Contents

pp v-vi

Introduction

pp vii-xvi

The Region

pp 1-2

Southeast Asia in 2021: A Year of Reckoning?

pp 3-20

Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia: Living with COVID-19

pp 21-41

Biden’s First Year: Coping with Decline as China Rises in Southeast Asia

pp 42-59

China’s Role in Southeast Asia in 2021: Reassurance, Resolve, and Resurging Competition

pp 60-72

Climate Change: Southeast Asia’s Existential Threat

pp 73-88

Brunei Darussalam

pp 89-90

Brunei Darussalam in 2021: The Battle against COVID-19 and a Year of Short-Lived Optimism

pp 91-106

Cambodia

pp 107-108

Cambodia in 2021: A Year of Ongoing Domestic Challenges and Western Pressure

pp 109-125

Walking a Fine Line: How Cambodia Navigates its Way between China and Vietnam

pp 126-138

Indonesia

pp 139-140

Indonesia in 2021: In the Eye of the Storm

pp 141-161

Terrorism and Extremism in Indonesia and the Southeast Asian Region

pp 162-174

Laos

pp 175-176

Laos in 2021: (Im)Mobility with Infrastructure and COVID-19

pp 177-192

Malaysia

pp 193-194

Malaysia in 2021: Another Regime Change and the Search for Malay Political Stability

pp 195-210

Malaysia’s Relations with the United States and China: Asymmetries (and Anxieties) Amplified

pp 211-232

Myanmar

pp 233-234

Myanmar in 2021: A State Torn Apart

pp 235-253

Myanmar’s Economy in 2021: The Unravelling of a Decade of Reforms

pp 254-268

The Philippines

pp 269-270

The Philippines in 2021: The Decline of the House of Duterte?

pp 271-292

Hobbesian Flirtation and Viral Entanglements: Shifts in Philippine Civil-Military Terrain under the Duterte Administration

pp 293-306

Singapore

pp 307-308

Singapore in 2021: Navigating through Domestic and Global Crises

pp 309-323