big factor when in crisis occurs . Mostly on religious and western views of human right that contradicts Islam conservative nature. Non muslim in Malaysia would really loved to be aligned to the US or the west to break the dominance of conservative muslims in Malaysia. They are also plans to secede from Malaysia due to religious tensions or as the say the previous ruling federal government had broken the 'malaysian agreement' , mostly perpetrated by evangelist chinese and some indegenous borneans

[@meis]

There is nothing to look at Indonesia. Indonesia has nothing to offer to Malaysia. Referring to Ahok case. Singapore is #1 and Malaysia is #2 in the region. Why should they look at the those behind of them? Malaysia should look further if it ever wants to be prosper and stay ahead of those losers. Indonesia is not going anywhere, not until they learn tolerance, multiculturalism, and progressivism... traits that both SG and MY shared and cherished... and what makes it great.

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

Ying ~ The Ahok case was just one of the few political issues that tested Indonesia's commitment to multiculturalism and ethno-religious tolerance. Overall, Indonesians take great pride in their country's ethnic and religious diversity. All these ethnic and religious groups see themselves as Indonesian first, followed by their ethnicity, then their religion. So Indonesia definitely cherishes religious tolerance and multiculturalism, despite your claims to the contrary.

[@meis]

A quick search on the internet tells you that Indonesia burns down churches. Ain't no happening in MY and SG. So you guys should stop trying hard to lie to everyone.

[@meis]

@gruzit --- "What left to be proud with a country without the 'real' culture." Maybe bcoz you are too stupid to see the culture in MY, perhaps? And who do you think you are to tell to the Malaysians that they do not have culture? Black, Mexican, Irish, Spanish cultures and etc., are not a culture in USA??? Cool story. FUCK OFF RACIST. You all fascist assholes should be burned in hell. And thanks for proving my points. So glad that SG and MY are ahead of that primitive shithole Indonesia. #fascism #fascist #Indonesia

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

Ying ~ yes, churches have been destroyed in Indonesia at least once in the past, but don't assume that churches in Indonesia are burnt down on a daily basis. Plus, that church burning incident must have happened in the province of Aceh, whereas other provinces are okay with having churches there. There was one incident in the province of East Java, where a church was destroyed in a terror attack, but then again, don't assume this happens on a daily basis. Furthermore, don't assume that churches have never been burnt down in Malaysia. There have been several churches in Malaysia that were destroyed in early 2010 due to the controversy regarding the use of the word 'Allah' by non-Muslims.

[@jnb1303]

As always great video. Could you please put text on the footage of cities etc so we know where we are looking at? Also peace from Australia to all asean peoples, best neighbours for life.

[@aqiiiiiiiil]

Rise up Malay Archipelago, May ASEAN become well developed nation.

[@chenqin415]

What are you talking about? Singapore, despite its high percentage of Chinese, had always been pro western/USA. (Not stating if this is good or bad, this is just a fact) Just look at Lee Kuan Yew, who is English educated, come into power with support from western powers and suppress local Socialist/Communist elements. Singapore had hosted USA air and naval forces for a long time. Singapore armed forces train in Taiwan, Australia and USA. China's belt and road initiative specifically want to bypass Straits of Malacca, ie, Singapore.

[@limcharles9730]

Singkieland's stand is always being neutral and biased to whichever side that benefits it the most...

[@chenqin415]

A more accurate description might be Sinkieland's stand is biased towards whoever is more powerful. For the past 50 years it had been western powers lead by USA. If China managed to displace USA in SEA, no doubt its stance will change, but not before.

[@jimboydejuan7869]

Ftw Love The Philippines!

[@fissionmailedsuccessfully]

0:00 I genuinely thought you were going to say "Maritime Southeast Asia is cluster... *fuck* "

[@kevin080592]

200 plus ethnic groups in the philippines???...I thought we're only around 170 plus...I never knew that we are that diverse!..wow

[@ndorobei4391]

Jakarta natives are ethnic Malay people. But, a lot of migrants from ethnic Java. There are 4 different languages and ethnic groups in Java island.

[@thewingedhussar4188]

I just don't see the Philippines really allying with the Chinese. The US and the Philippines has way too much history. And for them to just simply go right to China and become their underling. I just don't see that happening.

[@blazingfire_0712]

TheWinged Hussar its pretty clear that China is becoming the new superpower, with its giant economy, and its just next door, it would be logical to be ally with China, but of course its just economically, with Filipinos having negative thoughts towards China with the “communist is bad” thinking (the propaganda of the US). Its good to maintain the alliance with the US because they are the “World Police” having the best military, but we can’t rely on them much with the distance of a thousand kilometers from each other.

[@thewingedhussar4188]

@@blazingfire_0712 an were we not in the same shoes today as was Japan Even with a idiot in office China has yet to make a serious military move An there actions in the south China sea is not winning sympathy since china is trying to force them out.

[@mypersonalchannel12]

The recent reduction of Manila's reliance from Washington comes from the fact that Washington never did anything to protect the islands being contested in the South China Sea.

[@greyeminence1167]

Polish, yeah I know the reason why you just can't see it

[@jayfawn8478]

You can't trust both sides but China is closest geographically so its wise to cooperate with the bully instead of opposing it.

[@569times9]

You know why their free from typhoons except the Philippines, it's because the Philippines just takes all of it and have frequent typhoons and storms

[@Reksaism]

In Indonesian we call it Nusantara Archipelago. Nice video btw

[@muhammadnoorbinrohani6711]

You are right ✅.