Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Introduction ix
5. Acknowledgements xix
6. The Region
7. SOUTHEAST ASIA’S REGIONAL AUTONOMY UNDER STRESS 1
8. SOUTHEAST ASIAN ECONOMIES COPING WITH ADVERSE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS 19
9. U.S.–SOUTHEAST ASIA RELATIONS IN THE AGE OF THE REBALANCE 35
10. CHINA’S INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA 55
11. JAPAN’S “STRATEGIC COORDINATION” IN 2015 ASEAN, Southeast Asia, and Abe’s Diplomatic Agenda 67
12. INDIA’S ACT EAST POLICY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA 81
13. Brunei Darussalam
14. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM Challenging Stability 93
15. Cambodia
16. Cambodia in 2015: Accommodating Generational Change 107
17. Indonesia
18. INDONESIA IN 2015 129
19. INDONESIA’S INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE JOKOWI ADMINISTRATION 145
20. Laos
21. LAOS IN 2015: A Pivotal Year in Moving Towards the AEC 167
22. Malaysia
23. MALAYSIA IN 2015: Crises of Confidence 181
24. MALAYSIA’S HIGHER EDUCATION AND QUEST FOR DEVELOPED NATION STATUS BY 2020 199
25. Myanmar
26. MYANMAR IN 2015: hki’mala. dukka or Hard Times 223
27. MYANMAR’S GENERAL ELECTION 2015 Change Was the Name of the Game 241
28. Philippines
29. THE PHILIPPINES IN 2015 Slowly, on the Straight and Narrow 265
30. THE SUSTAINABILITY OF RECENT PHILIPPINE ECONOMIC GROWTH 281
31. Singapore
32. SINGAPORE IN 2015: SG50 293
33. Thailand
34. THAILAND IN 2015 The Waiting Game 315
35. BEING THAI A Narrow Identity in a Wide World 331
36. Timor-Leste
37. TIMOR-LESTE IN 2015 Petro-Politics or Sustainable Growth? 345
38. Vietnam
39. VIETNAM IN 2015 Challenges Persist amidst Hope for Change 361
40. VIETNAM In Search of a New Growth Model 379