Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. THE REGION
5. Challenges to Southeast Asian Regionalism in 2018 3
6. Regional Integration in Asia and the Pacific, and Dealing with Short and Long Term Challenges 21
7. Looking West, Acting East: India’s Indo-Pacific Strategy 43
8. An Australian Vision of the Indo-Pacific and What It Means for Southeast Asia 53
9. The Trump Administration’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific Approach 61
10. Japan’s “Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy” and Its Implication for ASEAN 69
11. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
12. Brunei Darussalam: Making Strides with a Renewed Focus on the Future 85
13. CAMBODIA
14. Cambodia in 2018: A Year of Setbacks and Successes 105
15. INDONESIA
16. Indonesia in 2018: The Calm before the Election Storm 123
17. Indonesia-China Relations: Coming Full Circle? 145
18. LAOS
19. Laos on the Path to Socialism? 165
20. Rent Capitalism and Shifting Plantations in the Mekong Borderlands 177
21. MALAYSIA
22. Malaysia in 2018: The Year of Voting Dangerously 195
23. GE14 in East Malaysia: MA63 and Marching to a Different Drum 211
24. MYANMAR
25. Myanmar in 2018: New Democracy Hangs in the Balance 225
26. Ethnicity, Citizenship and Identity in Post-2016 Myanmar 243
27. THE PHILIPPINES
28. Toxic Democracy? The Philippines in 2018 261
29. The Rise of China, New Immigrants and Changing Policies on Chinese Overseas: Impact on the Philippines 275
30. SINGAPORE
31. Singapore in 2018: Between Uncharted Waters and Old Ghosts 297
32. THAILAND
33. Thailand in 2018: Military Dictatorship under Royal Command 327
34. Competing Logics: Between Thai Sovereignty and the China Model in 2018 341
35. TIMOR-LESTE
36. Timor-Leste in 2018: An Eventful Year Ends in Tension 361
37. VIETNAM
38. Vietnam in 2018: A Rent-Seeking State on Correction Course 375
39. Vietnam and Mekong Cooperative Mechanisms 395