ASEAN COVID-19

Ideally, the pandemic should prompt a long-term mindset shift toward anticipating – and growing from – future crises.

Overseas remittances generally proved to be more resilient than other types of capital flows into Southeast Asia.

The move is an important step in reviving intra-regional tourism and recovery from the coronavirus recession.

The two governments are betting that vaccines will offer an escape route from the economic and public health crisis, but many obstacles remain.

Unsurprisingly, distribution of vaccines is expected to track global distributions of wealth.

As a result of COVID-19, the educational gap is expected to widen across ASEAN.

Most Southeast Asian governments are looking to China for help in combating COVID-19.

History tells us that people rebel not when things are worst, but when hopes of improvements are disappointed.

The pandemic has laid bare the weak foundations of Southeast Asian labor systems, particularly when it comes to informal workers.

For emerging markets, foreign capital inflows can spur growth – but they are also a potential source of volatility.

The tycoon-funded vaccine drive demonstrates the durability of the patronage state that Hun Sen has built since the 1980s. It also reveals its weaknesses.